About the city and region

Cherkasy region is the youngest region in Ukraine. It was established in 1954 and was surrounded by the borders of Vinnytsya, Kyiv, Kirovograd and Poltava regions. Its territory includes for 3.5% of the total area of Ukraine. The agricultural land territory has 1,456,000 ha, including 1,286,300 ha of ploughed fields, 139,100 ha of meadows and pastures and 30,100 ha of plantations.

In January 1998, 3% of the Ukraine's population resided in this region, among them 54.9% in the towns and settlements, 45.1% in rural areas.

The region has 20 administrative districts, 16 towns of oblast subordination, like Cherkasy, Smila, Uman, Kaniv, Vatutine and Zolotonosha, and 823 villages.

The region is located in the center of Ukraine and has an advantageous geographical position. Its territory is crossed by major highways and the Dnipro river. The length of Kremenchuk water basin is 130 km. Its depth is 6 m, the total flood area is about 2,252 sq. km.

Due to favorable climatic conditions, the oblast is rich in picturesque forests and miscellaneous fauna. The Kanivsky National Park is the biggest one in the forest steppe area. It occupies 341,100 ha.

The region can boast a developed transport infrastructure with railway, river and automobile transportation facilities.

The Shevchenko division of the Odessa railway is engaged in freight and passenger service.

The aviation company fleet provides A 410 and AN 2 aircraft, MI 2 helicopters and planes of other companies to carry passengers and mail, and for agricultural purposes. Cherkasy airport has currently capable of receiving the TU 154 and IL 76 aircraft. Dnipro river transport and passenger services are also available. Bus communication connects all cities and settlements of the region.

During the period of Ukraine got its independence, the development of communication amenities began: automatic telephone exchanges for 39,800 subscribers and 3 district communication offices have been commissioned. The electronic digital state-of-the-art exchange has been put into operation in Cherkasy and its region. It supplies regional, intercity and international telephone communication service.

The region has a wide range of minerals: nonmetallic materials, reserves for production of bricks and ceramics, claydite, decoration and cladding stone, construction and glass sands, bentonite clays, primary and secondary kaolin, cast stone materials.

The region possesses good prospects for intensive mining of decoration and cladding stone. It will involve the development of such deposits as: Volkivske and Voronivske gabbro deposits, Korsun-Shevchenkivske, Garbuzynske, Samhorodske and Sanzharske granite deposits. The region's demand in construction stone is fully met by the existing pits and quarries. The income growth will be achieved through exploration of new deposits and further development of the existing ones.

How to get there:

By car - The city is beneficially located in the central part of Ukraine, so the great majority of main Ukrainian highways cross here. From Kyiv one can reach Cherkassy from the Boryspil direction. The way from Kyiv to Cherkassy by car takes about 2.5 hours.

By train - Cherkassy possesses railway station with large amount of routes to different cities of Ukraine - Kyiv, Symferopol, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and others, and also Russian cities - Moscow.

By bus - the city has many connections to different Ukrainian cities, that can be reached by bus.