Zolotonosha
Zolotonosha | ||
Золотоноша | ||
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Oblast : | Cherkasy Oblast | |
Rajon : | District-free city | |
Height : | 199 m | |
Area : | 21.65 km² | |
Residents : | 29,900 (January 1, 2005) | |
Population density : | 1,381 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 19700 | |
Area code : | +380 4737 | |
Geographic location : | 49 ° 41 ′ N , 32 ° 2 ′ E | |
KOATUU : | 7110400000 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 city, 1 village, 2 settlements | |
Mayor : | Vitaly Wojzechiwskyj | |
Address: | Садовий проїзд 8 19700 м. Золотоноша |
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Website : | http://zolo.gov.ua/ | |
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Zolotonosha ( Ukrainian and Russian Золотоноша ) is a city in the center of Ukraine with about 30,000 inhabitants.
Geographical location
Zolotonosha is located in the northeast of Cherkassy Oblast at an altitude of 199 m on the bank of the Zolotonoshka , a 92 km long left tributary of the Dnieper and is the administrative center of the raion of the same name , but not itself part of it.
The N 08 highway runs through the city from Boryspil to Zaporizhia, and this is where the N 16 begins , which leads to Uman via the Cherkassy oblast center, 30 kilometers to the south . The municipality includes, in addition to Zolotonosha, the village of Shar ( Згар ) and the settlements Hryschkivka ( Гришківка ) and Jarky ( Ярки ).
history
The city was first mentioned in writing in 1576 . Magdeburg law has been in force in Solotonoscha since 1635 .
After 1654 the place fell to Russia together with the left bank Ukraine .
In the course of the Russian Civil War , Zolotonosha became Soviet in 1920 and belonged to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic until 1991 . It has been part of independent Ukraine since 1991, and in 1992 the city was placed under oblast administration.
sons and daughters of the town
- Simon Todorski (1701–1754), Ukrainian theologian, philologist and translator and Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Alexei Nikolajewitsch Bach (1857–1946), Soviet revolutionary and chemist
- Wassyl Ljaskoronskyj (1860–1928), Ukrainian-Soviet historian, archaeologist, numismatist, ethnographer and writer
- Ber Borochov (1881–1917), pioneer of the socialist-Zionist movement; Yiddish linguist
- Isaak Efremowitsch Boleslawski (1919–1977), Soviet chess grandmaster and chess theorist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical background on the city's official website; accessed on May 23, 2020 (Ukrainian)