 Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси, pronounced [tʂɛrˈkɑsɪ]) is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The city is located on the bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200 km south of the nation's capital, Kiev. The current estimated population is 280,700 (as of 2004). Educational institutions in Cherkasy include the Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University (named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky) and the Cherkasy State Technological University. A railway line from Moscow to Odessa goes through Cherkasy, crossing the Dnieper River here on a 12 km (7.5 mi) long combined rail and automotive dam with bridge.  - 1897 - 29,600 inhabitants - 1910 - 39,600 inhabitants - 1926 - 39,500 inhabitants - 1939 - 51,600 inhabitants - 1959 - 85,000 inhabitants - 1970 - 158,000 inhabitants - 1977 - 229,000 inhabitants - 1984 - 267,000 inhabitants - 2005 - 293,000 inhabitants 1926 Census: - Ukrainians - 61,9% - Jews - 27,6% - Russians - 8,6% 1959 Census: - Ukrainians - 70% - Russians - 22% - Jews - 6% - Cherkasy is home to the Ukrainian Second League football team FC Dnipro Cherkasy.
- Cherkasy is home to the basketball club Cherkasky Mavpi 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 European tournaments 2008/2009.
- Cherkasy is represented within Ukrainian Bandy and Rink-bandy Federation.
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