Dykanka
Диканька
Landscape with Holy Trinity Church
Landscape with Holy Trinity Church
Flag of Dykanka
Coat of arms of Dykanka
Dykanka is located in Poltava Oblast
Dykanka
Dykanka
Location of Dykanka in Poltava Oblast
Dykanka is located in Ukraine
Dykanka
Dykanka
Location of Dykanka in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°49′14″N 34°31′47″E / 49.82056°N 34.52972°E / 49.82056; 34.52972
Country Ukraine
Oblast Poltava Oblast
RaionPoltava Raion
Founded1658
Area
  Total11.74 km2 (4.53 sq mi)
Elevation
72 m (236 ft)
Population
 (2022)
  Total7,427
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
38502[1]
Area code5351
Licence plate [2]BI

Dykanka (Ukrainian: Диканька) is an urban-type settlement in Poltava Raion of Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dykanka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 7,427 (2022 estimate)[4]

The settlement is located 26 km (16 mi) away from Poltava Kyivska railway station.

History

Ancient history

Dykanka was first mentioned in 1658 as a small village, though the area was populated for centuries before. Within the area of modern Dykanka, traces exist of Scythian settlement at various times. Also found were the remains of a settlement that had at one point been razed and the remains of two settlements from the 7th-6th centuries BC.

Medieval history

In 1430, the Dykanka area came under the ownership of Tatar Murza Leksada Mansurksanovych, the future Prince Alexander Glinski, and, according to Leo Padalka and other pre-revolutionary (before 1917) historians, Dykanka was among his ″settlements″.

Modern history

Dykanka has held the status of urban-type settlement since 1957.

Until 18 July 2020, Dykanka was the administrative center of Dykanka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Dykanka Raion was merged into Poltava Raion.[5][6]

Culture

Dykanka is the location of the short story collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.[7] The tale of St John's Eve, concerning the family of the Church Sexton, inspired Mussorgsky's tone poem Night on the Bare Mountain.

References

  1. Ukrainian Zip Codes
  2. Как расшифровываются новые номера
  3. "Диканьская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 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.
  7. "The Ukrainian Mystery Of Nikolai Gogol". ValueWalk. January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  • "Dikanka" (news of Dikanka, events, weather, all in English and Russian language)
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