Shyschaky

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Shyschaky
Шишаки
Shyschaky coat of arms
Shyschaky (Ukraine)
Shyschaky
Shyschaky
Basic data
Oblast : Poltava Oblast
Rajon : Shyshaky district
Height : no information
Area : 10.29 km²
Residents : 5,252 (2004)
Population density : 510 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 38000
Area code : +380 5352
Geographic location : 49 ° 53 '  N , 34 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '47 "  N , 34 ° 0' 0"  E
KOATUU : 5325755100
Administrative structure : 1 urban-type settlement , 8 villages
Mayor : Wassyl Mahda
Address: вул. Комсомольська 2
38000 смт. Шишаки
Statistical information
Shyschaky (Poltava Oblast)
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Schyschaky (Ukrainian Шишаки ; Russian Schischaki ) is an urban-type in the central Ukraine oblast Poltawa on the left bank of the river Psel . It is Rajonzentrum of Rajons same name and is divided in addition to the settlement yet in the eight villages Baby Chi / Бабичі, vyshneve / Вишневе, Hryhoriwschtschyna / Григорівщина, Lehejdy / Легейди, Tovste / Товсте, Chwoschtschowe / Хвощове, Chodosycha / Ходосиха and Tschernyschiwka / Чернишівка.

history

Schyschaky was first mentioned in a document in 1399 . In 1673 the place received a coat of arms. At the beginning of the 20th century, around 3,500 people lived in the place, which at that time had two churches and three schools. During this time there was a weekly market and four annual markets. In 1984, 5,100 people lived in Shyshaky.

Infrastructure and economy

In economic terms, the focus is on the food industry , in particular on cheese and mineral water production . The place has a music school and a local history museum . The nearest railway station is in the village of Jaresky, twelve kilometers away .

Personalities

  • Birthplace of the Ukrainian mathematician Jurij Oleksijowytsch Mytropolskyj (1917–2008)
  • Birthplace of the Ukrainian agronomist and politician Kyrylo Osmak (1890–1960)
  • During the German occupation in 1943, the Russian poet and dramaturge Vera Fyodorovna Panowa (1905–1973) was resettled to the place where she stayed until the area was liberated by the Soviet Army.

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