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Kamianka Кам'янка | |
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 Pushkіnskyi Grotto | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kamianka Location of Kamianka Show map of Cherkasy Oblast Kamianka Kamianka (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine | |
| Coordinates:49°02′N32°06′E / 49.033°N 32.100°E /49.033; 32.100 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Cherkasy Oblast |
| Raion | Cherkasy Raion |
| Hromada | Kamianka urban hromada |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 10,945 |
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| Postal code | 20800-20809 |
| Area code | +380 4732 |
| Website | kamrada.ck.ua[dead link] |
Kamianka (Ukrainian:Кам'янка;IPA:[ˈkɑmjɐnkɐ]ⓘ) is a small city in theCherkasy Raion ofCherkasy Oblast ofUkraine. It hosts the administration ofKamianka urban hromada, one of thehromadas of Ukraine.[2] It had a population of10,945 (2022 estimate).[1]
It is a countryside town approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) southeast fromKyiv, located on the bank of theTiasmyn River.
Until 18 July, 2020, Kamianka served as an administrative center ofKamianka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number ofraions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of the Kamianka Raion was merged into theCherkasy Raion.[3][4]
Kamianka is known as an artist's colony, in whichPrinceGrigory Potemkin, the Russian national poetAlexander Pushkin, the composerPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and other freethinkers and war heroes during theNapoleonic Wars era worked.[citation needed] Kamianka was also one of the chief centres of the Southern Society of theDecembrists.
According to the2001 Ukrainian census, the city's population was 15,109.Ukrainians accounted for 94.8% of the population and Russians for 4.3%.[5]Ukrainian was the native language for 95.8% of the population, and Russian for 4%.[6]
Kamianka has its own historical-cultural open-air museum with monument-protected constructions, collections and parks.
