Poltava

_Poltava - Ukrainian city of Russian glory , situated in the north- east of the country , on the River Vorskla Poltava oblast administrative center .

It was the most important battle of the Great Northern War was the Poltava in the way of King Charles XII, who went to Moscow through the Ukraine .Battle of Poltava the Russian army , led by Peter the Great defeated the Swedish army and its allies led by Hetman Mazepa. The military might of Sweden has been undermined and it is stripped of its superpower status. KarlXII himself with Mazepa was able to escape and fled to the Ottoman Empire in Bender.

The first mention of the city are in the Ipatiev Chronicle , which refers to the strengthening on the River. Ltava .

In the early XV century mention of Poltava, which was at that time under the authority of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas .

It is known that up to Poltava in 1569 was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1569 was part of Poland , with 1667 - Russia.

Poltava has produced many great and famous people.

Among them :.

, Ivan Petrovich Kotlyarevsky - writer , playwright.

Petlura, Simon V. - Ukrainian politician and military leader , writer, military secretary (minister ) of the Ukrainian National Republic in 1917-1918. , Head of the Ukrainian People's Republic from 1919 to 1920.

, Yitzhak Ben -Zvi - state and public figure , the second president of Israel .

Gapon George Apollonovich - Russian Orthodox priest , a graduate of the Poltava Theological Seminary , organized mass marches of workers in the day of Bloody Sunday , 9 (22 ) January 1905.

Lunacharsky, Anatoly - Russian Soviet writer , social and political activist , translator , essayist, critic and art historian . Academician of the USSR (1933), from 1917 to 1929 - People's Commissar of Education.

Korolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovich - the famous Ukrainian writer.

Panas Mirny (realname - Athanasius Y. Rudchenko ) - Ukrainian writer .

Makarenko , Anton Semenovich - a prominent Soviet writer and teacher.

Useful information.

Help Desk 109.

Fire 101.

Police 102.

Ambulance 103.

gas emergency service 104.

Atis Information Service (0532) 50-99-99 , 56-53-60 .

50 Poltava Airport 2415.

railway station POLTAVA- SOUTH 51-22-01 .

Bus Poltava -1 66-57-95 .

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