Vilshana
Vilshana (Ukrainian: Вільшана) is an urban-type settlement in Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vilshana settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 2,919 (2022 estimate).[1]
Vilshana
Вільшана | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Vilshana Location of Vilshana in Ukraine  Vilshana Vilshana (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′35″N 31°12′32″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Cherkasy Oblast |
| Raion |  Zvenyhorodka Raion |
| Founded | 1598 |
| Town status | 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Volodymyr Yarovyi |
| Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,919 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 19523 |
| Area code | +380 4734 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Until 18 July 2020, Vilshana belonged to Horodyshche 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 Horodyshche Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Vilshana being transferred to Zvenyhorodka Raion.[3][4]
Notable people
- Taras Shevchenko (1814–1851), later a leading Ukrainian poet, lived there as a boy, 1828–1831.
- Jan Stanisławski (Vilshana, 24 June 1860 – 6 January 1907, Kraków), Polish modernist painter, art educator, and founder and member of various innovative art groups and literary societies.
- Jerzy Różycki (1909–1942), Polish mathematician and cryptologist who played a crucial role in breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II
References
- 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.
- "Вільшанська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
External links
- "Olszana, miasteczko przy ujściu ruczaju Maźniki do rzeczki Olszanki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 496.
- "Olszana, miasteczko, powiat zwinogródzki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). p. 408.
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