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Zolotonosha
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Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast Zolotoniskyi Raion |
| First mentioned | 1576 |
| Magdeburg rights | 1635 |
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| Area - City |
21.65 km² |
| Population - City (2005) - Density - Metro area |
28,375 163/km² 29,515 |
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| Postal Code | 19700 |
| Dialing Code | +380 4737 |
Zolotonosha (Ukrainian: Золотоноша) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It is located at around , the city serves as the administrative center of the Zolotoniskyi Raion (district), however the city itself is also designated as a separate district within the oblast.
Zolotonosha is located on the Zolotonoshka River, a tributary of the Dnieper within 30 km of the oblast's administrative center, Cherkasy. The city is also located on the railroad line Bakhmach-Odessa, and on the autoroad Kiev-Kremenchuk and Cherkasy-Shramkovka.
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Zolotonosha was first mentioned in written works around the year 1576. Since 1635, Zolotonosha has retained the Magdeburg rights. During the Russian Civil War, Zolotonosha became part of the Soviet Union, and belonged to the Ukrainian SSR until 1991, when the Soviet Union fell apart. Since 1991, the city is part of Ukraine.
- Preobrazhenska Church of the Krasnohirskoho Monastery. Desinged by Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi in the Ukrainian Baroque style; built in 1767-1771.
- Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral, 1909.
- Isaac Boleslavsky (June 9, 1919, Zolotonosha - February 15, 1977, Minsk) was a Jewish chess grandmaster.
- Ber Borochov (June 22, 1881, Zolotonosha - December 17, 1918, Kiev) was the Jewish founder of the Poale Zion party and a supporter of the Red Army.
- (Ukrainian) (1972) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
Media on Zolotonosha in the Wikicommons.
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Administrative divisions of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Cherkaskyi | Chornobaivskyi | Chyhyrynskyi | Drabivskyi | Horodyshchenskyi | Kamianskyi | Kanivskyi | Katerynopilskyi | Khrystynivskyi | Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi | Lysianskyi | Mankivskyi | Monastyryschenskyi | Shpolianskyi | Smilianskyi | Talnivskyi | Umanskyi | Zhashkivskyi | Zolotoniskyi | Zvenyhorodskyi |
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Cities: Cherkasy | Chyhyryn | Horodysche | Kamianka | Kaniv | Khrystynivka | Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi | Monastyrysche | Shpola | Smila | Talne | Uman | Vatutine | Zhashkiv | Zolotonosha | Zvenyhorodka |
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Urban-type settlements: Babanka | Buky | Chornobai | Drabiv | Irdyn | Katerynopil | Lysianka | Mankivka | Shramivka | Stebliv | Tsvitkove | Tsybuliv | Verkhniachka | Vilshana | Yerky | more... |
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