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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Cherkasy
| native_name        = {{lang|uk|Черкаси}}
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| image_caption      = {{hlist|Clockwise from top: Palace of Culture and Monument to [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]]|Civil Bank|Museum of [[Taras Shevchenko]]|''Slovianskyi'' Hotel|Men's Gymnasium|Holy Trinity Cathedral|House of Shcherbyna}}
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| subdivision_type1  = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Cherkasy Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Cherkasy Raion]]
| established_title  = First mentioned
| established_date   = 1286
| established_title1 = City status
| established_date1  = 1795
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = {{ill|Anatoliy Vasyliovych Bondarenko|uk|Бондаренко Анатолій Васильович}}<ref name="1453120BondarenkoCherkasy">{{cite news |url=https://vybory.24tv.ua/rezultati-viboriv-u-cherkasah-2020-ofitsiyno-hto-peremig_n1453120 |script-title=uk:Результати виборів у Черкасах: чинний мер Бондаренко залишається на посаді |trans-title=Results of elections in Cherkasy, incumbent mayor Bondarenko remains in office |work=[[:uk:24 (телеканал)|24 Kanal]] |date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=uk}}</ref>
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| area_code          = +380 472
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'''Cherkasy''' ({{langx|uk|Черкаси}}, {{IPA|uk|tʃerˈkɑsɪ|pron|audio=Uk-Черкаси.ogg}}) is a city in central [[Ukraine]]. Cherkasy serves as the [[administrative centre]] of [[Cherkasy Oblast]] as well as [[Cherkasy Raion]] within the oblast. The city has a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|269,836|punct=.}}

Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre of Cherkasy Oblast and Ukraine's {{ill|Central Economic Region (Ukraine)|lt=Central Economic Region|uk|Центральний економічний район (Україна)}}. Known since the 13th century, Cherkasy has played a great role in the [[history of Ukraine]]. The city was the centre of the land of the [[Cossacks]]; its citizens took part in the [[Khmelnytsky Uprising|Khmelnychchyna]] and [[Koliivshchyna]] Cossack and peasant rebellions.

The city is located on the right bank of [[Dnieper River]], about {{convert|200|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the nation's capital, [[Kyiv]]. In June 2011, the city celebrated its 725th anniversary.

== Geography ==

=== Location ===
Cherkasy is situated on the high right bank of the [[Dnieper River|Dnipro River]], in the middle of the [[Kremenchuk Reservoir]]. Relief of the historical part of the city was influenced by {{ill|Zamkova mountain (Cherkasy)|lt=Zamkova (Castle) Mountain|uk|Замкова гора (Черкаси)}}, where [[Cherkasy Castle]] was situated.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160507031039/http://vikka.ua/news/36726-tamnits-rdnogo-msta-cherkaskiy-zamok.htm Mysteries of the native city: Cherkasy Castle]. Vikka. 31 July 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.shukach.com/uk/node/37282 Cherkasy Castle-Fortress. Khmelnytsky Park in Cherkasy city] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507031402/http://www.shukach.com/uk/node/37282 |date=7 May 2016 }}. shukach.com. 13 September 2014</ref> The major part of Cherkasy occurs as [[lowland]]s.

The city occupies an area of {{convert|69|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}. The city's length is {{convert|17|km|2|abbr=on}} along the Kremenchuk Reservoir, while its widest point is only {{convert|8|km|2|abbr=on}}.

From the north-west, Cherkasy is surrounded by forest. Known as [[Cherkasy Forest]], it is the biggest ({{convert|28500|ha|acre|-2|disp=or}}) natural pine forest in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mestectvo.com/cherkassy/zolotaya-podkova/cherkassy.html |title=Місто Черкаси |access-date=2011-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423131030/http://www.mestectvo.com/cherkassy/zolotaya-podkova/cherkassy.html |archive-date=23 April 2011|language=uk}}</ref>

Cherkasy is divided into 2 [[Urban districts of Ukraine|urban districts]]: [[Prydniprovskyi District, Cherkasy|Prydniprovskyi District]] and [[Sosnivskyi District]], which includes the village of {{ill|Orshanets|uk|Оршанець}}. It hosts the administration of [[Cherkasy urban hromada]], one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_cherkasy">{{cite web |title=Черкаська територіальна громада |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4863/composition |publisher=decentralization.gov.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
[[File:Панорама з Пагорбу Слави, Черкаси.jpg|thumb|left|View from Hill of Glory on the Rose Valley and water reservoir.]]
The [[climate]] of Cherkasy is mild continental, with mild winters and warm summers.<ref name="Клімат Черкас на ''www.meteoprog.ua''">[http://www.meteoprog.ua/ua/climate/Chercasy/ Клімат Черкас] (підготовлено Вишневським В. І.) на [http://www.meteoprog.ua/ua/ ''www.meteoprog.ua'' (Погода в Україні й світі. Прогноз погоди.)]</ref>

The average temperature in the city is {{convert|+7.7|C|F}}. Winters are usually cold and snowy (the average January temperature is {{convert|-5.9|C|F}}). Summers are dry and warm (the average temperature in July is {{convert|+19.8|C|F}}), with occasional highs reaching {{convert|+35|C|F}}.

{{Weather box
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|location = Cherkasy (1981–2010)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = -1.0
|Feb high C = -0.1
|Mar high C = 5.6
|Apr high C = 14.4
|May high C = 21.4
|Jun high C = 24.3
|Jul high C = 26.6
|Aug high C = 26.1
|Sep high C = 20.0
|Oct high C = 13.1
|Nov high C = 5.0
|Dec high C = 0.2
|year high C = 13.0
|Jan mean C = -3.9
|Feb mean C = -3.5
|Mar mean C = 1.4
|Apr mean C = 9.0
|May mean C = 15.4
|Jun mean C = 18.7
|Jul mean C = 20.6
|Aug mean C = 19.7
|Sep mean C = 14.3
|Oct mean C = 8.2
|Nov mean C = 1.9
|Dec mean C = -2.4
|year mean C = 8.3
|Jan low C = -7.1
|Feb low C = -6.8
|Mar low C = -2.6
|Apr low C = 3.7
|May low C = 9.0
|Jun low C = 12.8
|Jul low C = 14.5
|Aug low C = 13.5
|Sep low C = 8.9
|Oct low C = 3.7
|Nov low C = -0.9
|Dec low C = -5.2
|year low C = 3.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 30.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 29.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 35.2 
|Apr precipitation mm = 34.7
|May precipitation mm = 48.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 72.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 63.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 55.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 54.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 42.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 40.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 36.2
|year precipitation mm = 543.6
| Jan snow cm  = 14.7
| Feb snow cm  = 11.1
| Mar snow cm  = 5.5
| Apr snow cm  = 0.0
| May snow cm  = 0.0
| Jun snow cm  = 0.0
| Jul snow cm  = 0.0
| Aug snow cm  = 0.0
| Sep snow cm  = 0.0
| Oct snow cm  = 0.0
| Nov snow cm  = 2.2
| Dec snow cm  = 15.0
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.8
|Feb precipitation days = 6.6
|Mar precipitation days = 7.4
|Apr precipitation days = 6.8
|May precipitation days = 7.1
|Jun precipitation days = 8.6
|Jul precipitation days = 7.5
|Aug precipitation days = 5.8
|Sep precipitation days = 7.1
|Oct precipitation days = 6.0
|Nov precipitation days = 6.5
|Dec precipitation days = 7.1
|year precipitation days = 83.3
|Jan humidity = 84.1
|Feb humidity = 81.8
|Mar humidity = 77.0
|Apr humidity = 68.1
|May humidity = 64.0
|Jun humidity = 69.6
|Jul humidity = 69.6
|Aug humidity = 68.2
|Sep humidity = 73.6
|Oct humidity = 78.8
|Nov humidity = 85.0
|Dec humidity = 85.7
|year humidity = 75.5
| Jan light = 8.7
| Feb light = 10.2
| Mar light = 11.9
| Apr light = 13.8
| May light = 15.4
| Jun light = 16.2
| Jul light = 15.8
| Aug light = 14.4
| Sep light = 12.6
| Oct light = 10.8
| Nov light = 9.1
| Dec light = 8.3
| Jan uv  =1
| Feb uv  =1
| Mar uv  =2
| Apr uv  =4
| May uv  =5
| Jun uv  =5
| Jul uv  =6
| Aug uv  =5
| Sep uv  =3
| Oct uv  =2
| Nov uv  =1
| Dec uv  =1
|source 1 = [[NCEI]]<ref name=WMOCLINO>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210717143555/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1981-2010/RA-VI/Ukraine/12.6.%20WMO_Normals_Excel_Template%20%282%29.xls
| archive-date = 17 July 2021
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1981-2010/RA-VI/Ukraine/12.6.%20WMO_Normals_Excel_Template%20(2).xls
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010: Cherkasy
| publisher = National Centers for Environmental Information
| access-date = 17 July 2021}}</ref>
|source 2 = World Weather Online(Snow-UV 2009-2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldweatheronline.com/cherkasy-weather-averages/cherkaska-oblast/ua.aspx |title=Cherkasy Annual Weather Averages |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=World Weather Online}}</ref> Weather Atlas(Daylight)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/ukraine/cherkasy-climate |title=Yearly & Monthly Weather - Cherkasy, Ukraine |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Weather Atlas}}</ref>
|date=July 2011
}}

=== Ecology ===
The ecological situation in the city is quite stable. The cumulative [[pollution]] index {{As of|2008|lc=y}} is 7.56, which is average relative to other Ukrainian cities. The main pollutant in the city is [[Azot (Cherkasy)|"Azot" plant]], so the areas near it in the southeastern part of the city are the most polluted.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} The city council report on ecological situation in the city http://www.rada.cherkassy.ua/ua/newsread.php?view=17&s=1&s1=69 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310142743/http://www.rada.cherkassy.ua/ua/newsread.php?view=17&s=1&s1=69 |date=10 March 2012 }}</ref> The downtown area is heavily polluted as well, due to high [[traffic]] volume. The city itself is mostly clean of nuclear pollution from the [[Chernobyl disaster]], although the northernmost part of Cherkasy may have been influenced a little.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} The map of nuclear pollution in Ukraine http://chornobyl.in.ua/uk/karty-radiacia-ukraina.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325024132/http://chornobyl.in.ua/uk/karty-radiacia-ukraina.html |date=25 March 2011 }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|1897|29600|1926|38563|1939|51723|1959|84822|1970|158393|1979|228197|1989|290340|2001|295414|2011|286987|2022|269836|align=right|cols=1|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-cities.htm|title=Cities & towns of Ukraine|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref>}}As of 1 October 2015, the number of inhabitants of Cherkasy was 284,479.<ref>{{in lang|uk}}[http://www.ck.ukrstat.gov.ua/source/arch/2015/chisl_1509.pdf Чисельність населення (щомісячна інформація)], UkrStat Statistics Agency (1 October 2015)</ref> This number is decreasing because of rising mortality rate, the socio-economic situation, and [[suburbanisation]] in the region.

According to the [[2001 Ukrainian census|2001 census]], [[Ukrainians]] made up 83.31% of the population, [[Russians]] 13.14% and [[Jews]] 0.55%.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}</ref> 46.4% are males, 53.6% are females.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/results/general/estimated/cherkasy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121043935/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/results/general/estimated/cherkasy|url-status=dead|title=Сайт Державного комітету статистики України. Дані перепису 2001 року|archivedate=21 November 2008}}</ref> According to the data provided by the municipal health care department, teens under 14 encompass 15% of the population while pensioners are 19%, which indicates the prevalence of aging citizens compared to younger citizens.

=== Language ===
Distribution of the population by [[First language#Defining "native language"|native language]] according to the [[2001 Ukrainian census|2001 census]]:<ref>{{cite web | language=uk | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України}}</ref>
{| class="standard"
|-
! Language
! Number
! Percentage
|-
| [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]
| align="right"| 231 441 ||align="right"| 79.05%
|-
| [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian]]
| align="right"| 54 677 || align="right"| 18.68%
|-
| Other{{ref label|rounding|a|a}}
| align="right"| 6 643 || align="right"| 2.27%
|-
| Total
| align="right"| 292 761 || align="right"| 100.00%
|}
{|
|-
|{{note label|rounding|a|a}} Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population.
|}

According to a survey conducted by the [[International Republican Institute]] in April–May 2023, 80% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, and 18% spoke Russian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratinggroup.ua/files/ratinggroup/reg_files/municipal_survey_may_2023_ua_-_final.pdf|title=Восьме всеукраїнське муніципальне опитування Квітень – Травень 2023}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Early history ===
The history of Cherkasy has not been thoroughly explored. Historians believe that the city was established in 1286, within the territory of [[Kievan Rus']]. Little is known about the early history of the city. Cherkasy is first documented in the 1305 ''[[Hustyn Chronicle]]'', in which it is mentioned along with other Kievan Rus' cities such as [[Kiev]], [[Kaniv]], [[Zhytomyr]] and [[Ovruch]].

=== Under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ===
[[File:Dymitr Wiśniowiecki Bajda.PNG|left|thumb|150px|[[Dmytro Vyshnevetsky|Dmytro Baida-Vyshnevetskiy]], Cherkasy headman]]
[[File:Dashkevich.PNG|right|thumb|150px|[[Ostap Dashkevych]], Cherkasy headman]]

In the 1360s the city entered a new period in its development, becoming a part of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]. Cherkasy became an important defender of the southern borders of the Grand Duchy. In 1384 the city was recognized as a fortified town on the southern edge (of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), forming along with [[Vinnytsia]], [[Bratslav]] and [[Kaniv]] part of a defensive line against [[Crimean Tatars]]. The city started to be ruled by a headman (starosta).

From the end of the 15th until the beginning of the 16th centuries, the post of {{ill|Cherkasy headman|uk|Черкаське староство}} was held by the prominent persons of that time&nbsp;– {{ill|Bogdan Glinskiy|ru|Глинский, Богдан Фёдорович}} (in office: 1488–1495), {{ill|Kmyta Oleksandrovych|uk|Кміта Олександрович}} (in office: 1494–1500), Vasyl Dashkevych ({{langx |uk| Василь Дашкович Глинський }}, in office: 1504–1507), [[Andrzej Niemirowicz|Andriy Nemyrovych]] (in office: 1511–1514), [[Ostap Dashkevych|Ostafiy Dashkevych]] (in office: 1514–1535), Vasyl Tyshkevych, [[Dmytro Vyshnevetsky|Dmytro Baida-Vyshnevetskiy]] (in office: 1550–1553) etc.

During the 15th and 16th centuries Cherkasy was one of the main centres that helped the Cossacks in the peopling of the Ukrainian south. Citizens took part in military campaigns against Tatars and Turks, including operations led by [[Ivan Pidkova]] (died 1578). New Cherkasy Castle, built in 1549–52 on the place of the old one, was the centre of city life.

=== Under Polish rule, Khmelnytsky Uprising ===
[[File:Bohdan Khmelnytsky.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Hetman]] [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]]]]
After the [[Union of Lublin]] in 1569 Cherkasy became a part of [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Poland]]. The Cherkasy Regiment, which was created in 1625, played a big role in history of the city. The city became one of the centres of the [[Cossacks#Ukrainian Cossacks|Cossack movement]]. Citizens took part in the [[Khmelnytsky Uprising]] of 1648-1657, during which the regiment became an administrative-territorial subdivision (until 1686). During that time Cherkasy's Regiment was one of the most powerful military units and took part in all of the battles with Bohdan Khmelnytsky's army. After a successful campaign, Khmelnytsky in 1654 signed an alliance with Muscovy at Pereyaslav. The war ended in 1667 with the [[Truce of Andrusovo]]. Cherkasy remained part of Poland, but territories east of the Dnieper River including [[left-bank Ukraine]] and [[Zaporizhia (region)|Zaporizhia]] were secured for Muscovy.
While in the Polish Kingdom, the city was a seat of the county (powiat) which belonged to a greater unit – the [[Kyiv Voivodeship]] of the [[Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown|Lesser Poland Province]] until 1793. In 1768, during the [[Koliiivshchyna]] turmoils, in which the city's residents  participated, Cherkasy was severely damaged and pillaged. In 1791 the city gained [[Magdeburg rights]]. It was a [[royal city]] of Poland. After the [[Second Partition of Poland]] the city was incorporated into the Kievan Guberniya of [[Imperial Russia]].

=== 19th – early 20th centuries ===
[[File:Cherkasy plan 1826.PNG|thumb|right|City plan as of 1826]]
From the beginning of the 19th century, the city was planned by [[William Heste]], a Russian architect, civil engineer and town planner of Scottish descent. His plan for the city involved building square blocks with straight streets. After the second division of Poland in 1793, Cherkasy became part of the Russian Empire. From 1797 it was a {{Transliteration|uk|[[Uyezd|povitove]]}} town of the [[Kyiv Governorate]]. In the second half of the 19th century the city experienced great economic growth. The construction of a railroad through the city resulted in many new industrial enterprises. Sugar, tobacco, metalwork, mechanical engineering and trade industries were at peak development at that time.

=== [[Ukrainian War of Independence]], Second World War and Soviet period ===
[[File:Holodomor Monument in Cherkasy.jpg|thumb|160px|left|Monument to [[Holodomor]] victims]]
After the [[October Revolution]] in 1917 Cherkasy fell under [[Bolshevik]] control. After that, however, the city changed its ruler at least 18 times&nbsp;– during the civil war it was conquered by hetman [[Pavlo Skoropadskyi]], then again by Bolsheviks, later by [[Nykyfor Hryhoriv]]. On 1 January 1920, the city finally and for a long period fell under Soviet rule. As with all villages and towns in the area, it was a victim of man-made famine in 1932–1933 ([[Holodomor]]) and a [[Great Purge]] (a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union organised by Joseph Stalin in 1936–1938).
[[File:war monument in cherkasy.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial to the Warriors of the 254th Infantry Division, Liberators of Cherkasy]]
[[World War II|The Second World War]] damaged the city greatly. On [[Operation Barbarossa|22 June 1941]], German bombers attacked Cherkasy. For two months soldiers defended the city, but on 22 August, the invaders took the city. On 14 December 1943, Cherkasy was liberated from the German invaders. After the end of the war, the city began to recover after being almost obliterated. According to [[Five-year plans of the Soviet Union|5-year plans]], the city began to re-develop its economy, infrastructure and socio-cultural sphere. 

In 1954 the city became the administrative centre of [[Cherkasy Oblast]] ([[oblast|province]]), which remains the youngest oblast in Ukraine to date. In the 1960s Cherkasy became the chemical giant of the [[Ukrainian SSR]], after "Azot" (the biggest nitrogen fertilizer producing plant), "Khimvolokno" (artificial fiber manufacturing plant), "Khimreaktyv" (chemical reagents for military purposes) and many others were built in the city. In 1961 a Kremenchuk hydro power plant was built, forming the Kremenchuk Water Reservoir, which Cherkasy is now standing on. This makes the city a big transport hub, serving the longest [[Levee|dyke]] in Ukraine (15&nbsp;km) with rail and road on it.

=== Independence from the Soviet Union ===
Since gaining independence, industry in the city has declined, along with the number of citizens and living standards. A lot of big and powerful factories and plants were privatized but couldn't survive in a competitive market. Some enterprises changed their profile&nbsp;– several (3) factories and plants around the city were united under the "[[Bogdan Corporation]]" and started production of buses and cars. Some of the companies remained working and became successful, like [[Azot (Cherkasy)|"Azot"]].
On 28 November 2008, the monument of Lenin was removed from the central square. This caused different reactions in different people. Now the central square, formerly called "Lenin Square", is called "Soborna Square" (Cathedral Square). The square was recently renovated.
In 2009, Cherkasy airport received International Airport status ([[IATA]]: CKC&nbsp;– [[ICAO]]: UKKE).

Until 18 July 2020, Cherkasy was designated as a [[City of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]] and belonged to Cherkasy Municipality but not to Cherkasy Raion even though it was the centre 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 Cherkasy Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |work=Мінрегіон |date=17 July 2020 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=uk}}</ref>

The city has occasionally seen Russian air strikes and missile attacks as a result of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].

== Transportation ==
[[File:Cherkasy Airport.JPG|thumb|Cherkasy International Airport]]

=== Public transportation ===
[[Public transportation]] in Cherkasy consists of [[List of trolleybus systems in Ukraine#Cherkasy Oblast|trolleybuses]] and [[bus]]es. Trolleybuses started serving the city in 1965 and now operate on 10 routes, from approximately 6 am to 11 pm. The fleet is old, and mostly consists of [[ZiU-9]] and [[ZiU-10]] vehicles. Recently,{{when|date=July 2025}} 3 new trolleybuses (manufactured by [[Lviv Bus Factory|LAZ]]) appeared in the city. The bus fleet mostly consists of "Etalon", [[Bogdan (bus)|"Bohdan"]], and [[Pavlovo Bus Factory|"PAZ"]] buses. Cherkasy City Bus is the authority that controls the buses in the city. It consists of several private contractors which actually operate the transport system.

<gallery align="center">
File:Черкаський тролейбус 4.JPG|Cherkasy trolleybus LAZ E183
File:ПАЗ-3206.JPG|PAZ-3206
File:Черкаський міський автобус - Богдан.JPG|Cherkasy-made "Bohdan" bus in the street
File:BKM-321 Kremenchuk.jpg|Cherkasy trolleybus ACSM-321
</gallery>

=== Roads ===
[[File:From bridge at Cherkasy, 2006.5.JPG|thumb|left|View from bridge (P10) over railway and H16]]
Cherkasy is a major [[transport hub]] due to its location in the centre of the country.
Two major automobile routes go through the city – <span style="background:blue; color:white">&nbsp;H16&nbsp;</span> ([[Uman]]-[[Zolotonosha]], national route) and <span style="background:grey; color:white">&nbsp;P10&nbsp;</span> ([[Kaniv]]-[[Kremenchuk]], regional route). There is a 4-lane highway between Cherkasy and [[Smila, Ukraine|Smila]], which is part of the Cherkasy [[urban agglomeration]]. The roads are in poor technical condition, and road maintenance is poor.

=== Railways ===
[[File:Diesel-powered train DPKr-3 on Cherkasy railway station.jpg|thumb|Cherkasy railway station]]
The {{ill|Cherkasy railway station|uk|Черкаський залізничний вокзал}} is the main [[railway station]] that serves the city. The city also has a railway stop, and both are operated by the state-owned [[Ukrzaliznytsia]] company. Cherkasy has regular connections to neighbouring cities with small [[Diesel locomotive|diesel trains]]. The major rail route [[Odesa]]-[[Moscow]] passes through Cherkasy. One of the most important railway junctions in Ukraine is located {{convert|23|km|0|abbr=off}} from Cherkasy, in the city of [[Smila, Ukraine|Smila]], where the [[Kyiv]]–[[Dnipro]] and Odesa–Moscow rail routes cross.

=== Air and water transport ===
As Cherkasy is located on the bank of [[Kremenchuk reservoir]], it has a small riverport. The previously extensive riverboat service along the [[Dnieper]] featuring the [[Raketa hydrofoil]] ships no longer exists, limiting river transport to cargo and tour boats and private pleasure craft. There is also a [[Cherkasy River Port|cargo port]] located in the city.

[[Cherkasy International Airport]] is located on the western edge of the city. It handled chartered flights around Ukraine, because Boryspil airport in Kyiv handled most of Ukraine's international flights. In addition, Cherkasy's airport was used as the alternative airport for [[Boryspil International Airport|Boryspil]] in case of unforeseen situations and adverse weather conditions.

== Economy ==
Cherkasy is an important economic centre of Ukraine. Traditionally, the city's largest industries have been the chemical industry, the automotive industry and the food industry. The total yield generated by Cherkasy industries was near ₴7,894.3 billion, or 64% of the total income of Cherkasy Oblast.{{when|date=July 2025}}

The main industrial enterprises of Cherkasy are the following:
[[File:ПАТ "Азот" Адміністративний корпус.jpg|thumb|JSC "AZOT"]]
* ''Chemical industry:'' JSC "AZOT" (chemical fertilizers), "Aurora"  plant (paints and varnishes), Cherkasy Autochemical Plant.
* ''Light industry:'' Cherkasy Silk combine, "Laventa" shoe factory, sewing factory named after [[Lesia Ukraiinka]], "Vatfarm" (producer of medical and personal care products made of cotton-gauze)
* ''Mechanical engineering:'' JSC "CherkasyElevatorMash", JSC "Temp" (production of food industry equipment), "Photoprylad" (optical parts producing), 3 plants of the "Bogdan" corporation: a car assembly plant ("Hyundai" assembling), a truck assembling plant ("Isuzu" assembling) and a bus construction plant ("Bogdan" assembling).
* ''Food industry:'' "Buasson-Elit" Belvedere Group distillery, "Altera Azteka Milling Ukraine" corn processing and milling plant , JSC "Iuria" milk processing plant, "Svit Lasoschiv" confectionery, "ChPK" meat processing plant, "CherkasyKhlib" mechanized bakery.
* ''Timber and furniture industry:'' "Marelli" LLC, furniture factories "Romira" and "PM-plus".
* ''IT business:'' uCoz, InfoLand, In-Agro, QATestLab, SPD-Ukraine, ChallengeSoft.
* ''Internet-providers:'' McLaut, Fregat, Volia-cable, Ukrtelecom.

== Education ==
[[File:Cherkasy National University1.jpg|thumb|left|Cherkasy National University]]
Nowadays there are different types of educational institutions in Cherkasy&nbsp;– pre-school ([[kindergartens]]), schools, out-of-school and [[Higher education|higher educational institutions]]. These institutions may be both state-owned and private property.

Pre-school education is represented with 50 kindergartens around the city.

City-owned schools are 21 general schools, 1 [[wikt:night school|night school]], and 14 new-type schools – 2 [[lyceum]]s, 3 [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasiums]], [[College|collegiate]], 8 specialized schools. This include First City Gymnasium, City Gymnasium No. 9 and No. 31, Cherkasy Physical and Mathematical Lyceum, Cherkasy Lyceum of Humanities and Law, Specialized School No. 17 (Associated UNESCO school), Cherkasy Collegiate "Berehynia", Specialized Schools No. 3, #13, No. 18, #20, No. 27, #28 and No. 33.
Private schools are "Perlyna", school No. 770, and "Sofia".

Out-of-school institutions are Center of Youth Art, Young Sailors Club, Center of Tourism and Sports.

There is a number of post-secondary educational institutions:
[[File:Чоловіча гімназія Черкаси.jpg|thumb|Men's gymnasium]]
* [[Cherkasy National University|The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy]]
* {{ill|Cherkasy State Technological University|uk|Черкаський державний технологічний університет}}
* Cherkasy Institute of Bank Affairs ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070312013549/http://www.cibs.ck.ua/ branch of Ukrainian Academy of Bank Affairs of National Bank of Ukraine])
* Academy of fire safety of Heroes of Chornobyl
* [http://suem.edu.ua/ East European University of Economics and Management] (private)
* [[National University Odesa Law Academy]] (branch)

There is a number of colleges (both state and private):
* {{ill|Cherkasy Medical Academy|uk|Черкаська медична академія}}
* {{ill|Cherkasy State Business College|uk|Черкаський державний бізнес-коледж}}
* {{ill|Cherkasy Commercial Technical School|uk|Черкаський комерційний технікум}}
* {{ill|Cherkasy Musical College|uk|Черкаський музичний коледж ім. С.С. Гулака-Артемовського}}
* {{ill|Cherkasy Cooperative Economics and Law College|uk|Черкаський кооперативний економіко-правовий фаховий коледж}}

Several public libraries are serving the city&nbsp;– {{ill|Central Library of Lesia Ukrainka|uk|Черкаська центральна міська бібліотека імені Лесі Українки}}, {{ill|City Library for Youth and Children|uk|Черкаська центральна міська бібліотека для дітей}}, {{ill|Central Oblast Library of Taras Shevchenko|uk|Черкаська обласна універсальна наукова бібліотека імені Тараса Шевченка}}.

== Culture and recreation ==
Cherkasy is a big cultural centre. Several theatres, [[philharmonic]], 3 [[Movie theater|cinemas]], numerous museums and clubs are serving the city. The city has 3 indoor [[ice rink|skating rinks]]. People can relax in big parks and gardens around the city, they can also visit city's [[zoo]]. Cherkasy is among the cities in Ukraine that have their own [[planetarium]].

=== Museums ===
[[File:Черкаський обласний краєзнавчий музей.jpg|thumb|230px|right|Cherkasy Oblast Local History Museum]]

The biggest museums of Cherkasy are:
*Cherkasy Oblast Local History Museum&nbsp;– the collection of artifacts from the history, nature, culture, and ethnography of [[Cherkasy Oblast]].
*"[[Kobzar (book)|Kobzar]]" Museum of [[Taras Shevchenko]]&nbsp;– the only museum in the world about one book.
*Cherkasy Art Museum&nbsp;– big museum where different exhibitions are held throughout the year.
*Cherkasy Literary Memorial Museum of [[Vasyl Symonenko]].
*Cherkasy Museum of [[Vyshyvanka]]

=== Theatres and music ===
[[File:Cherkasy Philharmonic.jpg|thumb|left|Cherkasy Philharmonic]]

There are several theatres in Cherkasy, such as:
*Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Academic Drama Theatre of Cherkasy
*Cherkasy Academic [[Puppet]] Theater
*Youth Theater "Suchasnyk"
The city has its own [[philharmonic]], which was created in 1955. The big cultural centre is concert hall "Druzhba Narodiv" (Friendship of Nations), where all major concerts are held. Besides, there are numerous local cultural clubs.

The city has 4 modern movie theatres – "Salut" (a very old building, was the first cinema in Cherkasy), "Ukraine", "Dnipro Plaza" and "Lubava".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kino.ukr.net/cinema/cherkassy/|title=Кинотеатры Черкасс на KINOafisha.ua|access-date=12 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217230132/http://kino.ukr.net/cinema/cherkassy/|archive-date=17 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Recreation ===
[[File:Czerkasy Slavy DSC 6758 71-101-0002.jpg|thumb|right|Park Peremohy (Victory Park) in summer]]

Cherkasy is famous as a ''green city''. The main parks are Park Peremohy (Victory Park) with a [[zoo]], Sobornyi Park (Cathedral Park), Juvileyniy [[Park]] (Jubilee Park), Park Himikiv (Park of Chemists), Dolyna Troiand (Rose Valley), and two children's parks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landarchitecture.org.ua/doku.php/parks/abc|title=Сади та Парки розміщені за алфавітом Ландшафтна архітектура Черкащини|first=Fedir Gontsa -|last=fedir.gontsa.com|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
Traditional places of summer recreation are beaches of [[Dnipro River]]. The coastline of the city is as long as {{convert|15|km|0|abbr=off}}, and is usually represented with sand beaches. Infrastructure of the beaches is under development right now, although several recreational complexes are already built.
On the northern end of the city, in [[Cherkaskiy Bir (Cherkasy Forest)|Cherkasy Forest]], sanatorium "Ukraine" is situated, along with three-star [[hotel]] "Ukraine", and "Kosmos-Bowling" club. There are also several hotels in the city which can accommodate people with different tastes.

=== Festivals ===
[[File:Парк Перемога3.JPG|thumb|Wood sculptures at "Drevlyandia" festival]]

The city is famous for its sculpture festivals – "Kryzhtal" (held in winter, sculptures are made of ice), "Drevlyandia" (held in summer, sculptures are made of wood, then placed in parks around the city), and "Zhyvyi Kamin" (held in autumn, sculptures are made of stone). Along with the last, "Cherkasy's Singing Nights" are held in the open-air theatre in park. Since 2003, Cherkasy hosts international [[Bicycle|bike]] festival "Tarasova Gora", which gathers bikers from Ukraine, Russia, and other European countries. This is the biggest festival of this kind held in Ukraine.

The city also hosts a music festival (sponsored by Pentax-Richo), that takes the name "Takumar5555", that is the old Pentax brand name, and a play on the city's 55th year of independence.

== Mass media ==
Cherkasy is a major media market which is served by several local TV stations, newspapers, and numerous radio stations.

Numerous newspapers are published in the city, "Antenna", "Molod' Cherkashchyny", "Vechirni Cherkasy", "Akcent", "Nova Doba", "Misto", "Cherkasky Kray" etc.

Cherkasy has 5 TV stations&nbsp;– Vikka, Antenna-Plus, Media-Center, Expo-TV, and the state-owned Ros'. The city is also covered by nationwide channel broadcasting, such as [[1+1 (channel)|1+1]], [[Inter (TV channel)|Inter]], [[ICTV (Ukraine)|ICTV]], [[STB (Channel)|STB]], and TET.

The city's radio stations are mostly nationwide networks broadcast on local frequencies, although some local stations exist. FM radio stations include KISS FM, Hit FM, Radio Luks, Radio Rocks, Shanson, Ros', Era FM, Love Radio, 101Dalmatin, Dobre Radio.

== Sports ==
{{See also|Tsentralnyi Stadion (Cherkasy)}}
[[File:Центральний стадіон (Черкаси)5.JPG|thumb|Central stadium]]

Sport life of the city is concentrated in several places, among which are the Central [[Stadium]], Water Sport station, Sport Center "Spartak", "Ukraine"; Sport arena "Budivel'nyk"; "Astra", "Central", "Sokil" [[swimming pool]]s; 2 [[ice rink]]s. Also, there are sport-entertainment centres, such as "Selena", "Bochka", and "Sportohota" which can usually be found on the bank of the [[Dnipro River]].

Every year more than 200 sport events, contests, [[competition]]s, [[tournaments]] are held in the city, with total of 10,000 participants. Some contests that were held recently include:
*The European Women's Powerlifting Championships in 1998 saw lifters from across Europe.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.openipf.org/m/epf/9802 | title=1998 EPF Women's European Powerlifting Championships }}</ref>
*Ukrainian [[Aquabike]] Cup in 2008 hosted bikers from Cherkasy, [[Odesa]], [[Kyiv]], and former [[Dnipro]]petrovsk. It was held in "Bochka" entertainment centre.
*Kremenchuk Reservoir Cup&nbsp;– [[yacht]] contest among cities located on [[Kremenchuk Reservoir]]. Hosted 27 teams from [[Svitlovodsk]], [[Kremenchuk]], Cherkasy, and [[Komsomolsk, Ukraine|Komsomolsk]].
*Ukrainian [[Beach Volleyball]] Championship&nbsp;– was held in 2008 on the courts of "Rybka" complex
*[[2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II#Ukraine vs. Egypt|Group 2 Euro/Africa Zone matches]] of 2008 [[Davis Cup]] were held in Cherkasy, in "Selena" sport complex.

Other sport achievements are:
*Cherkasy is home to the [[Association football|football]] club [[FC LNZ Cherkasy]]
*Cherkasy was home to the [[Association football|football]] club [[FC Dnipro Cherkasy]]
*Cherkasy is home to the [[basketball]] club [[BC Cherkasy]] (a.k.a. the Cherkasy Monkeys).
*Cherkasy is home to the [[volleyball]] clubs Krug Cherkasy, Zlatogor Zolotonosha Cherkasy (women) and Impexagro Sport Cherkasy (men). They all play in the [[:Category:European volleyball club competitions|European tournaments]] 2008/2009.
*Cherkasy is represented within Ukrainian [[Bandy]] and Rink-bandy Federation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrbandy.org.ua/contact_en.html |title=Ukrainian Federation of Bandy and Rink-Bandy |access-date=2009-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001232524/http://www.ukrbandy.org.ua/contact_en.html |archive-date=1 October 2009 }}</ref>

== Architecture and sights ==
[[File:Небесної сотні 3, м Черкаси 71-101-0046.jpg|thumbnail|City Wedding Palace]]
[[File:Cherkasy-ca1910.jpg|thumbnail|Kreshchatyk Street in Cherkasy circa 1910, with Slovyanskiy Hotel.]]During its whole history Cherkasy was destroyed and rebuilt numerous times. Only few buildings from the 19th century survived. The system of streets and squares in the old part of the city is one of the few monuments to the city-building art of 19th century Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukrainetrek.com/cherkassy-city|title=Cherkasy city, Ukraine guide|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
*Scherbina House (Wedding Palace). It was the most luxurious mansion of prerevolutionary Cherkasy. In Soviet times it was known as the "Palace of Happiness" because it was city's registry office. The house was built by entrepreneur A. Scherbina in 1892. From 1970 to the present day the building is used as the Wedding Palace ([[civil registry]] agency).
*The building of former hotel "Slavyanskiy". It was constructed in the late 19th century by means of an entrepreneur Skoryna in a modernist style with elements of pseudo. In Soviet times it was a hotel "Dnepr". Today the building belongs to "Ukrsotsbank".
*Tsybulsky House (Museum of [[Taras Shevchenko|Kobzar]]). This historic building located in the centre of the city was built in the middle of the 19th century. In Soviet times museum of one book&nbsp;– [[Kobzar (book)|"Kobzar"]] by Shevchenko&nbsp;– was opened there.
*Castle Hill (Hill of Glory). The memorial complex with a monument "Motherland" is located at the top of the former Castle Hill. At this point, ancient Cossack fort, remains of Cherkasy fortress and Holy Trinity Church were situated. In 1977 all architectural and archaeological sites were completely destroyed during construction of the monument, although the new Holy Trinity Cathedral was constructed nearby.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.discover.ua/locations/svyato-troickiy-kafedralnyy-sobor | title=Discover Ukraine }}</ref> From the top of the hill a panoramic view opens on the [[Kremenchuk Reservoir]].
*Local History Museum. Cherkasy Oblast museum is housed in a modern building, built in 1985 in the historic centre of the city near the Hill of Glory (Castle Hill). Thirty halls of the museum offer sections about nature of the region, archaeology, ethnography, history of the region in the 14th&nbsp;– early 20th century, modern history from 1917 to the present. In total there are about 12 thousand exhibits.
*[[Puppet Theatre]]. Cherkasy Regional Academic Puppet Theater is located in the central part of the city, in a building that is an architectural monument of the 19th century. The building is decorated with mosaics with the heroes of fairy tales.
*School of Music. The building of Cherkasy Music School of S. Gulak-Artemovsky was built in 1903 as a men's gymnasium. The author of the project was great Kyiv architect of Polish origin V. Gorodetsky. In the second half of the 20th century, after the construction of a modern extension, the building became the home of a music school.

<gallery class="center" widths="150" heights="110">
File:Готель Скорини «Слов’янський».jpg|Building of the former Slovyanskyi Hotel, now a bank
File:Здание ОГА Черкасс.jpg|Administration building
File:CherkasyPhilarmonic.jpg|Cherkasy Philharmonic. The building is located in downtown, and was recently renovated
File:Б.Вишневецького 37-2.JPG|A building on Vyshnevetskoho street, Cherkasy
File:71-101-0034 Cherkasy SAM 8975.jpg|Fire station
</gallery>

==Notable people==
[[File:Olga Bielkova (48290840371) (cropped).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Olga Bielkova]], 2019]]

* [[Anna Asti]] (born 1990), a Ukrainian pop singer.
* [[Tykhin Baybuza]] (16th C.) a [[Registered Cossacks]] Senior from 1597 to 1598.
* [[Olga Bielkova]] (born 1975) a former Member of the [[Verkhovna Rada|Ukrainian Parliament]] from 2012 to 2020
* [[Timofiy Bilohradsky]] (ca.1710 - ca.1782) a lutenist, composer and [[kobzar]]-[[bandurist]] from Ukraine
* [[Samuel Cashwan]] (1900–1988) an American sculptor.
* [[Volodymyr Dashkovsky]] (born 1965) a Ukrainian military conductor and composer 
* [[Eduard Gudzenko]] (1938–2006) a Ukrainian expressionist artist. 
* [[Yuri Ilyenko]] (1936–2010) film director and screenwriter, directed 12 films between 1965 and 2002.
* [[Irena Karpa]] (born 1980) a Ukrainian writer, journalist, and singer.
* [[Andriy Khlyvnyuk]] (born 1979) Ukrainian musician, vocalist and lyricist of the group [[BoomBox (Ukrainian band)|BoomBox]].
* [[Vitalij Kowaljow]] (born 1968) a bass opera singer, lives in Switzerland.
* [[Louis Krasner]] (1903–1995), American classical violinist
* [[Natalya Lagoda]] (1974–2015) a Russian–Ukrainian singer, entertainer and model.
* [[Levi Olan]] (1903–1984) an American Reform Jewish rabbi, liberal social activist and author.
* [[Miron Polyakin]] (1895-1941) Russian and Soviet violinist, disciple of [[Leopold Auer]].
* [[Bert Ramelson]] (1910–1994), industrial organiser and politician for the [[Communist Party of Great Britain|CPGB]].
* [[Oleksandr Skichko]] (born 1991) Ukrainian politician, comedian, actor and TV presenter.
* [[Aleksandr Sokiryansky]] (1937-2019), Soviet Moldavian composer and musicologist.
* [[Roman Sushchenko]] (born 1969) a Ukrainian journalist and artist.
* [[Moisei Uritsky]] (1873–1918) a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia.
* [[Semyon Uritsky]] (1895–1938) a Soviet General, also fought in the Imperial Russian Army
* [[Lazar Weiner]] (1897–1982) Imperial Russian-born, American-naturalized composer of Yiddish song.
* [[Olexiy Yurin]] (born 1982) Ukrainian poet, pedagogue and interpreter; he lives in Bulgaria.
* [[Nataliia Zabolotna]] (born 1973) activist
[[File:Mykolenko2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Vitaliy Mykolenko]], 2019]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Nazar Chepurnyi]] (born 2002), a Ukrainian artistic gymnast.
* [[Valentin Demyanenko]] (born 1983) former Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani [[Canoe sprint|flat-water canoeist]]. 
* [[Artem Dovbyk]] (born 1997) a footballer with over 120 club caps and 11 for [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]], in the [[2023–24 La Liga|2023/24 La Liga season]] he won the [[Pichichi Trophy]], as the player with the most seasonal goals in the Spanish league.
* [[Serhiy Kulish]] (born 1993) Ukrainian sport shooter, silver medallist at the [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|2016 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Illia Kovtun]] (born 2003), a Ukrainian artistic gymnast and 2024 Olympic silver medalist
* [[Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk]] (born 1997), a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the [[Boston Celtics]] of the National Basketball Association.
* [[Vitaliy Mykolenko]] (born 1999) footballer with [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], over 100 club caps and 26 for [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
* [[Dmytro Skapintsev]] (born 1998), a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the [[New York Knicks]] of the National Basketball Association.
* [[Ihor Stolovytskyi]] (born 1969) former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and coach with 510 club caps.
* [[Stanislav Sukhina]] (born 1968) a Russian football official and former referee and player.
* [[Katerina Zhidkova]] (born 1989), a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani volleyball player

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine}}
Cherkasy is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Міста-побратими|url=http://chmr.gov.ua/ua/text.php?s=8&s1=46&s2=69|website=chmr.gov.ua|publisher=Cherkasy|language=uk|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|ARM}} [[Vagharshapat]], Armenia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ejmiatsin.am/relation-detail/20/|title=Official Website of the Municipality of Ejmiatsin|website=ejmiatsin.am}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Fergana]], Uzbekistan
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Jilin City]], China
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Kuşadası]], Turkey
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Madaba]], Jordan
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Mazyr District]], Belarus
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Orsha]], Belarus
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Petah Tikva]], Israel
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Rustavi]], Georgia
*{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Sumqayit]], Azerbaijan
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wanzhou District]], China
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Santa Rosa, California]] USA
*{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Valmiera]], Latvia
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== See also ==

* [[List of cities in Ukraine]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Cherkasy}}
{{Wiktionary}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Cherkasy}}
*{{in lang|uk}} [http://chmr.gov.ua/ua/ Official city portal]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090924021052/http://cherkasyhotels.com/ Cherkasy guide]
*{{in lang|en|uk|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060428062921/http://town.ck.ua/ Unofficial info portal]
*[https://ck.locator.ua/?l=en An English-language city guide to Cherkasy]

== Further reading ==
*{{in lang|uk}} ''[[The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR]] &ndash; Cherkasy Oblast)'', Vol.24. Kyiv, 1972.

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