Vilshana, Cherkasy Oblast
Vilshana
Вільшана | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Vilshana Location of Vilshana in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′35″N 31°12′32″E / 49.20972°N 31.20889°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province |  Cherkasy Oblast |
| District |  Horodysche Raion |
| Founded | 1598 |
| Town status | 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Volodymyr Yarovyi |
| Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,650 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 19523 |
| Area code | +380 4734 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Vilshana (Template:Lang-uk) is an urban-type settlement located in the Horodysche Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Its population is 3,650.[1]
People from Vilshana
- Jerzy Różycki (1909-42), Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers.
- Jan Stanisławski (Vilshana, near Korsun, Ukraine, 24 June 1860 – 6 January 1907, Kraków), Polish modernist painter, art educator, and founder and member of various innovative art groups and literary societies.
References
- ^ "Vilshana, Cherkasy Oblast, Horodysche Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
External links
- "Olszana, miasteczko przy ujściu ruczaju Maźniki do rzeczki Olszanki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 496.
- "Olszana, miasteczko, powiat zwinogródzki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). p. 408.
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