Zolotonosha
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Zolotonosha Золотоноша |
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The Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral in Zolotonosha. | |
Map of Ukraine with Zolotonosha highlighted. | |
Location of Zolotonosha | |
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Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast Zolotoniskyi Raion |
First mentioned | 1576 |
Magdeburg rights | 1635 |
Government | |
- Mayor | Oleksiy Korpan |
Area | |
- City | 21.65 km² (8.4 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
- City | 28,375 |
- Density | 163/km² (422.2/sq mi) |
- Metro | 29,515 |
Postal code | 19700-19705 |
Area code(s) | +380 4737 |
Website: http://zolotonosha.osp-ua.info/ |
Zolotonosha (Ukrainian: Золотоноша) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Located at around , the city serves as the administrative center of the Zolotoniskyi Raion (district), however the city itself is designated with the status of a separate district within the oblast.
Zolotonosha is located on the Zolotonoshka River, a tributary of the Dnieper 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 Kiev-Kremenchuk and Cherkasy-Shramivka.
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[edit] 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, Zolotonosha became part of Ukrainian SSR, a republic of USSR. When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, the city became part of Ukraine.
[edit] Monuments of architecture
- Preobrazhenska Church of the Krasnohirskoho 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.
[edit] People from Zolotonosha
- Isaac Boleslavsky (June 9, 1919, Zolotonosha - February 15, 1977, Minsk) was a Jewish chess grandmaster.
- Ber Borochov (June 22, 1881, Zolotonosha - December 17, 1918, Kiev) was the Jewish founder of the Poale Zion party and a supporter of the Red Army.
[edit] References
- (Ukrainian) (1972) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
- Media related to Zolotonosha from the Wikimedia Commons.
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