Cherkasy Oblast

**Cherkasy Oblast** (, translit. *Cherkas’ka oblast’*; referred tae as  an aw, *[[Cherkasy Oblast#Nomenclatur|Cherkashchyna]]*) is an oblast (province) o central Ukraine locatit alang the Dnieper River. The admeenistrative centre o the oblast is the ceety o Cherkasy).

## Geography

Wi 20,900&nbsp;km², the Cherkasy oblast is the 18t lairgest oblast o Ukraine, comprisin aboot 3.5% o the aurie o the kintra.  The sooth flowin Dnieper River wi the hilly wastren bank an the plain eastren bank divides the oblast intae twa unequal pairts.  The lairger wastren pairt belangs tae the Dnieper Upland. The law-lyin eastren pairt o the oblast uised tae be subject tae the frequent Dnieper floodin afore the flow o the river became controlled bi multiple dams o Hydroelectric Pouer Plants constructit alang the river in the 20t century.

The oblast extends for 245&nbsp;km frae soothwast tae northeast, an for 150&nbsp;km frae north tae sooth. The northren-maist pynt o the oblast is locatit is near the veelage o Kononivka in the Drabivskyi Raion (destrict), the soothmaist pynt near the veelage o Kolodyste in the Talnivskyi Raion, the wastmaist pynt near the veelage o Korytnya in the Zhashkivskyi Raion, an the eastmaist pynt near the veelage o Stetsivka in the Chyhyrynsky Raion.  The geometric centre o the oblast is locatit near the veelage Zhuravky o the Horodyshchenskyi Raion. The oblast borders the Kiev Oblast tae the north, the Kirovohrad Oblast tae the sooth, the Poltava Oblast tae the east, an the Vinnytsya Oblast tae the wast.

## History

The Cherkasy Oblast wis creatit as pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 7 Januar 1954. The oblast's territory wis the major ceeties o Cherkasy, Smila an Uman, thair correspondin *[[raions]]* (destricts), as well as 30 umwhile *raions* o the Vinnytsia, Kiev, Kirovohrad an Poltava Oblasts.

Airchaeological discoveries, hae shawn that fowk hae inhabitit the valley o the Dnieper (''Dnipro'') River wyne the times immemorial. The auldest objects excavatit on the territory o the region date back tae the Stane Age – the Palaeolithic period.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

Cherkasy Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 20 *[[raions]]* (destricts), as well as 6 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Vatutine, Zolotonosha, Kaniv, Smila, an the admeenistrative centre o the oblast, Cherkasy. Thare are a tot o 25 ceeties, 34 touns, an 838 veelages.

The follaein data incorporates the nummer o each type o admeenistrative diveesions o Cherkasy Oblast:

* Admeenistrative Center—1 (Cherkasy);
* Raions—20;
* Ceety raions—2;
* Settlements—855, includin:
** Veelages—824;
** Ceeties/Touns—31, includin:
*** Urban-type settlements—15;
*** Ceeties—16, includin:
**** Ceeties o oblast subordinance—6;
**** Ceeties o *raion* subordinance—10;
* Selsovets—525.

The local admeenistration o the oblast is controlled bi the Cherkasy Oblast Rada. The govrenor o the oblast is the Cherkasy Oblast Rada speaker, appointit bi the Preses o Ukraine.

### Raions

Thare are 20 *[[raion]]s* (destricts) in the oblast:

# Cherkasy Raion
# Chornobay Raion
# Chyhyryn Raion
# Drabiv Raion
# Horodyshche Raion
# Kamyanka Raion
# Kaniv Raion
# Katerynopil Raion
# Khrystynivka Raion
# Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion
# Lysianka Raion
# Mankivka Raion
# Monastyryshche Raion
# Shpola Raion
# Smila Raion
# Talne Raion
# Uman Raion
# Zhashkiv Raion
# Zolotonosha Raion
# Zvenyhorodka Raion

## Demographics

The current estimatit population is 1,335,064 (as o 2006).

Accordin tae the 2001 Ukrainian census, the oblast's population is amaist equally dividit atween the urban an rural auries (53.7% an 46.3%, respectively). The demographic situation in this lairgely agricultural territory is somewha complicatit bi population agein.

Bi ethnic composition, Ukrainians represent the owerwhelmin majority o the oblast's population (93.6%). Ethnic Roushies are the distant seicont group o population (5.4%), an are concentratit mainly in the ceety o Cherkasy.

The oblast is primarily Ukrainophone.

## Economy

The economy o the Cherkasy Oblast is lairgely dominatit bi agricultur. While the winter wheat an sugar beets are the main products grown in the oblast, baurley, corn, tobacco an hemp are grown an aw.  Cattle breedin is important an aw.

The industry is mainly concentratit in Cherkasy, the oblast's caipital an the lairgest ceety. A chemical industry wis developit in the ceety in late 1960s in addition tae machine biggin, furnitur makkin an agricultural processin.

## Attractions
*Sofiivka
*Faitherland o Taras Shevchenko
*Trypillian cultur
*Shevchenko Naitional preserve

## Nomenclatur

Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are namit efter thair caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (, translit. *oblasnyi tsentr*). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formit bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective centre ceety: *Cherkasy* is the centre o the *Cherkas’ka oblast’* (Cherkasy Oblast). Maist oblasts are whiles referred tae in a feminine noun form an aw, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Cherkasy Oblast, *Cherkashchyna*.

## See an aw
* Admeenistrative diveesions o Ukraine
* Richt an Left-bank Ukraine, historical region

## References


* 
* (1972) *Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP - Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast)*, Kiev. 


## Freemit airtins


* oda.ck.ua —Offeecial wabsteid o Cherkasy Oblast Admeenistration //
* ukrainebiz.com —Cherkasy oblast: facts an figurs