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Kremenchuk
(Ukrainian:
Кременчук,
Russian:
Кременчу́г,
translit.
Kremenchug) is an important industrial
city
in the
Poltava Oblast
(province)
of central
Ukraine.
Serving as the
administrative center
of the
Kremenchutskyi Raion
(district),
the city itself is also designated as a separate raion
within the oblast, and is located on the banks of
Dnieper
River.
History
City
plan at the end of 18th century.
Kremenchuk was supposedly founded in 1571. The name
Kremenchuk consists of two words "kremen" -Chert(a
mineral) and "chuk"- from Ukrainian "chuyu"because the city
is located on a giant chert plate. From its situation at the
southern terminus of the navigable course of the Dnieper
river, and equally advantageous positioning on the crossway
from
Muscovy
to
Black Sea,
it acquired a great commercial importance early on, and by
1655, it was a wealthy
Cossack
town. In 1625, at
Lake Kurukove
in Kremenchuk, the
Treaty of Kurukove
was signed between the
Cossacks
and the
Poles.
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Kremenchuk
Кременчук
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During
World War II
(1939-1945), Kremenchuk suffered heavily under
Nazi
occupation. More than 90% of the city's buildings were leveled
over the course of the war, and most of Kremenchuk's once
substantial
Jewish
population was wiped out. September 29, the day when the city
was liberated from the Nazis in 1943, is celebrated in
Kremenchuk as the City Day. Despite a remarkable post-war
recovery and a healthier economy, Kremenchuk lacks much of the
architectural charm and distinctly Ukrainian (rather than
Russian) character of its sister city, the oblast capital of
Poltava.
Some people, however, consider a benefit the nearly complete
lack of old (pre-World
War II) buildings, claiming
that it gives Kremenchuk its own special appeal.
Lenin statue
in the city-center.
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