October street is the central street of the city. It takes beginning at the Soborny maydan. The street appeared in the second half of the 18 century. At that time the general layouts of building were developed for many towns of provinces by the decree of Katherine II. And although the original plan was not [...]
Poltava region is justly considered to be a large educational and scientific center of Ukraine. Here lived, studied or taught such masters of their particular fields as V.G. Korolenko, philosopher, writer, public progressive figure and humanist of the beginning of 20 century, Y.V. Kondratyuk (O.G.Shargey), one of the space flights theory pioneers of the second [...]
Hitler was amazed by richness and beauty of Ukrainian lands. Thanks to the operation of Kharkiv, that was successful conducted on 28 May,1942, he was sure that Ukraine had become a part of Germany forever. On the captured territory it was planned to destroy all educational establishments, except primary schools, to shoot up intelligentsia, to [...]
At the beginning of the XX century Poltavhchyna was a part of old Eastern Slavonic tribes. As a result of archeological investigations remains of their settlements and memorials of material culture have been found. Though traces of other non-Slavonic nations are found on the territory of Poltava oblast’. In Kyiv Rus’ times Poltavshchyna was a [...]
The main fuel-energy resources of the region are oil, gas distillate and natural gas. The largest oil and gas field of the region is Glynsk-Rozbyshevskyi oil and gas field. The top fuel industry enterprises of the region are an oil-and-gas production department ‘Poltavanaftogaz’and public corporation ‘Ukrnafta’, gas industrial department ‘Poltavagazdobych’. In 2000 Yablunevskyi gas-processing plant [...]
In 1999 year a large lot of photos taken on the Poltava battlefield were found in the War Archives in Stockholm. Later it was learned that these photos were taken by two Swedish officers: Karl Bennedich and Frey Rydeberg, who visited Poltava in summer 1911. They visited Poltava by order of the General Staff of [...]
Poltava region occupies 28,8 thousand sq. km and takes the 7th place in Ukraine as well as exceeds the territory of more than 50 countries. It borders with Chernigiv and Sumy region in the in the North, Kharkiv region in the East, Dnipropetrovs’k and Kirovograd region in the South and in the West with Kyiv [...]
One of aspects, thanks to which Poltava is known all over Ukraine and also in CIS, is truly Poltava masterpiece of culinary art – Poltava galushkas.
“It was confirmed at January, 30, 1998. A shield divided into quarters by raspberry lozenge, crossed by argent and azure wavy belt. In first azure part is or paty cross. In second or part is gules horseshoe. In third or part is gules heart. In fourth azure part is or wheat sheaf. In first part [...]
An attentive traveler will surely notice that Round Square ensemble with the monument of Glory is the modest duplicate of Palace Square with Alexandrine column of Monferrana in Saint Petersburg.