Zolotonosha


Zolotonosha is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. Located at around, the city serves as the administrative center of Zolotonosha Raion. It hosts the administration of Zolotonosha urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Zolotonosha is located in Dnieper Lowland on the Zolotonoshka River, a tributary of the Dnipro, within of the oblast's administrative center, Cherkasy. The railroad line from Bakhmach to Odesa and the highways connecting Kyiv to Kremenchuk and Cherkasy to Shramkivka pass through the city.

Administrative status

Until 18 July 2020, Zolotonosha was designated as a city of oblast significance and belonged to Zolotonosha Municipality but not to the Zolotonosha Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four, the city was merged into the Zolotonosha Raion.

History

Zolotonosha was first mentioned in written works around 1576. In 1635 the town was granted the Magdeburg rights. From 1640 to 1648, the town was directly ruled by Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, a Polish magnate, whose family built a castle there. Under the Cossack Hetmanate Zolotonosha served as a sotnia town of Pereisalav Regiment. After 1796 it was incorporated into Malorossia and then in 1802 became a part of Poltava Governorate, meaning that Jews were allowed to settle in the city and started to gradually arrive in larger numbers.
Under the Russian Empire Zolotonosha was a centre of trade, crafts and agriculture. Between 1860 and 1897 its population increased from 7,200 to 8,700 inhabitants. There was a pogrom in October 1905, which ended with much of the town being burned down and Jews being targeted. Following the Ukrainian War of Independence, Zolotonosha became part of the Ukrainian SSR, a republic of the Soviet Union. During this period, there were two more pogroms, one on April 24, 1919 committed by local bandits, and another on May 12 committed by Red Army troops.
In 1933 Zolotonosha's population was around 13,000. In 1939, the 2,087 members of the Jewish community comprised 11.4% of the town's total population. In September 1941, 300 Jews were murdered in a mass execution. On 22 November 1941, in Strunkovka, just northwest of the town, more than 3,500 Jews were killed in another massacre. The city was liberated by the Red Army in September 1943. Under the Soviet rule Zolotonosha served as a centre of mechanical and processing industry, housing an agricultural school. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, the city became part of independent Ukraine.

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the Ukrainian census|2001 census]:
LanguageNumberPercentage
Ukrainian26 26792.57%
Russian1 8466.51%
Other2620.92%
Total28 375100.00%

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People