Shpola

Shpola (Ukrainian and Russian Шпола ) is a town with 18,400 inhabitants ( 2012) in the center of Ukraine. It is located in the Cherkasy Oblast 69 km southwest of the Oblasthauptstadt Cherkassy.

The town was first mentioned in writing in 1594 and received in 1938 granted the town status. The large Jewish majority in the city was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War.

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