Dykanka

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Dykanka
Диканька
Dykanka coat of arms
Dykanka (Ukraine)
Dykanka
Dykanka
Basic data
Oblast : Poltava Oblast
Rajon : Dykanka district
Height : 72 m
Area : 11.7 km²
Residents : 8,232 (January 1, 2006)
Population density : 704 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 38502
Area code : +380 5351
Geographic location : 49 ° 49 '  N , 34 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '19 "  N , 34 ° 31' 40"  E
KOATUU : 5321055100
Administrative structure : 1 urban-type settlement , 3 villages
Address: вул. Леніна 133
38500 смт. Диканька
Statistical information
Dykanka (Poltava Oblast)
Dykanka
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Dykanka ( Ukrainian Диканька ; Russian Диканька Dikanka ) is an urban-type settlement in the central Ukrainian Poltava Oblast . It is the administrative center of the raion of the same name . The village is located on the Poltava plateau , in which the Worskla river has dug itself over 60 m deep in the east of the municipality . The Srednja Howtwa flows west of Dykanka . The name of the place is said to be derived from the Ukrainian word for 'wild' (Ukrainian дикий ), as the area was covered with a dense oak forest before it was founded.

Saint Nicholas Church in Dykanka

Administratively, the SsT is divided into the main town in the 3 villages Wassyliwka ( Василівка ), Proni ( Проні ) and Trojany ( Трояни ).

Street in Dykanka towards the end of the 19th century
Palace of Prince Viktor Sergeyevich Kochubei before 1917

history

Dykanka is first mentioned in 1658 when a battle between fighters of the Poltaw Cossack leader Martyn Puscharja and the warriors of the hetman Ivan Wyhowkyj took place nearby . In 1668 there was a battle between the warriors of the hetman Petro Doroshenko and fighters of the hetman Ivan Brjuchowezkyj . The area was inhabited long before that. Traces of Scythian settlements from the 7th to 6th centuries BC were found west of the town . Found. Since 1689, the development of the place was closely connected with the Ukrainian-Russian aristocratic family Kotschubej , who had their possessions here. This erected numerous buildings, most of which are still preserved. These include the Mykolaiv Church (1794, bell tower: 1810), the Trinity Church (1780) and a triumphal arch (1820) on the Poltava - Hajach road , which commemorates the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 against the French under Napoleon. In the 19th century, the poet Nikolai Gogol named a collection of short stories after the place.

Around 1907 there were 3442 inhabitants on 757 farms in the village. There was a school, distilleries and breweries, 43 windmills, two dairies, a forge and three banks. There were a total of five annual markets over the year.

In 1957 the village was elevated to an urban-type settlement. After the population had increased by more than 10% from 7916 to 8863 between 1979 and 1989, it has since decreased slightly in population. Recently, a type of vodka also bears the name of the place.

traffic

The place is on the regional road R-17 between Poltava and Ochtyrka or Sumy . The nearest railway station is in Poltava, 29 km away.

Personalities

Reception in art

Web links

Commons : Dykanka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tschyselnist najawnoho naselennja Ukrajiny, Kiev 2006