Cherkasy Oblast

Cherkasy Oblast (Ukrainian: Черкаська область, romanized: Cherkas'ka oblast', pronounced [tʃerˈkɑsʲkɐ ˈɔblɐstʲ]; also referred to as Черкащина Cherkashchyna [tʃerˈkɑʃtʃɪnɐ]) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy (population: 1,192,137(2020 est.)[3] ).

Cherkasy Oblast

Черкаська область
Cherkaska oblast[1]
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Черкащина (Cherkashchyna)
Country Ukraine
EstablishedJanuary 7, 1954
Administrative centerCherkasy
Largest citiesCherkasy, Uman, Smila, Zolotonosha
Government
  GovernorOleksandr Skichko[2]
  Oblast council84 seats
  ChairpersonAnatoliy Pidhornyy
Area
  Total20,900 km2 (8,100 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 18th
Population
 (2020)
  Total1,192,137
  RankRanked 15th
  Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demographics
  Official language(s)Ukrainian
  Average salaryUAH 817 (2006)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
18-20xxx
Area code+380 47
ISO 3166 codeUA-71
Vehicle registrationCA
Raions20
Cities (total)25
 Regional cities6
Urban-type settlements34
Villages838
FIPS 10-4UP01
Websitewww.oda.ck.ua
www.rada.gov.ua

Geography

With 20,900 km², the Cherkasy oblast is the 18th largest oblast of Ukraine, comprising about 3.5% of the area of the country. The south flowing Dnieper River with the hilly western bank and the plain eastern bank divides the oblast into two unequal parts. The larger western part belongs to the Dnieper Upland. The low-lying eastern part of the oblast used to be subject to the frequent Dnieper flooding before the flow of the river became controlled by multiple dams of Hydroelectric Power Plants constructed along the river in the 20th century.

The oblast extends for 245 km from south-west to north-east, and for 150 km from north to south. The northernmost point of the oblast is located is near the village of Kononivka in the Drabivskyi Raion (district), the southernmost point near the village of Kolodyste in the Talnivskyi Raion, the westernmost point near the village of Korytnya in the Zhashkivskyi Raion, and the easternmost point near the village of Stetsivka in the Chyhyrynsky Raion. The geometric centre of the oblast is located near the village Zhuravky of the Horodyshchenskyi Raion. The oblast borders the Kyiv Oblast to the north, the Kirovohrad Oblast to the south, the Poltava Oblast to the east, and the Vinnytsia Oblast to the west.

History

The Cherkasy Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 7, 1954. The oblast's territory was the major cities of Cherkasy, Smila and Uman, their corresponding raions (districts), as well as 30 former raions of the Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Kirovohrad and Poltava Oblasts.

Archaeological discoveries, have shown that people have inhabited the valley of the Dnieper (Dnipro) River since the times immemorial. The oldest objects excavated on the territory of the region date back to the Stone Age – the Palaeolithic period.

Administrative divisions

Map of Cherkasy Oblast.

Since July 2020, Cherkasy Oblast is administratively subdivided into 4 raions (districts). There are a total of 16 cities, 15 urban-type settlements, and 824 villages.

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Cherkasy Oblast:

The local administration of the oblast is controlled by the Cherkasy Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast is the Cherkasy Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.

Since July 2020, Cherkasy Oblast consists of the following raions:

Cities

The region has 16 populated places designated as cities (towns).

Demographics

A church in Subotiv near Chyhyryn, the birthplace of Ukrainian Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
The Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral in Zolotonosha.

The current estimated population is 1,335,064 (as of 2006).

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the oblast's population is almost equally divided between the urban and rural areas (53.7% and 46.3%, respectively).[4] The demographic situation in this largely agricultural territory is somewhat complicated by population ageing.[5]

By ethnic composition, Ukrainians represent the overwhelming majority of the oblast's population (93.6%).[6] Ethnic Russians are the distant second group of population (5.4%), and are concentrated mainly in the city of Cherkasy.

The oblast is primarily Ukrainophone.

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.4% (male 87,557/female 82,340)
15-64 years: 69.1% (male 417,426/female 457,390)
65 years and over: 17.5% (male 72,835/female 147,711) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 41.7 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 45.0 years (2013 official)

Economy

The economy of the Cherkasy Oblast is largely dominated by agriculture. While the winter wheat and sugar beets are the main products grown in the oblast, barley, corn, tobacco and hemp are also grown. Cattle breeding is also important.

The industry is mainly concentrated in Cherkasy, the oblast's capital and the largest city. A chemical industry was developed in the city in late 1960s in addition to machine building, furniture making and agricultural processing.

Nomenclature

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Cherkasy is the center of the Cherkas’ka oblast’ (Cherkasy Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Cherkasy Oblast, Cherkashchyna.

Education

There are 5 universities in the region:

Attractions

See also

References

  1. Syvak, Nina; Ponomarenko, Valerii; Khodzinska, Olha; Lakeichuk, Iryna (2011). Veklych, Lesia (ed.). "Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. scientific consultant Iryna Rudenko; reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa; translated by Olha Khodzinska. Kyiv: DerzhHeoKadastr and Kartographia. p. 20. ISBN 978-966-475-839-7. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed a "servant" and a former showman head of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (29 January 2020)
  3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "General results of the census / Urban and rural population / Cherkasy region". 2001 Ukrainian Census. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  5. "General results of the census / Age composition of population / Cherkasy region". 2001 Ukrainian Census. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  6. "General results of the census / National composition of population / Cherkasy region". 2001 Ukrainian Census. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  • "Cherkasy Region". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  • (1972) Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP - Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv. (in Ukrainian)
  • oda.ck.ua—Official website of Cherkasy Oblast Administration (in Ukrainian, Russian, and English)
  • ukrainebiz.com—Cherkasy oblast: facts and figures

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