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Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (Ukrainian: Ко́рсунь-Шевче́нківський, pronounced [ˈkɔrsʊnʲ ʃeu̯ˈtʃɛnkiu̯sʲkɪj]; Polish: Korsuń Szewczenkowski; Russian: Корсунь-Шевченковский) is a small city located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The city rests on the banks of the Ros River. Population: 17,474 (2021 est.)[2]

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
Корсунь-Шевченківський
Korsuń Szewczenkowski
The palace of the Lopukhin-Demydov family in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi.
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
Location of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°29′N 31°17′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Cherkasy Oblast
RaionCherkasy Raion
First mentioned1032
Area
  Total118.65 km2 (45.81 sq mi)
Elevation
94 m (308 ft)
Population
 (2021)
  Total17,474
  Density163/km2 (420/sq mi)
Postal code
19400
Area code+380 4735
Sister citiesGifhorn
Korsun on the Radziwiłł map (1613)
Korsun on the Radziwiłł map (1613)
Korsun downtown
Korsun downtown
Railway station
Railway station

History


A fortress Korsun was founded in 1032 by the Kievan Rus' prince Yaroslav the Wise and served the protection of Kyiv from nomads from the southern steppe regions. The name of the city comes from the Greek city of Chersones (translated as Korsun) on the Crimean Peninsula. In 1240, Korsun was destroyed by Batu Khan. In 1584, a military base was established in the city.

In the early modern times the place belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during which another fortress was built and the city received the Magdeburg rights. In 1630, Cossack rebels led by Taras Fedorovych attacked the town and destroyed its Polish garrison. The town was razed by Polish forces during the 1637 Cossack rebellion led by Pavlo Pavliuk. In 1648, the Battle of Korsuń during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, took place here. In 1768, during the Koliyivschyna Rebellion, the Polish garrison was destroyed by the forces of Maksym Zalizniak.

In 1793, Korsun was included into the Russian Empire. In 1903, one of the largest paint factories in the whole Russian Empire was built in Korsun. In the period of the Second World War (1941–1945), the Soviet Red Army defeated the German forces in the area surrounding Korsun (for further information, see Korsun Pocket). On February 14, 1944, Korsun was cleared of German forces.

In post-war years, the farm and agricultural economy of Korsun was soon rebuilt. Until 1944, the city was known simply as Korsun, however, it was later renamed in honor of Taras Shevchenko, a famous Ukrainian poet and artist.

According to Russian media, Euromaidan supporters brutalized a bus convoy of anti-Maidan activists on the night of February 20–21, 2014 in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Cherkasy Oblast, burned several buses, and killed seven passengers. On April 3, 2014, Russian forces occupying Crimea said seven people had died and 30 gone missing. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the local police force all questioned the accuracy of this account.[3] However, Russian leader Putin said this story was the reason for the military operation in Crimea,[4] and the alleged killings of anti-Maidan activists near Korsun were later reflected in the partisan Russian documentary Crimea. The Way Home.

Until 18 July 2020, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi served as an administrative center of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi being transferred to Cherkasy Raion.[5][6]


Economy


Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi contains a railroad station Korsun, on the railroad line Kyiv-Zvitkovo. Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi also contains many industrial factories, namely some mechanical factories, a construction material factory, an asphalt factory, a winemaking factory, sewing factory, and others.


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Notes


  1. "Корсунь-Шевченківська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. Debunking the Kremlin myth about the 'Korsun pogrom', Olena Goncharova, Kyiv Post. March 18, 2015
  4. "Путин попросил ввести войска РФ в Крым из-за инсценированного боя со стрельбой и "липовыми" жертвами. Украинская правда. Процитовано 21 грудня 2016" [Putin asked to send Russian troops to Crimea because of a staged battle with shooting and "fake" victims] (in Ukrainian). Pravda. March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  5. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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На других языках


[de] Korsun-Schewtschenkiwskyj

Korsun-Schewtschenkiwskyj (ukrainisch Корсунь-Шевченківський – bis 1944 Korsun; russisch Корсунь-Шевченковский .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Korsun-Schewtschenkowski, polnisch Korsuń) ist eine Stadt in der zentralukrainischen Oblast Tscherkassy mit etwa 18.200 (2017)[1] Einwohnern und Zentrum des gleichnamigen Rajons.
- [en] Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

[ru] Корсунь-Шевченковский

Ко́рсунь-Шевче́нковский (в настоящее время разные словари допускают разные варианты склонения названия[2], укр. Ко́рсунь-Шевче́нківський, до 1944 — Корсунь) — город в Черкасской области Украины. Входит в Черкасский район; до 2020 года был административным центром упразднённого Корсунь-Шевченковского района.



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