Vilshana
| Vilshana Вільшана | |||
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| Urban-type settlement | |||
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  Vilshana Location of Vilshana in Ukraine | |||
| Coordinates: 49°12′35″N 31°12′32″E / 49.20972°N 31.20889°ECoordinates: 49°12′35″N 31°12′32″E / 49.20972°N 31.20889°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Province |
 Cherkasy Oblast | ||
| District |
 Horodysche Raion | ||
| Founded | 1598 | ||
| Town status | 1965 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Town Head | Volodymyr Yarovyi | ||
| Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 3,650 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 19523 | ||
| Area code | +380 4734 | ||
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ | ||
Vilshana (Ukrainian: Вільшана) is an urban-type settlement located in the Horodysche Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Its population is 3,650.[1]
People from Vilshana
- Jerzy Różycki (1909-42), Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers.
- Jan Stanisławski (Vilshana, near Korsun, Ukraine, 24 June 1860 – 6 January 1907, Kraków), Polish modernist painter, art educator, and founder and member of various innovative art groups and literary societies.
References
- ↑ "Vilshana, Cherkasy Oblast, Horodysche Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
External links
- (in Polish) Olszana, miasteczko przy ujściu ruczaju Maźniki do rzeczki Olszanki in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, volume VII (Netrebka — Perepiat) 1886
- (in Polish) Olszana, miasteczko, powiat zwinogródzki in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, volume XV, p. 2 (Januszpol — Wola Justowska)1902
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