Zolotonosha

Zolotonosha
Золотоноша
	Zolotonosha
Basic data
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 Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 32 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  E
KOATUU :	7110400000
Administrative structure :	1 city, 1 village, 2 settlements
Mayor :	Vitaly Wojzechiwskyj
Address:	Садовий проїзд 8 19700 м. Золотоноша
Website :	http://zolo.gov.ua/
Statistical information
Zolotonosha

Zolotonosha ( Ukrainian and Russian Золотоноша ) is a city in the center of Ukraine with about 30,000 inhabitants.

Theater in Zolotonosha

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historical background on the city's official website; accessed on May 23, 2020 (Ukrainian)