Poltava
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Poltava Полтава |
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Top left:Poltava Regional Museum, Top right:Poltava Holy Cross Monsastery, Center:The Round Square, Bottom left:The White Arbor, Bottom right:Marusia Churai Memorial in Gogolya Street
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 Poltava
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| Coordinates: 49°35′22″N 34°33′05″E / 49.58944°N 34.55139°ECoordinates: 49°35′22″N 34°33′05″E / 49.58944°N 34.55139°E | |||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast | Poltava Oblast | ||
| Founded | 8991 | ||
| Named for | Ltava River | ||
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3 raions (districts)
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Oleksandr Mamay | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 103 km2 (40 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 294,962 | ||
| • Density | 2,864/km2 (7,420/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 36000—36499 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380-532 | ||
| Licence plate | CK, BI | ||
| Sister cities | Filderstadt, Ostfildern, Veliko Tarnovo, Lublin, Nice | ||
| Website | www |
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| 1 The previously believed foundation date was 1174. | |||
Poltava (Ukrainian, Russian: Полта́ва, Ukrainian pronunciation: [polˈtɑwɑ]) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 294,962 as of 2015[update].
It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. However, for reasons unknown, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed a Paleolithic dwelling as well as Scythian remains within the city limits.
The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava which is mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle in 1174. According to the chronicle, on the Saint Peter's Day (12 July) of 6682 Igor Sviatoslavich chasing hordes of Cuman khans Konchak and Kobiak crossed Vorskla River near Ltava and moved towards Pereyaslav (presumably the modern Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi) where Igor's army was victories over the Cumans. With the Mongol invasion of Rus' in 1238-39 many cities of the middle Dnieper region were destroyed and possibly among which could have been the city of Ltava.
In the mid 14th century the region was part of the Duchy of Kiev that was a vassal of the Algirdas' Grand Duchy of Lithuania. According to the Russian historian Aleksandr Shennikov, the region around modern Poltava was a Cuman Duchy of Mansur who was a son of Mamai. Shennikov also claims that the Mansur Duchy joined the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as an associated state rather than a vassal state and the city of Poltava already existed at that time. In 1399 the army of Mansur assisted the army of Grand Duchy of Lithuania in battle of the Vorskla River, while a legend says that after it Cossack Mamay helped Vytautas to escape his death.
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