Kamianka, Cherkasy Oblast

Kamianka (Ukrainian: Кам'янка; Ukrainian pronunciation: [ˈkɑmjɐnkɐ]) is a small city in the Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kamianka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] It had a population of 10,945 (2022 estimate).[1]

Kamianka
Кам'янка
City
Pushkіnskiy grotto
Pushkіnskiy grotto
Flag of Kamianka
Flag
Coat of arms of Kamianka
Coat of arms
Kamianka is located in Cherkasy Oblast
Kamianka
Kamianka
Location of Kamianka
Kamianka is located in Ukraine
Kamianka
Kamianka
Kamianka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°02′N 32°06′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Cherkasy Oblast
Raion Cherkasy Raion
Elevation
127 m (417 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total10,945
 [1]
Demonymkamyanets (Ukrainian: ка́м'янець)
Postal code
20800-20809
Area code+380 4732
Websitekamrada.ck.ua

It is a countryside town approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) southeast from Kyiv, located on the bank of the Tiasmyn River.

Government

Until 18 July, 2020, Kamianka served as an administrative center of Kamianka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of the Kamianka Raion was merged into the Cherkasy Raion.[3][4]

History

Kamianka is known as an artist's colony, in which Prince Grigory Potemkin, the Russian national poet Alexander Pushkin, the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and other freethinkers and war heroes during the Napoleonic Wars era worked. Kamianka was also one of the chief centres of the Southern Society of the Decembrists.

Population

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the city's population was 15,109. Ukrainians accounted for 94.8% of the population and Russians for 4.3%.[5] Ukrainian was the native language for 95.8% of the population, and Russian for 4%.[6]

Culture

Kamianka has its own historical-cultural open-air museum with monument-protected constructions, collections and parks.

See also
  • "Green house" (Davydov manor)
    "Green house" (Davydov manor)
  • Decembrists monument
    Decembrists monument
  • Kamjanka water mill (1825)
    Kamjanka water mill (1825)
  • Tiasmyn canyon near Kamianka
    Tiasmyn canyon near Kamianka
  • Railway station
    Railway station

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. "Кам'янська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2022-07-19.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities
  6. https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/languages-cities
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