Zolotonosha

Zolotonosha Золотоноша
City
The Holy Dormition Cathedral in Zolotonosha.
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Ukraine with Zolotonosha highlighted.
Country Oblast City municipality	Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast Zolotonosha
First mentioned	1576
Magdeburg rights	1635
Government
• Mayor	Vitaliy Voytsehivskyi
Area
• City	21.65 km2 (8.36 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• City	28,375
• Density	163/km2 (420/sq mi)
• Metro	29,515
Postal code	19700-19705
Area code	+380 4737
Website	http://zolotonosha.ck.ua/

Zolotonosha (Ukrainian: Золотоноша, Ukrainian pronunciation: [zɔɫɔtɔˈnɔʃɑ]) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Located at around 49°40′N 32°2′E, the city serves as the administrative center of the Zolotonosha Raion (district), however the city itself is designated with the status of a separate district within the oblast.

Zolotonosha is located on the Zolotonoshka River, a tributary of the Dnipro river within 30 km (19 mi) of the oblast's administrative center, Cherkasy. The city is also located on the railroad line Bakhmach-Odessa, and on the autoroad Kiev-Kremenchuk and Cherkasy-Shramivka.

History

Zolotonosha was first mentioned in written works around the year 1576. In 1635 Zolotonosha was granted the Magdeburg rights. Following the Ukrainian War of Independence, Zolotonosha became part of Ukrainian SSR, a republic of the Soviet Union. In 1939 the 2,087 members of the Jewish community comprised 11.4% of the town's total population. On September, 1941, 300 Jews were murdered in a mass execution. On November 22, 1941, in Strunkovka, just northwest of the town, more than 3,500 Jews were killed in another massacre. The city was liberated by the Red Army on September, 1943. When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, the city became part of Ukraine.

Monuments of architecture

• Preobrazhenska Church of the Krasnohirsky Monastery. Designed by Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi in the Ukrainian Baroque style; built in 1767-1771.
• Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral, 1909.
• Statue of Taras Shevchenko, 1924-1926.

People from Zolotonosha

• Ivan Poddubny (26 September 1871, Zolotonosha uezd, village Krasenivka - 8 August 1949, Yeysk) was a Russian Empire and Soviet singles wrestler, a multiple-time world wrestling champion.
• Isaac Boleslavsky (9 June 1919, Zolotonosha - 14 February 1977, Minsk) was a Jewish chess grandmaster.
• Ber Borochov (4 July 1881, Zolotonosha - 17 December 1917, Kiev) was the Jewish founder of the Poale Zion party and a supporter of the Red Army.

Gallery

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  Downtown Zolotonosha
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  Monument and Assumption cathedral
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  Agricultural school
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  District administration
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  Former women's gymnasium
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  Holocaust monument near Zolotonosha

References

External links

• The murder of the Jews of Zolotonosha during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
• Template:Uk icon (1972) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kiev.
• Media related to Zolotonosha at Wikimedia Commons

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