How many people live in Kremenchug. Kremenchug. City of both coasts. Objects of national importance

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Kremenchug is a city of regional significance in the Poltava region of Ukraine, as well as the administrative center of the Kremenchug region. It is located in a picturesque region of Central Ukraine on both banks of the Dnieper River. The city is located 110 kilometers from Poltava and 269 kilometers from Kyiv (by road) and consists of two districts: Avtozavodsky and Kryukovsky.

Today Kremenchug is one of the most developed industrial cities in the country. The urban development of Kremenchug consists of two main parts - the left bank (historical Kremenchug), in which the main part of the population lives and many of the city's enterprises are located, and the right bank (historically - the Kryukov settlement), where the car building and steel factories are located. Kremenchuk is a major railway junction in Central Ukraine.

According to archaeological data, the first settlements on the territory of present-day Kremenchug were in the 5th-3rd millennium BC. e. The date of foundation of the city is considered to be 1571, as mentioned in the chronicle of the Polish historian J. Bielski. The Kremenchug fortress was built in 1638. The plan of the fortress was developed by the French military engineer Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan. At the same time, Kryukov appeared on the site of the Zaporozhye winter camp. After the Zborovsky treaty, Kremenchug was the hundredth place of the Chigirin regiment, and after the Andrusov treaty, it went to the Mirgorod regiment. In 1764, Kremenchug was included in the newly formed Novorossiysk province, then it belonged to various other provinces. And in 1920 - 1922. there was even an independent Kremenchug province.

In September 1941, German troops occupied Kremenchug. In September 1943, the city was liberated by the troops of the Fifth Guards Army of the Steppe Front. Today, Kremenchuk celebrates its date of liberation as the day of the city.

There are many interesting sights in Kremenchuk. Here you can see a huge number of monuments, each of which is dedicated to different historical events of this city. Particular attention is drawn to the rock located on the banks of the Dnieper River, which is called the "Granite Benchmark". The benchmark is a geodetic sign that helped determine the level of water rise in the river. Years are displayed on the rock, indicating the level of floods.

Not far from the river station is the Alpine Hill garden, which is a whole fairy-tale world of cartoon characters. Walking along the streets of Kremenchug, you can enter the Prydniprovsky Park, where beautiful trees grow and flower beds of extraordinary beauty are planted. In the middle of this park is another attraction of the city - a monument to pike (2009).

The city has a monument to the genius of Ukrainian and world literature T. Shevchenko, a monument to Makarenko, a monument to Lenin (1971), a monument to Komsomol members of the 20-30s (1968), a monument to the Sailors of the Dnieper Flotilla and even a monument to plumbers (2005).

If you look at the map of Ukraine, then in its central part on the banks of the Dnieper you can find the ancient city of Kremenchug. At the beginning of the 17th century. it was formed as a fortress in which the Chigirinsky regiment was stationed, and after moving to the Novorossiysk Province in the middle of the 18th century it became a provincial city. On a satellite map of Kremenchug, you can see that the city is located on both banks of the Dnieper, but most of the residential areas are on the left bank.

From all sides the city is surrounded by forests and floods of the Dnieper, which create numerous large and small reservoirs. If you change the scale of the map of Kremenchuk with diagrams and move it with the mouse, you can find such natural objects as:

• dry Kagamlyk river;
• the river Krivaya Ruda;
• sleeve Rechische;
• Banana Island;
• Fantasy Island;
• Lake Selikatnoe.

Geographically, the city is divided into 2 districts: Kryukovskiy and Avtozavodskiy. But for convenience, local residents additionally identify several residential microdistricts, which can be seen on the map of Kremenchuk with districts. The main parts of the settlement are connected by a large road and rail bridge across the Dnieper.

Map of Kremenchuk with streets

The streets of the city have a parallel-radial structure and diverge from the left bank of the Dnieper, on which the historical center is located, in different directions.

The main city highways of Kremenchug:

• st. Fair;
• st. Kyiv;
• Ave. Poltava;
• Zanasypsky way.

A map of Kremenchuk with streets shows that a railway passes through the village from northeast to south. It connects the city with Kiev, Moscow, Simferopol, Kharkov and other cities. For the convenience of passengers, there are 2 railway stations in Kremenchuk. They are located on different banks of the Dnieper. Moving on the map of Kremenchug with districts, you can find the railway station, and the Kryukov-on-Dnieper station.

Several platforms also operate on suburban traffic:

• Malanovka;
• Carriage plant;
• Rocket;
• Kagamlykskaya;
• Tereshkovka.

In the city of Kremenchug people move by buses, trolleybuses and taxis.

As a detailed map of Kremenchug shows, the large strategic highways "Dnepropetrovsk - Kyiv" and "Alexandria - Kharkov" pass through the settlement.

Kremenchug is one of the largest ports in Ukraine. A lot of cargo and passenger ships pass through the Dnieper every day. The location of the port can be seen on the map of Kremenchug with streets and houses. It is located on the left bank near the dead end of Pervomaiskaya Street. Not far from the port are the restaurant "Akhtamar" and a well-maintained beach.

Map of Kremenchuk with houses

On a relatively small area of ​​the city - 109 km2, more than 220 thousand people live. Most of the Kremenchug residents inhabit the left bank. All microdistricts of the city differ in the type of development and infrastructure. Using the map of Kremenchuk with streets and house numbers, you can find the location of any object and see how to get to it.

There are practically no 9-storey houses on the right side of the Dnieper in the Kryukov area. Most of the housing stock is made up of "Khrushchev" and "Stalinka". The Pivzavod, Molodezhny and Rakovka districts are considered to be the most modern and comfortable, where 9-storey and 14-storey buildings predominate.

On the map of Kremenchug with houses you can find:

• hospitals;
• administration of Kremenchug;
• parks and squares;
• shopping centers and restaurants;
• stadiums and sports complexes;
• temples.

In the historical part of the city there are a large number of cultural places:

• square of victory;
• square of Oleg Babaev;
• central Library;
• monument to the 400th anniversary of Kremenchug;
• Independence Square;
• City Garden;
• memorial of the Great Patriotic War.

The outskirts of the city are being actively built up with private, mostly 2-storey houses, which are more reminiscent of mansions.

Economy and industry of Kremenchug

Kremenchuk is one of several cities in Ukraine that consistently replenish the country's budget. Mechanical engineering has been considered the city-forming industry for several decades. The city produces spare parts for road and rail transport, oil products, heavy trucks "KrAZ", car trailers.

On Yandex maps of Kremenchug, you can also find and consider such enterprises of the processing industry as:

• meat processing plant;
• bakery;
• garment factory;
• Distillery;
• leather factory;
• dairy;
• tobacco factory.

On the territory of the city there are 4 largest confectionery factories in Ukraine, whose products are known all over the world. Most of the population works at local factories, which annually increase production and open new jobs.

The history of the city of Kremenchug is rooted in the distant past, although the first documentary references to the settlement appear only in the 14th century. The history of the city begins in 1638 with the construction of the Kremenchug fortress, the developer of which was the French military engineer Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan. The official date of foundation of the city is considered to be 1571, when the Polish king August Sigismund II signed a universal about the need to build a defensive fortress in the Kremenchug tract. Subsequently, until the middle of the 18th century, Kremenchug was a Cossack town, later it became part of the Novorossiysk province. From the end of the 18th century, the emergence of industry in the city began. The city is developing rapidly, trade is expanding, steamship communication is opening, a railway and a bridge across the Dnieper are being built. During the 19th century, Kremenchug became a large industrial city.

In Ukrainian - Kremenchuk
Postcode: 39600
Telephone code: +380 536
Population: 225.996 people (2010),
/ Kremenchug

Today Kremenchuk is one of the most important industrial centers of Ukraine, is part of the largest Kremenchug agglomeration, specializing in the field of transport engineering, energy, chemical, mining and oil refining industries. Within the limits of Kremenchug, there are several objects of the natural reserve fund of local importance, and the reserve of national importance "Beletskovsky plavni" also borders on the city.

Landmark of the Kremenchug region:

In 1938, in Kryukov, near the bridge across the Dnieper River on Karl Liebknecht Street, a monument was erected, which was dedicated to the sailors of the Dnieper flotilla. The granite pedestal depicts a sculptural group: one sailor is in full growth, holding a grenade in his hand, and the other behind a machine gun. The phrase is carved on the pedestal: "In memory of the brave sailors who died during the civil war for the power of the Soviets, 1918-1919."

In 1945, the monument destroyed by the Nazis was restored. The authors of the monument were amateur sculptors G. Dzyuba and Molchanov. After reconstruction, in 1988, the monument took on its current appearance. The authors of the project were sculptors N. Posikira and P. Chechel.

The backbone of the flotilla consisted of Baltic sailors who arrived from Kronstadt to Kremenchug. The commander of the flotilla was sailor A.V. Polupanov. Great assistance in organizing the flotilla was provided by V.A. Soft, who in 1919 was elected a delegate to the VII Congress of Soviets. On the armored train number 8 housed the headquarters of the flotilla. The flotilla actively participated in the battles against numerous bands and Denikin's troops. In September 1920, in a hard battle, the sailors did not allow a large detachment of bandits to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper River, where they were supposed to join the Makhnovists. In memory of the sailors-heroes, this monument was erected.

Obelisk on the grave of bridge builders. On the other side of the road from the monument dedicated to the revolutionary sailors of the Dnieper flotilla, a modest obelisk stands on the grave of the bridge builders. They died when ice fields were blown up during an ice drift on the Dnieper River on March 30, 1946. At the cost of their own lives, 4 sappers, at that time, the railway bridge under construction across the Dnieper River was saved from destruction, thereby ensuring its speedy restoration. Thanks to the restored bridge, uninterrupted train traffic was opened in the direction of the Southern Railway towards Odessa, Znamenka, and from the south - to Romodan and Kharkov.

Stele in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the city. In September 1971 on the Revolution Square in memory of the 400th anniversary of the city a stele was installed, which consisted of 4 eighteen-meter pylons, crowned with a hammer and a sickle. The stele is decorated with images of the coat of arms of the city, both old and new. The authors of the monument were Kremenchug artists L. Sidorenko and A. Kotlyar. The pylons, which symbolize the 4th century, are lined with stainless steel sheets. Everything aspiring to the heights, the structure looks solemn and light. It immediately received the status of a symbol of the new Kremenchuk, and its hallmark.

Kremenchug (ukr. Kremenchuk) - a city in central Ukraine, the administrative center of the Kremenchug district (not part of it) of the Poltava region. Consists of Avtozavodsky and Kryukovsky districts. Located on the Dnieper River. The Kremenchuk agglomeration is one of the 10 largest in Ukraine with a population of about half a million people.

Story

In 1638, the Kremenchug fortress was built, the plan of which was developed by the French military engineer Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan, leaving the book "Description of Ukraine". At this time, Kryukov appeared on the site of the Zaporizhzhya winter camp.

Kremenchuk is mentioned as a residential place only in the XIV century. After the Zborov Treaty, it is the hundredth place of the Chigirin Regiment, after the Andrusov Treaty, Kremenchug retreats to the Mirgorod Regiment.

In 1754, customs was established in Kremenchug. In 1764, Kremenchug was transferred to the newly formed Novorossiysk province and from 1765 to 1783 was its provincial city; then it was a county town of the Yekaterinoslav governorate, but before the rebuilding of Yekaterinoslav, from 1784 to 1789, it was considered a governor city.

In 1789, Kremenchug was added to the Gradyzhsky district of the Yekaterinoslav governorship. From 1796 to 1802 Kremenchug was listed in the Chernihiv province as a county town.

Since 1802 - the county town of the Poltava province.

From 1920 to 1922 there was the Kremenchug province

Kremenchug at different times was the administrative center of three provinces: Novorossiysk province, Yekaterinoslav province, Kremenchug province.

Before the Great Patriotic War, many Jews lived in the city.

September 8, 1941 Kremenchug was occupied by German troops. On September 29, 1943, Kremenchug was liberated by the troops of the 5th Guards Army of the Steppe Front. The date of the liberation of Kremenchug is celebrated as the day of the city. During the war, the city was almost completely destroyed. After his release, his active recovery begins.

Economy

The total volume of industrial products sold in selling prices of enterprises in 2010 amounted to UAH 28.77 billion.

But, despite the so-called economic power, Kremenchug is at the very bottom of the ranking of Ukrainian cities in terms of living standards (52nd place), scoring almost two times less points than Poltava (17th place), being below such depressive cities like Zhytomyr, Kirovograd, Ternopil and Lugansk.

The city is a major railway junction of Central Ukraine (Southern Railway), has a large port on the Dnieper, and an airfield. Upstream of the Dnieper is the Kremenchug hydroelectric power station, which is part of Ukrhydroenergo and forms the Kremenchug reservoir, which has the largest surface in the Dnieper cascade.

Kryukov Posad

Kryukov Posad, which is now part of Kremenchug, is located near the place where the Kurukovo Treaty of 1625 was probably concluded. was the Kryukov district of the Novorossiysk province. From 1784 to 1796 Kryukov - a place, then a settlement; annexed to Kremenchug by decree of Paul I, but the actual connection took place only in 1817.

Kremenchug- a city of regional subordination, which is located in central Ukraine, in the Poltava region. It is not part of the district of the same name, but is its administrative center. Most of the city lies on the left bank of the Dnieper, and only a small part of it, namely Kryukov, lies on the right bank.

In Kremenchug there are such districts as Avtozavodskoy and Kryukovsky, and the city consists of left-bank and right-bank parts, which are connected by the Kryukovsky bridge. The roads "Alexandria - Kharkov" and "Dnepropetrovsk - Kyiv" also pass through the city. The city itself is stretched from south to north, and its width is no more than 8 km.

The Kremenchug region includes 19 village councils.

According to the results of the main department of statistics, the population of the city is 224,997 people, and the population density is 2460 people / km 2.

For those who are interested in what the city lives today, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the latest information about Kremenchug:

History of Kremenchug

Base

The official date of foundation of Kremenchug falls on 1571. The Polish king Sigismund II signed a universal in which he indicated that it was necessary to build a fortress in order to protect the Dnieper region from the constant attacks of the Crimean Tatars. The name of the city is taken from the Turkish word "Kremenchuk" and means "Little Fortress".

City on the Dnieper

In 1638, a fortress was erected in the town, the plan of which was drawn up by a military engineer from France, Guillaume Levasseur de Bonpland. At the same time, the already mentioned Kryukov appeared.

Kremenchug was a trading city, where fairs were held, which were attended by merchants from different cities and countries, and also constantly sold grain, timber and salt.

History within Tsarist Russia

In 1764, Kremenchug was part of the Novorossiysk province and in 1765-1783 was considered its provincial city.

During the Russian-Turkish war (1787-1791), Russian troops were based in the city. It was then that an arms factory was built here with a blacksmith, locksmith, foundry and other workshops. And in 1788, the famous commander Alexander Suvorov, who was wounded during the Kinburg battle, was treated in the Kremenchug hospital.

Since 1796, the city began to belong to the Little Russian province, due to the disappearance of the Yekaterinoslav governorship. In 1798, Kremenchug got its own coat of arms, and in 1802 it became a district town of the Poltava province.

In 1782, for the first time in the country, a conservatory was opened here. The reason for the opening was a visit to Kremenchug by Catherine II. The director of the conservatory was Giuseppe Sarti, a composer from Italy.

Since the connection of Kremenchug with Kryukovsky Posad, it has become the largest commercial and industrial city in the Poltava province. During this time, a cloth and hosiery factory, a tannery and other enterprises were founded here, and the right-bank part also became the center of the salt trade.

With the development of capitalism in 1861, new plants and factories appeared here, and old ones were rebuilt. In 1873, a railway bridge appeared, passing through the Dnieper. At the end of the 19th century, a railway, a power station, a library, a district school, a theater, a gymnasium and much more were already functioning, and in 1899 the first tram appeared.

Kremenchug during the war

In 1941, on September 9, the Nazis captured Kremenchug. During the war, all educational and cultural institutions, 93 industrial enterprises, a railway, a power station, a bridge that passed through the Dnieper, as well as 97% of the housing stock were destroyed here.

In 1943, on September 29, the Fifth Guards Army of the Steppe Front liberated the city from the invaders. It is on this day that the inhabitants of Kremenchug celebrate City Day.

Post-war period: restoration of infrastructure and active development of industry

After the war, heavy industry began to actively develop here, 3 Kremenchug machine-building plants were built: a car-building plant, an automobile plant and a plant for road machines. In 1959, for the first time, residents saw KrAZ trucks.

For 20 years (1960-1980), a complex of chemical enterprises, the most powerful thermal power plant in the region, one of the most powerful oil refineries in Europe and, of course, new houses were built in the city.

Infrastructure and industry of today

Today, machine-building and processing enterprises operate in the city on the Dnieper: 11 factories that specialize in the production of wagons, cars, oil refining, wheels, the manufacture of bakery and alcoholic products, the processing of meat, milk, etc .; leather and saddlery factory; 2 garment factories and one tobacco factory; confectionery factories "Lukas", "ROSHEN", "Romashka", etc.

"AvtoKrAZ"

The city has a large port, an airfield, and the Kremenchug hydroelectric power station. There are two railway stations in Kremenchug: "Kryukov-on-Dnepre" and "Kremenchug" - one of the largest stations of the Southern Railway. Kremenchuk has a direct railway connection with Kharkov, Odessa, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov, Moscow and other cities.

River port

Attractions, education, culture and social sphere

There are many attractions in Kremenchuk:

• museums,
• art and picture galleries,
• various monuments (to revolutionary sailors, underground partisans, plumbers, etc.);
• rock "Granite benchmark";
• obelisk of the dead;
• a stele in honor of the 400th anniversary of the city;
• Pushkin boulevard;
• Garden "Alpine Hill"
• pike from Kremenchug and many others.

Museum of Local Lore

The sphere of education in Kremenchug is represented by the following educational institutions:

• 21 secondary schools.
• Specialized comprehensive school.
• Night school.
• Educational association.
• Private school.
• Jewish scientific and educational complex.
• Boarding school.
• 6 lyceums.
• 2 high schools.
• 4 colleges.
• Academy for the Development of Humanitarian Education.
• Higher vocational school.
• Technical school of railway transport.
• Pedagogical school.
• 2 vocational schools.
• Kremenchug Institute of Dnepropetrovsk University of Economics and Law.
• 3 universities.

The social sphere includes the central district hospital, two district hospitals and 8 outpatient clinics, and the Verbichenka sanatorium operates in the city. In addition, there are 2 museums and 2 galleries, the City Palace of Culture and 3 Youth Sports School.

Famous personalities of Kremenchug

The city can be proud of Ukrainian and world celebrities who were born and raised here:

1. Alexei Leonov - the first cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, honorary citizen of the city.
2. Teacher and writer Anton Makarenko.
3. Singer and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR Leonid Utyosov.
4. Jewish Soviet writer, critic and publicist Genekh Kazakevich.
5. Ukrainian football players Maxim and Pavel Pashaev.
6. Israeli children's poet and writer Miriam Yalan-Steklis.
7. Poet and prose writer Emmanuil Kazakevich.
8. American avant-garde composer and pianist Lev Ornstein.
9. Ukrainian professional billiard player Anastasia Kovalchuk.
10. Master of Sports, 1980 Olympic champion in shot put, repeated champion of the USSR Vladimir Kiselyov.
11. American composer Dmitry Tyomkin.
12. Soviet army officer Alexander Pechersky.
13. Professional boxer, WBA welterweight world champion Vyacheslav Senchenko.
14. Ukrainian footballer, Premier League player Dmitry Lepa.
15. Theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Vladimir Zamansky.

Reference information of Kremenchug

The city on the map is indicated by the following coordinates: 49˚04’39” N.L. 33˚25’26” E Its area is 109.6 km2.

Telephone code of the city: +38005366.

Postal codes of Kremenchug: 39600-39689.

The city is located in the time zone UTC + 2 h (+3 h - taking into account the transfer of clocks to "summer time").

The building of the Kremenchug City Council is located at the address: 39600, Kremenchug, Victory Square, 2.