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It was the place where hetman signed more than 300 Bills (Universals), defining the strategic lines of Ukrainian Cossack State home foreign politics. Bohdan Khmelnytskyi's death in 1657 made impossible the very existence of the independent state and put an end to people's aspirations.
The History of Cherkasy Oblast (Ukrainian: Черкаська область, translit. Cherkas’ka oblast’; also referred to as Cherkashchyna - Ukrainian: Черкащина) of central Ukraine has a long history spanning all the way back to prehistoric times.
Feb 24, 2023 · Cherkasy region (Ukr. oblast) was the center of the formation of the Cossacks — people who fought against all those who encroached on their freedom. And there were many of them. And although the state formations of the Cossacks were destroyed, their descendants continued to fight on other fronts.
Cherkasy, city and administrative centre, central Ukraine. It lies on the high right bank of the Dnieper River, along the reservoir created by the Kremenchuk hydroelectric station. Founded in the 14th century as a fortified city in the Ukrainian lands under Lithuanian rule, Cherkasy became a part.
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From the end of the 15th century Cherkasy was an important defense outpost against surprise attacks by the Tatars (in 1532 Cherkasy withstood a 30-day siege by the armies of the Crimean khan Seadet-Girei). In the early 16th century Cherkasy was the center of the Cherkasy starostvo (district).
Spanning 20,900 square kilometres (8,100 sq mi), Cherkasy Oblast is the 18th largest oblast of Ukraine, comprising about 3.5% of the area of the country. The south flowing Dnieper River with the hilly western bank and the plain eastern bank divides the oblast into two unequal parts.
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Cherkasy oblast lies on both banks of the Dnipro River in the forest-steppe belt of central Ukraine. It was formed on 7 January 1954 from the southern third of Kyiv oblast, the northern strip of Kirovohrad oblast and the western corner of Poltava oblast. Its area is 20,900 sq km and its population 1,220,000 (2018), of which 57 percent is urban ...
