Zolotonosha

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Zolotonosha
Золотоноша
The Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral in Zolotonosha.
The Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral in Zolotonosha.
Map of Ukraine with Zolotonosha highlighted.
Map of Ukraine with Zolotonosha highlighted.
Zolotonosha (Ukraine )
Zolotonosha
Zolotonosha
Location of Zolotonosha
Coordinates: 49°40′0″N 32°01′60″E / 49.66667, 32.03333
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 49°40′0″N, 32°1′60″E, 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

[edit] References

  • (Ukrainian) (1972) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
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