Vilshana, Cherkasy Oblast
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Vilshana
Вільшана | |
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Coordinates: 49°12′35″N 31°12′32″E / 49.20972°N 31.20889°E | |
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Founded | 1598 |
Town status | 1965 |
Government | |
• Town Head | Volodymyr Yarovyi |
Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,072 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 19523 |
Area code | +380 4734 |
Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Vilshana (Ukrainian: Вільшана) is an urban-type settlement located in Horodyshche Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Population: 3,072 (2017 est.)[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
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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.