Cherkasy Raion Explained

Cherkasy Raion
Native Name:	Черкаський район
Native Name Lang:	uk
Settlement Type:	Raion
Flag Alt:	Flag of Cherkasy Raion
Shield Alt:	Coat of arms of Cherkasy Raion
Image Map1:	Cherkasskiy rayon 2020.svg
Coordinates:	49.5°N 31.8°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Parts Type:	Subdivisions
Parts:	26 hromadas
Established Title:	Established
Established Date:	4 January 1965
Seat Type:	Admin. center
Seat:	Cherkasy
Leader Title:	Governor
Leader Title1:	Chairman
Leader Name1:	Kostiantyn Omargalieva
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	1617
Population Total:	583648
Population As Of:	2022
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	EET
Utc Offset1:	+02:00
Timezone1 Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+03:00
Postal Code Type:	Postal index
Postal Code:	19601—19646
Area Code Type:	Area code
Area Code:	380-472
Website:	http://cherkassy-rda.gov.ua/

Cherkasy Raion (Ukrainian: Черкаський район|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 population is

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Cherkasy Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Chyhyryn, Kamianka, Kaniv, and Smila Raions, parts of two more abolished raions, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi and Horodyshche Raions, as well as the cities of Cherkasy, Kaniv, and Smila, which were previously incorporated as cities of oblast significance and did not belong to any raion, were merged into Cherkasy Raion.^{[1] [2]} The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

The approximate length if the raion was 76km (47miles) and its width is up to 25km (16miles), and the raion consisted of 39 settlements - 38 villages and 1 urban-type settlement - Irdyn. There were 23 village councils (sil's'ka rada) in Cherkasy raion. The biggest villages of them were Ruska Polyana (Ukrainian: Руська Поляна), Chervona Sloboda (Ukrainian: Червона Слобода), Bilozirya (Ukrainian: Білозір'я), and Moshny (Ukrainian: Мошни). The area of the raion was 1617km2, with the density of . The population consisted of Ukrainians (96.4%), Russians (2.9%), Belarusians (0.2%), and others (0.5%).

Subdivisions

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 26 hromadas:^[2]

• Balakleia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Balakleia, transferred from Smila Raion;^[3]
• Berezniaky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Berezniaky, transferred from Smila Raion;^[3]
• Biloziria rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Biloziria, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Bobrytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bobrytsia, transferred from Kaniv Raion;^[4]
• Budyshche rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Budyshche, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Cherkasy urban hromada with the administration in the city of Cherkasy, transferred from Cherkasy Municipality;^[5]
• Chervona Sloboda rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Chervona Sloboda, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Chyhyryn urban hromada with the administration in the city of Chyhyryn, transferred from Chyhyryn Raion;^[6]
• Horodyshche urban hromada with the administration in the city of Horodyshche, transferred from Horodyshche Raion;^[7]
• Kamianka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kamianka, transferred from Kamianka Raion;^[8]
• Kaniv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kaniv, previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance;^[9]
• Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, transferred from Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion^[10]
• Lesky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lesky, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Lipliave rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lipliave, transferred from Kaniv Raion;^[4]
• Medvedivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Medvedivka, transferred from Chyhyryn Raion;^[6]
• Mlyiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mlyiv, transferred from Horodyshche Raion;^[7]
• Moshny rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Moshny, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Mykhailivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mykhailivka, transferred from Kamianka Raion;^[8]
• Nabutiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Nabutiv, transferred from Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion;^[10]
• Rotmistrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rotmistrivka, transferred from Smila Raion;^[3]
• Ruska Poliana rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ruska Poliana, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Sahunivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sahunivka, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Smila urban hromada with the administration in the city of Smila, transferred from Smila Municipality;^[11]
• Stepanky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Stepanky, retained from Cherkasy Raion;
• Stepantsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Stepantsi, transferred from Kaniv Raion;^[4]
• Ternivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ternivka, transferred from Smila Raion.^[3]

Geography

The raion is located on lowlands, on the bank of Kremenchuk Reservoir, on the Dnieper. Rivers, such as the Ros, the Vilshyanka, and the Tyasmyn are flowing through the raion. Forests cover about 62 hectares of the district, including the famous Cherkasy Forest.^[12]

Economy

Transportation

The raion is crossed with highways which connect Cherkasy with other cities like Kaniv, Zolotonosha, Uman. The length of all routes is 3209km (1,994miles), from which 1012km (629miles) are national routes. The region also hosts a part of Odesa-Moscow railway route.

History

Since January 2015, the chairman of the district administration has been Kostiantyn Omargaliev.^[13]

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of eight hromadas:^[14]

• Biloziria rural hromada with the administration in Biloziria;
• Budyshche rural hromada with the administration in Budyshche;
• Chervona Sloboda rural hromada with the administration in Chervona Sloboda;
• Lesky rural hromada with the administration in Lesky;
• Moshny rural hromada with the administration in Moshny;
• Ruska Poliana rural hromada with the administration in Ruska Poliana;
• Sahunivka rural hromada with the administration in Sahunivka;
• Stepanky rural hromada with the administration in Stepanky.

Notable people

• Andronicus Rudenko (1894-1951), Greek-Catholic priest and a convert from Russian Orthodoxy
• Valentyna Davydenko (born 1955), a recipient of the Honored Journalist of Ukraine

Notes and References

1. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
2. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . uk.
3. Web site: Смілянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
4. Web site: Канівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
5. Web site: Черкасская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
6. Web site: Чигиринська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
7. Web site: Городищенська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
8. Web site: Кам’янська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
9. Web site: Каневская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
10. Web site: Корсунь-Шевченківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
11. Web site: Смелянская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
12. Web site: Черкаський район. Cherkasy Regional State Administration. uk. Cherkasy Raion. https://web.archive.org/web/20140323201412/http://www.oda.ck.ua/index.php?lng=ukr&section=1&page=6&id=18. 23 March 2014. 10 August 2016.
13. Web site: ПЕТРО ПОРОШЕНКО ПРИЗНАЧИВ ГОЛОВОЮ ЧЕРКАСЬКОЇ РДА КОСТЯНТИНА ОМАРГАЛІЄВА. 19 January 2015. Cherkasy District State Administration. uk. Poroshenko appointes Kostiantyn Omargalieva head of Cherkasy RDA. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810080626/http://cherkassy-rda.gov.ua/?p=22683. 10 August 2016. live. 10 August 2016.
14. Web site: Черкаська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.