Mashivka ( uk, Машівка, russian: Машевка) is an
urban-type settlement in northeastern
Ukraine, and was formerly the administrative center of
Mashivka Raion
Mashivka Raion ( uk, Машівський район) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Mashivka. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged i ...
. It is now administered within
Poltava Raion of
Poltava Oblast. The settlement is located on the left bank of the
Tahamlyk, a tributary of the
Vorskla in the drainage basin of the
Dnieper. Population:
Economy
Transportation
The settlement has road access to
Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) 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 is administratively ...
and
Krasnohrad
Krasnohrad or KrasnogradAlso known as ''Krasnograd'' fortress (Красноград) (1731-1784), ''Konstantinograd'' fortress (Константиноград) (1784-1922), city of Konstantinograd (1922-1943). ( uk, Красногра́д, ) is a ...
, with further access via highways to
Kharkiv and
Dnipro
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
.
Mashivka railway station is on the railway connecting Poltava and Krasnohrad. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
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Urban-type settlements in Poltava Raion