Cherkasy () 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 at on the bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200km 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 long combined rail and automotive bridge.

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%

Sister Cities

• Bydgoszcz, Poland
• Santa Rosa, United States

References

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

External links

• // Official city portal
• // Inofficial info portal

Cities in Ukraine

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