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The Best Attractions In Cherkasy Oblast

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Cherkasy , or Cherkassy , is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of Cherkasy Oblast , as well as the administrative center of surrounding Cherkasky Raion within the oblast. The city itself is designated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It is not to be confused with the Russian city of Cherkassk which is on the Don River to the east. Population: 281,549 The city is the cultural, educational and industrial center of Cherkasy Oblast and Central Economical Region of Ukraine. Cherkasy has been known since the 13th century and played a great role in the history of Ukraine. Cherkasy was the center of Cossacks, citize...
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The Best Attractions In Cherkasy Oblast

  • 1. Sofiyivka Park Uman
    Sofiyivsky Park is an arboretum and a scientific-researching institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine . The park is located in the northern part of the City of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast , near the Kamianka River. Some areas of the park are reminiscent of an English garden. Today the park is a popular recreational spot, annually visited by 500,000 visitors. Sofiyivka is a scenic landmark of world gardening design at the beginning of the 19th century. The park accounts for over 2,000 types of trees and brush among which are taxodium , Weymouth Pine, tulip tree, platanus, ginkgo, and many others. Since 1980 director of the park is the member-correspondent of the Academy of Sciences, doctor of biological sciences Ivan Kosenko. In 1985 small planet #2259 was named Sofiyivka after th...
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  • 2. Cherkasy Zoo Cherkasy
    Cherkasy , or Cherkassy , is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of Cherkasy Oblast , as well as the administrative center of surrounding Cherkasky Raion within the oblast. The city itself is designated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It is not to be confused with the Russian city of Cherkassk which is on the Don River to the east. Population: 281,549 The city is the cultural, educational and industrial center of Cherkasy Oblast and Central Economical Region of Ukraine. Cherkasy has been known since the 13th century and played a great role in the history of Ukraine. Cherkasy was the center of Cossacks, citizens took part in Khmelnychchyna and Koliyivschyna . The city is located on the right bank of Dnieper River , about 200 km south of the nation...
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  • 4. Shevchenko National Preserve Kaniv
    Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Shevchenko is also known for many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator.He was a member of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood and an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. In 1847 Shevchenko was politically convicted for writing in the Ukrainian language, promoting the independence of Ukraine and ridiculing the members of the Russian Imperial House.
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  • 7. Uman Central Park Uman
    Uman is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River at around 48°45′N 30°13′E. Uman serves as the administrative center of Uman Raion , but is designated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 85,473 Among Ukrainians, Uman is known for its depiction of the Haidamak rebellions in Taras Shevchenko's longest of poems, Haidamaky . The city is also a pilgrimage site for Breslov Hasidic Jews and a major center of gardening research containing the dendrological park Sofiyivka and the University of Gardening. Uman was a privately owned city of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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  • 12. Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Museum Preserve Korsun Shevchenkivskyi
    Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi is a small city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. The city rests on the banks of the Ros River, and is the administrative center of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion . Population: 18,192
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  • 13. Dnieper River Ukraine
    The Dnieper River is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, and flowing through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and Belarus and the fourth-longest river in Europe. The total length is approximately 2,200 km with a drainage basin of 504,000 square kilometres . The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations. The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for the economy of Ukraine and is connected via the Dnieper–Bug Canal to other waterways in Europe. In antiquity, the river was known to the Greeks as the Borysthenes and was part of the Amber Road. Arheimar, a capital of the Goths, was located on the Dnieper, according to the Hervarar saga.
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  • 14. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, Ukraine Ukraine
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is a transnational composite nature UNESCO World Heritage site, encompassing forests in 12 European countries. The Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians include ten separate massifs located along the 185 km long axis from the Rakhiv mountains and Chornohora ridge in Ukraine over the Poloniny Ridge to the Vihorlat Mountains in Slovakia. The Ancient Beech Forests of Germany include five locations, cover 4,391 hectares and were added in 2011. The Carpathian site covers a total area of 77,971.6 ha , out of which only 29,278.9 ha are part of the actual preserved area, while the rest is considered a buffer zone. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians cover areas of Zakarpattia and Prešov Regions. Over 70% o...
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