The Tiasmyn () is a right tributary of the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine an ...

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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Тясмин

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The Tiasmyn originates in the north central part of the Dnieper hills in the central Ukrainian

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

of Kirovohrad. From there it flows through the

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 ...

, where it finally flows into the

Kremenchuk Reservoir The Kremenchuk Reservoir ( uk, Кременчуцьке водосховище, ) is the largest water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. Named for the city of Kremenchuk, it covers a total area of 2,250 square kilometres in the territories ...

. The river forms a U-turn ''(180°)'' in its central run. Not counting the river's sharp turn, the river's source and its delta are located only 33 km (21 mi) away from each other. Along the river's lower section there are important discovery sites of the Bilogrudivka/ Chernoles culture near the settlement of

Subotiv Subotiv ( uk, Суботів) is a village (''selo'') in central Ukraine. It is located in Cherkasy Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province), near the town of Chyhyryn. It belongs to Chyhyryn urban hromada, of which the administration is ...

. These findings represent key late

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discoveries. Cities and towns located on the river include: Kamianka,

Smila Smila ( uk, Сміла ) is a city located on Dnieper Upland near the Tyasmyn River, in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Smila urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Climate Climate in the ...

, and

Chyhyryn Chyhyryn ( uk, Чигирин, ) is a city and historic site located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. From 1648 to 1669 the city was a Hetman residence. After a forced relocation of the Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan see ...

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{{Ukraine-river-stub Rivers of Cherkasy Oblast Rivers of Kirovohrad Oblast