Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси) is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The city is located at 49°25′60″N, 32°4′0″E on the bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200km south of the nation's capital, Kiev.

The current estimated population is 280,700 (as of 2004).

A railway line from Moscow to Odessa goes through Cherkasy, crossing the Dnieper River here on a 12 km long combined rail and automotive bridge.

Former building of the Slovyanskyi Hotel, now a Ukrainian bank

The Cherkasy Philarmony

[edit] Demographics

1926 Census:

1959 Census:

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(Ukrainian) (1972) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.

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Image:Tscherkassy-oblast-COA.PNG	Subdivisions of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg

	Raions: Cherkaskyi \| Chornobaivskyi \| Chyhyrynskyi \| Drabivskyi \| Horodyshchenskyi \| Kamianskyi \| Kanivskyi \| Katerynopilskyi \| Khrystynivskyi \| Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi \| Lysianskyi \| Mankivskyi \| Monastyryschenskyi \| Shpolianskyi \| Smilianskyi \| Talnivskyi \| Umanskyi \| Zhashkivskyi \| Zolotoniskyi \| Zvenyhorodskyi
	Cities: Cherkasy \| Chyhyryn \| Horodysche \| Kamianka \| Kaniv \| Khrystynivka \| Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi \| Monastyrysche \| Shpola \| Smila \| Talne \| Uman \| Vatutine \| Zhashkiv \| Zolotonosha \| Zvenyhorodka
	Urban-type settlements: Babanka \| Buky \| Chornobai \| Drabiv \| Irdyn \| Katerynopil \| Lysianka \| Mankivka \| Shramivka \| Stebliv \| Tsvitkove \| Tsybuliv \| Verkhniachka \| Vilshana \| Yerky \| more...
	Villages: Moryntsi \| more...

Image:Coat of arms of Ukraine.svg	Ukraine	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg
	Subdivisions of Ukraine: Cherkasy Oblast \| Chernihiv Oblast \| Chernivtsi Oblast \| Autonomous Republic of Crimea \| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast \| Donetsk Oblast \| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast \| Kharkiv Oblast \| Kherson Oblast \| Khmelnytskyi Oblast \| Kiev City \| Kiev Oblast \| Kirovohrad Oblast \| Luhansk Oblast \| Lviv Oblast \| Mykolaiv Oblast \| Odessa Oblast \| Poltava Oblast \| Rivne Oblast \| Sevastopol City \| Sumy Oblast \| Ternopil Oblast \| Vinnytsia Oblast \| Volyn Oblast \| Zakarpattia Oblast \| Zaporizhia Oblast \| Zhytomyr Oblast
	Administrative centers of subdivision units: Cherkasy \| Chernihiv \| Chernivtsi \| Dnipropetrovsk \| Donetsk \| Ivano-Frankivsk \| Kharkiv \| Kherson \| Khmelnytskyi \| Kiev \| Kirovohrad \| Luhansk \| Lutsk \| Lviv \| Mykolaiv \| Odessa \| Poltava \| Rivne \| Sevastopol \| Simferopol \| Sumy \| Ternopil \| Uzhhorod \| Vinnytsia \| Zaporizhia \| Zhytomyr

Image:Tscherkassy-oblast-COA.PNG	Subdivisions of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg

	Raions: Cherkaskyi \| Chornobaivskyi \| Chyhyrynskyi \| Drabivskyi \| Horodyshchenskyi \| Kamianskyi \| Kanivskyi \| Katerynopilskyi \| Khrystynivskyi \| Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi \| Lysianskyi \| Mankivskyi \| Monastyryschenskyi \| Shpolianskyi \| Smilianskyi \| Talnivskyi \| Umanskyi \| Zhashkivskyi \| Zolotoniskyi \| Zvenyhorodskyi
	Cities: Cherkasy \| Chyhyryn \| Horodysche \| Kamianka \| Kaniv \| Khrystynivka \| Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi \| Monastyrysche \| Shpola \| Smila \| Talne \| Uman \| Vatutine \| Zhashkiv \| Zolotonosha \| Zvenyhorodka
	Urban-type settlements: Babanka \| Buky \| Chornobai \| Drabiv \| Irdyn \| Katerynopil \| Lysianka \| Mankivka \| Shramivka \| Stebliv \| Tsvitkove \| Tsybuliv \| Verkhniachka \| Vilshana \| Yerky \| more...
	Villages: Moryntsi \| more...