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Poltava, city, east-central Ukraine. It lies along the Vorskla River. Archaeological evidence dates the city from the 8th to the 9th century, although the first documentary reference is from 1174, when it was variously known as Oltava or Ltava. Destroyed by the Tatars in the early 13th century, it was the centre of a Cossack regiment by the 17th century.

Poltava Type: City with 298,000 residents Description: capital city of Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine Categories: city of regional significance of Ukraine and locality Location: Central Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe View on Open­Street­Map Latitude 49.5897° or 49° 35' 23" north Longitude 34.5508° or 34° 33' 3" east Population 298,000

The Battle of Poltava [e] (8 July 1709) [f] was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated a Swedish army, under the command of Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld. The battle put an end to the status of the Swedish Empire as a European great power, as well as its eastbound expansion, and marked the beginning of Russian hegemony in Northern Europe.

Poltava Oblast is situated in the central part of Ukraine. Located on the left bank of Dnieper, Poltava region was part of the Cossack Hetmanate. It has an area of 28,800 km 2. The oblast borders upon Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Kyiv Oblasts. Points of interest

03.03.2022 11:41 The Ukrainian army destroyed an enemy column in the north of the Poltava region last night. The losses of the invaders are being clarified. The head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Dmytro Lunin, reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "The eighth day of the heroic struggle.

Poltava · Poltava The president called areas in which now the most difficult situation with power supply Currently, the most difficult situation with electricity supply is in Odesa, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Sumy and Poltava regions. — Ukrinform. See the Story Poltava · Poltava In Poltava region, the official ordered the entrepreneur.

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