Kamianka ( uk, Кам'янка; ; russian: Камeнка) is a town in the
Cherkasy Raion
Cherkasy Raion ( uk, Черкаський район, translit.: ''Cherkas'kyi raion'') is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast. It is located in the central part of Cherkasy oblast, and the center of the raion is the city of Cherkasy. The popul ...
of
Cherkasy Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast ( uk, Черка́ська о́бласть, Cherkaska oblast, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna ( uk, Черка́щина, ) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center ...
of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. It hosts the administration of
Kamianka urban hromada Kamianka ( uk, Кам'янка) may refer to:
Ukraine Populated places Cities
* Kamianka, Cherkasy Oblast, a city in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.
* Kamianka-Buzka, a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
* Kamianka-Dniprovska, a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Uk ...
, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
It had a population of
It is a countryside town approximately southeast from
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
, located on the bank of the
Tiasmyn River
The Tiasmyn () is a right tributary of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Тясмин
.
Government
Until 18 July, 2020, Kamianka served as an administrative center of
Kamianka Raion
Kamianka Raion ( uk, Кам'янський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Kamianka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrati ...
. 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 the Kamianka Raion was merged into the
Cherkasy Raion
Cherkasy Raion ( uk, Черкаський район, translit.: ''Cherkas'kyi raion'') is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast. It is located in the central part of Cherkasy oblast, and the center of the raion is the city of Cherkasy. The popul ...
.
History
Kamianka is known as an artist's colony, in which
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
Grigory Potemkin
Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (, also , ;, rus, Князь Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, Knjaz' Grigórij Aleksándrovich Potjómkin-Tavrícheskij, ɡrʲɪˈɡ ...
, the Russian national poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
, the composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...
, and other freethinkers and war heroes during the
Napoleonic Wars
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era worked. Kamianka was also one of the chief centres of the Southern Society of the
Decembrists
The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Ale ...
.
Culture
Kamianka has its own historical-cultural open-air museum with monument-protected constructions, collections and parks.
See also
*
List of cities in Ukraine
This is a complete list of cities in Ukraine. On 1 January 2022, there were 461 cities ( uk, місто, ''misto'') in Ukraine. City status is granted by the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. The city status is only partially related to th ...
Gallery
File:PXL 20210730 160319940.jpg, "Green house" (Davydov manor)
File:Памятник декабристам.jpg, Decembrists monument
File:Водяний млин. м.Кам'янка.JPG, Kamjanka water mill (1825)
File:Tiasmin canion Cherk-415.jpg, Tiasmyn canyon near Kamianka
File:Вокзал ст. Кам'янка.jpg, Railway station
References
External links
Official site of Kamianka*
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Cities in Cherkasy Oblast
Chigirinsky Uyezd
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Alexander Pushkin
Cities of district significance in Ukraine