Zolotonosha

Zolotonosha (Ukrainian: Золотоноша [zolotoˈnɔʃɐ]) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Located at around 49°40′N 32°2′E, the city serves as the administrative center of Zolotonosha Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Zolotonosha urban hromada, one of the amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 27,664 (2020 est.).[1]

Zolotonosha

Золотоноша
City
The Holy Dormition Cathedral in Zolotonosha.
Flag
Coat of arms
Zolotonosha
Location of Zolotonosha
Zolotonosha
Zolotonosha (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°40′N 32°2′E
Country
Oblast
Raion		 Ukraine
 Cherkasy Oblast
Zolotonosha Raion
First mentioned1576
Magdeburg rights1635
Government
 • MayorVitaliy Voytsehivskyi
Area
 • City21.65 km2 (8.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • City27 664
 • Metro
28,768
 [1]
Postal code
19700-19705
Area code(s)+380 4737
Websitehttp://zolotonosha.ck.ua/

Zolotonosha is located on the Zolotonoshka River, a tributary of the Dnipro river within 30 km (19 mi) of the oblast's administrative center, Cherkasy. The city is also located on the railroad line Bakhmach-Odessa, and on the autoroad Kyiv-Kremenchuk and Cherkasy-Shramivka.

History

Zolotonosha was first mentioned in written works around the year 1576. In 1635 Zolotonosha was granted the Magdeburg rights. Following the Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921), Zolotonosha became part of Ukrainian SSR, a republic of the Soviet Union. In 1939 the 2,087 members of the Jewish community comprised 11.4% of the town's total population. On September, 1941, 300 Jews were murdered in a mass execution. On 22 November 1941, in Strunkovka, just northwest of the town, more than 3,500 Jews were killed in another massacre. The city was liberated by the Red Army on September, 1943. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, the city became part of Ukraine.

Until 18 July 2020, Zolotonosha was designated as a city of oblast significance and belonged to Zolotonosha Municipality but not to Zolotonosha Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four, the city was merged into Zolotonosha Raion.[3][4]

Monuments of architecture
  • Preobrazhenska Church of the Krasnohirsky Monastery. Designed by Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi in the Ukrainian Baroque style; built in 1767–1771.
  • Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral, 1909.
  • Statue of Taras Shevchenko, 1924–1926.

People from Zolotonosha
  • House of culture
  • Monument and Assumption cathedral
  • Agricultural school
  • District administration
  • Former women's gymnasium
  • Holocaust monument near Zolotonosha

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. "Золотоношская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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