Poltava - City Information
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Poltava is a city IN in central Ukraine, located on the Vorskla River. The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava which was first mentioned in 1174. The region belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 14th century. The Polish administration took over in 1569. In 1648 Poltava was captured by the Ruthenian-Polish magnate Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (1612–51). Poltava was the base of a distinguished regiment of the Ukrainian Cossacks and served as a Cossack stronghold during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. After that Poltava survived the civil war and Tatar invasion. In 1667 the town passed to the Russian Empire.
The city glorious history is connected with the tsar Peter the First. Famous Battle of Poltava in 1709 was a victory of Peter I of Russia over Charles XII of Sweden The battle marked the end of the Swedish Empire and the rise of the Russian Empire.
After October Revolution of 1917 and the civil war Poltava became a part of Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic. During the WWII Poltava was captured by the fascists and had been liberated by the end of 1943 when the Red Army cleared the Wehrmacht out of the Eastern Ukraine during the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive.
After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Poltava became a part of Ukraine. Population grew to 298,652 (as of 2011). is also served by a domestic airport, situated outside the city limits near the village of Ivashky. The international highway M03, linking Poltava with Kiev and Kharkiv, passes through the southern outskirts of the city. Poltava's transportation infrastructure consists of two major train stations with railway links to Kiev, Kharkiv, and Kremenchuk.
Poltava has always been one of the most important science and education centres in Ukraine. Major universities and institutions of higher education include the following: Poltava Pedagogical State University, Poltava National Technical University, Poltava Agrarian State Academy, Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Poltava University of Economy and Trade and others.
The city's cultural life was always rich. The renowned writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol studied in a trade school in 1818-1819. Famous playwright Michael Petrovich Starycky, historian and public figure Mykhailo Petrovych Drahomanov, mathematician Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky all studied in Poltava gymnasium. World-famous Ukrainian poet Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko paid a visit to the city in 1844. Ivan Petrovych Kotlyarevsky, Ukrainian poet and writer was born here. Ivan Semenovych Nechuy-Levytsky the Ukrainian writer worked here in 1865-1866, and in 1871 Panas Myrny created his works here. The famous scientist and geographer, Vasily Vasili'evich Dokuchaev, with his disciple Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky worked in Poltava. In 1891 on V.V Dokuchaev's initiative the Poltava Museum of Local History and Lore was opened. The famous doctor Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky, worked in Poltava as well.
Famois attractions and places of interets of Poltava include: monument dedicated to the 1709 Battle of Poltava located in Korpusnyj Park, the favourite place to rest for the locals; Poltava Art museum, Gogol Theater, Spaska church, Uspenska Church with bell tower from the Seventeenth century, Friendship Rotunda. main sights of Poltava is the national reserve "The Field of Poltava Battle". It is the only historical-cultural reserve in Ukraine, where the historical landscape, fragments of the fortress buildings in the beginning of the 18th century and the territory of the battle remained without changes. The reserve enters the international organization of the military-historical museums under the of UNESCO.
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