Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
Корсунь-Шевченківський
	Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
Basic data
Oblast :	Cherkasy Oblast
Rajon :	Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi district
Height :	105 m
Area :	118.65 km²
Residents :	18,192 (2017)
Population density :	153 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	19400
Area code :	+380 4735
Geographic location :	49 ° 25 '  N , 31 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '57 "  N , 31 ° 15' 50"  E
KOATUU :	7122550100
Administrative structure :	1 city, 2 villages
Address:	вул. Шевченка 42 19400 м. Корсунь-Шевченківський
Website :	http://www.korsun.ic.ck.ua/
Statistical information
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

Korsun-Schewtschenkiwskyj ( Ukrainian Корсунь-Шевченківський - until 1944 Korsun ; Russian Корсунь-Шевченковский Korsun-Shevchenkovsky , Polish Korsuński , Polish Korsuń, is a city in the central Ukrainian Oblast of about 18,200 inhabitants (2017 with about 18,200 inhabitants of the central Ukrainian Oblast and the center of the Cherkrain region of Raj and Center) .

Korsun is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine and is located on the Ros River about 70 km west of Cherkassy . Administratively, the two villages Harbusyn ( Гарбузин ) and Samoridnja ( Саморідня ) also belong to the municipality.

Korsun Castle gate from 1765

Poniatowski Palace from 1789

The name of the city goes back to the ancient Greek-Byzantine city of Chersonese ( Korsun in old Russian), located in the Crimea , from which the first inhabitants of the city came. In honor of the Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko , the city was renamed Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in 1944.

history

The Korsun fortress was founded in 1032 by the Kiev Grand Duke Yaroslav the Wise and served to protect Kiev from nomads from the southern steppes . In 1240 the city was destroyed by the Tatars under Batu Khan . The city was rebuilt under the rule of Poland-Lithuania in 1585 and received Magdeburg city rights . Since 1793 Korsun belonged to the Russian Empire .

Korsun was the scene of military conflicts several times. In 1648, for example, there was a battle of the Cossack uprising under Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj and, during World War II, a large encircling operation of the Red Army took place near Korsun. The Museum of the Korsun Cauldron in the Poniatowski Palace is dedicated to the latter operation .

On February 14, 1944, Korsun was liberated from the occupation of the German Wehrmacht by Soviet troops .

See also: History of Ukraine , History of Lithuania , History of Poland

population

Population development

1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2017
11,517	16,752	19,748	22,762	19,311	18,966	18.192

Sources: 1959; 1970; 1979; 1989-2017

sons and daughters of the town

• Anatoly Khorosov (1924–2011), Ukrainian ice hockey official

Town twinning

• Gifhorn , Germany

Attractions

• Korsun Park

Web links

Commons : Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Historical-cultural website about Korsun (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Cities and Settlements of Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ 1959 Census of the USSR ( Memento from November 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) webgeo.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ Census of the USSR 1970 ( Memento from December 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) webgeo.ru (Russian)
4. ↑ Census of the USSR 1979 ( Memento of December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) webgeo.ru (Russian)
5. ^ Town twinning German-Ukrainian Forum