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Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси) is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The city is located at 49°25′60″N, 32°4′0″E on the bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200km south of the nation's capital, Kiev.
The current estimated population is 280,700 (as of 2004).
Educational institutions in Cherkasy include the Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University (named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky) and the Cherkasy State Technological University.
A railway line from Moscow to Odessa goes through Cherkasy, crossing the Dnieper River here on a 12 km (7.5 mi) long combined rail and automotive dam with bridge.
The current estimated population is 280,700 (as of 2004).
Educational institutions in Cherkasy include the Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University (named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky) and the Cherkasy State Technological University.
A railway line from Moscow to Odessa goes through Cherkasy, crossing the Dnieper River here on a 12 km (7.5 mi) long combined rail and automotive dam with bridge.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkasy
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°25'52"N 32°0'27"E
- Kyiv 181 km
- Chernihiv 244 km
- Homieĺ 358 km
- Khmelnytskyi 372 km
- Mahilioŭ (Mogilev) 520 km
- Minsk 598 km
- Smolensk 603 km
- Hrodna 748 km
- Vilnius 767 km
- Kaunas 833 km
- Peremoga microdistrict 0.1 km
- Rustavi 0.7 km
- South district 1.3 km
- Cherkasy International Airport 1.9 km
- Runway 14/32 1.9 km
- Sosnovsky City District 2 km
- Pivdenno-Zahidnyi District 2.2 km
- Cherkasy Raion 5.4 km
- Cherkasy Forest 12 km
- Kremenchuk Reservoir 42 km
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