Zolotonosha (Ukrainian: Золотоноша) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Located at around 49°40′N 32°2′E, the city serves as the administrative center of the Zolotoniskyi Raion (district), however the city itself is designated with the status of a separate district within the oblast.
Zolotonosha is located on the Zolotonoshka River, a tributary of the Dnieper within 30 km (19 mi) of the oblast's administrative center, Cherkasy. The city is also located on the railroad line Bakhmach-Odessa, and on the autoroad Kiev-Kremenchuk and Cherkasy-Shramivka.
Zolotonosha was first mentioned in written works around the year 1576. In 1635 Zolotonosha was granted the Magdeburg rights. Following the Ukrainian War of Independence, Zolotonosha became part of Ukrainian SSR, a republic of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, the city became part of Ukraine.
- Preobrazhenska Church of the Krasnohirskoho Monastery. Designed by Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi in the Ukrainian Baroque style; built in 1767-1771. - Sviato-Uspenskyi Cathedral, 1909. - Statue of Taras Shevchenko, 1924-1926.
- Isaac Boleslavsky (9 June 1919, Zolotonosha - 14 February 1977, Minsk) was a Jewish chess grandmaster. - Ber Borochov (22 June 1881, Zolotonosha - 17 December 1918, Kiev) was the Jewish founder of the Poale Zion party and a supporter of the Red Army.
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
