Dykanka

Dykanka (Ukrainian Диканька; Russian Диканька / Dikanka ) is an urban-type settlement in the central Ukrainian Poltava oblast. It is Rajonzentrum of the homonymous district. The village lies on the Poltava plateau, which has become deeply ingrained in the east of the municipality of the Vorskla River about 60 m. West of Dykanka flows of Srednja Howtwa. The town's name is said to derive from the Ukrainian word for " wild" (Ukrainian дикий ), as the area was passed before the establishment of dense oak forest.

Administratively, the SST is divided near the main town in the three villages Wassyliwka / Василівка, Proni / Проні and Trojany / Трояни.

History

Dykanka is first mentioned in 1658 as near a battle between fighters of Poltwaer Kosakenpulkführer Martyn Puscharja and warriors of Hetman Ivan Wyhowkyj. 1668 there was a battle between the warriors of the Hetman Petro Doroshenko and fighters of the hetman Ivan Brjuchowezkyj. The area was already inhabited but long before. So the location traces of settlement of the Scythians were from the west about 7 - found the 6th century BC. The development of the town was closely associated since 1689 with the Ukrainian-Russian noble family Kochubey that here had their possessions. This built numerous buildings, which are still largely preserved. These include the Mykolajiwkirche (1794, Bell Tower: 1810), Trinity Church (1780, photo) and a triumphal arch (1820 ) on the road Poltava - Hadjatsch, which commemorates the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 against the French under Napoleon. In the 19th century the poet Gogol called a collection of short stories by the place.

Around 1907 lived in the village of about 3,442 inhabitants on 757 farms. There was an educational establishment, distilleries and breweries, 43 windmills, two dairies, a forge and three banks. Over the year there were a total of five annual fairs.

In 1957 the village was raised to an urban-type settlement. After the population 1979-1989 was yet of 7916 increased by more than 10 % to 8,863 inhabitants, it has since been slightly lost population. The loss, however, was relatively low compared to other smaller urban settlements in the oblast. Recently, a vodka places named after the town.

Traffic

The village lies on the R-17 between Poltava and Sumy or Ochtyrka. The nearest railway station is located in the Poltava 29 km away.

Personalities

Of activity of the poet Samijlo Wasilowitsch Welytschko (1670-1728)
Birthplace of the noble Wyktor Pawlowytsch Kochubey (1768-1834)

Reception in the Art

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol: evenings at the hamlet at Dikanka (1831/1832)

Documents

Place in the Poltava Oblast

List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by population Raions of Ukraine Classification of objects of the administrative-territorial system of Ukraine Administrative divisions of Ukraine Hadiach Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka Khorol, Ukraine Karlivka Komsomolsk, Ukraine Pyriatyn Zinkiv Chervonozavodske Reshetylivka Chornukhy

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