Zvenyhorodka

Zvenyhorodka Звенигородка
Central part of Zvenyhorodka
Coat of arms
Zvenyhorodka Location of Zvenyhorodka
Coordinates: 49°4′11″N 30°58′4″E / 49.06972°N 30.96778°E / 49.06972; 30.96778Coordinates: 49°4′11″N 30°58′4″E / 49.06972°N 30.96778°E / 49.06972; 30.96778
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Raion	Zvenyhorodka Raion
Established	1394
City rights	1938
Area
• Total	20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	18 330
Postal code	20200-20207
Area code(s)	+380 4740
Website	www.zven.gov.ua

Zvenyhorodka (Ukrainian: Звенигородка, Ukrainian pronunciation: [zwenɪɦɔˈrɔtkɑ]; Polish: Zwinogródka; Russian: Звенигородка) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the river Hnylyi Tikych.

The town is the administrative center of the Zvenyhorodka Raion (district).

Zvenyhorodka became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the beginning of the 15th century. It passed to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in 1569. In 1792 King Stanisław August Poniatowski granted Zwinogródka city rights. It was a royal city of Poland. In the next year it was annexed by Russia after the Second Partition of Poland. During the 19th century it had been part of the Russian Kiev Governorate. Around the turn to the 20th century the town had a train station, three Greek Orthodox churches and one Roman Catholic church.

Taras Shevchenko monument

Ahatanhel Krymsky Museum in Zvenyhorodka

Nature in Zvenyhorodka