Cherkasy

Cherkasy
	Cherkasy; Черкаси
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Map of Ukraine with Cherkasy highlighted.
	; Cherkasy Location of Cherkasy
	Coordinates: 49°26′0″N 32°4′0″E / 49.43333°N 32.06667°ECoordinates: 49°26′0″N 32°4′0″E / 49.43333°N 32.06667°E
Country; Oblast; Raion	Ukraine; Cherkasy Oblast; Cherkasky Raion
First mentioned	1286
	Government
- Mayor	Serhiy Olehovych Odarych
	Area
- Total	78 km2 (30.1 sq mi)
Elevation	94 m (308 ft)
	Population (01-01-04)
- Total	291,708
- Density	3,740/km2 (9,686.6/sq mi)
Postal code	18000-499
Area code(s)	+380 472
Website	www.ckrada.com

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Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси [tʂɛrˈkɑsɪ]) is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The city is located on the bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200 km south of the nation's capital, Kiev.

The current estimated population is 280,700 (as of 2004).

Educational institutions in Cherkasy include the Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University (named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky) and the Cherkasy State Technological University.

A railway line from Moscow to Odessa goes through Cherkasy, crossing the Dnieper River here on a 12 km (7.5 mi) long combined rail and automotive dam with bridge.

[edit] Demographics

1897 - 29,600 inhabitants
1910 - 39,600 inhabitants
1926 - 39,500 inhabitants
1939 - 51,600 inhabitants
1959 - 85,000 inhabitants
1970 - 158,000 inhabitants
1977 - 229,000 inhabitants
1984 - 267,000 inhabitants
2005 - 293,000 inhabitants

1926 Census:

Ukrainians - 61,9%
Jews - 27,6%
Russians - 8,6%

1959 Census:

Ukrainians - 70%
Russians - 22%
Jews - 6%

[edit] Sports

Cherkasy is home to the Ukrainian Second League football team FC Dnipro Cherkasy.
Cherkasy is home to the basketball club Cherkasky Mavpi Cherkasy (a.k.a. the Cherkasy Monkeys).
Cherkasy is home to the volleyball clubs Krug Cherkasy, Zlatogor Zolotonosha Cherkasy (women) and Impexagro Sport Cherkasy (men) they all play in the European tournaments 2008/2009.

[edit] Sister Cities

Main street in Cherkasy around 1910

Former building of the Slovyanskyi Hotel, now a Ukrainian bank

The Cherkasy Philharmonic

Statue of Lenin in front of an official building downtown. This statue was torn down on 28 NOV 2008.

[edit] References

(Ukrainian) (1972) Icтopiя мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї РCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.