coord 50 36 0 N 32 24 0 E type landmark region UA display title File Ukraine 157.jpg thumb A church in PrylukyPryluky lang uk is a city located on the Udai River in the Chernihiv Oblast , north ... itself is also designated as a separate municipality within the oblast. Located nearby is the Pryluky air base Pryluky air base a major strategic bomber base during the Cold War is presently Ukraine s largest airfield. The current population of Pryluky is estimated at 64,900 As of 2001 lc on . History ... . Pryluky was first mentioned in 1085 by Prince Vladimir Monomakh Volodymyr Monomakh in his Precepts ... of Polovtsy and soon the prince s armed forces, strengthened by the Pryluky militia, routed the enemy ... a centre of internecine wars between Ruthenian princes. In 1239, Pryluky was destroyed by the Mongols ... Pryluky, fighting for their freedom and dignity. After the Union of Lublin of 1569, according to which the city came under the rule of the Polish nobility, many inhabitants of Pryluky and nearby ... of Pryluky and adjacent villages grew considerably in the 17th century. One of the documents ..., in Pryluky in 1632. Assuming that each house accommodated at least six persons, about 5,000 people ... the city of Pryluky became the military center of the Pryluky Regiment and Colonel Ivan Shkurat ... participated in many battles during the war of 1648 1654. For instance, the entire Pryluky Regiment of Cossacks, led by I. Shkurat, died fighting valiantly in the Battle of Berestechko in 1651. The Pryluky ... . Girded with a high rampart surmounted by guns, the city of Pryluky looked quite formidably ... for political and military reasons and the necessity for fortified cities like Pryluky disappeared. Olexandr Yakubovych was the last colonel of Pryluky. In 1781, the Cossack regime was abolished in Ukraine and Pryluky became an uyezd of the Malorossiya Governorate , and from 1802 the Poltava Governorate . Since 1932 it has been a city within the Chernihiv Oblast . Pryluky is on the list of Ukraine ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Pryluky Regiment br image caption dates 1648 1782 country Cossack Hetmanate allegiance branch type Cossack Regiment role size 21 sotnias 1649 br 8 sotnias 1720 br 11 sotnias 1782 command structure current commander garrison Pryluky , Left bank Ukraine march motto mascot battles Khmelnytsky Uprising br Battle of Berestechko br Russo Polish War 1654 1667 notable commanders Petro Doroshenko anniversaries The Pryluky Regiment was one of the seventeen territorial administrative subdivisions of the Hetman State . The regiment s capital was the city of Pryluky , now in the Chernihiv Oblast , north central Ukraine . History The regiment was created during the Khmelnytsky Uprising . Following the signing of the Treaty of Zboriv in 1649 it consisted a total of 21 sotnia companies , and had 2,100 registered cossacks . During the uprising the regiment took part in the Battle of Berestechko in 1651. When a The Ruin Ukrainian history civil war emerged among the cossacks the Hetmanate was split along the Dnieper River into Left Bank Ukraine and Right Bank Ukraine , which placed the regiment under the control of Left bank Ukraine hetmans . The regiment was involved in successfully suppressing Martyn Pushkar s revolt against the Ivan Vyhovsky Vyhovsky government. After the Treaty of Andrusovo in 1667, the Tsardom of Russia gained sovereignty over Left bank Ukraine and its regiments came under the administration of Russia. In 1782 the regiment had 11 companies and a population of 69,200. In 1782 the regiment was disbanded by the order of the Empress Catherine the Great . All of the regiment s territories were included into the Chernigov Governorate . External links http www.encyclopediaofukraine.com display.asp?linkpath pages P R Prylukyregiment.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine Category Cossacks Category Cossack Hetmanate Regiments Category Ukrainian Cossacks Category Chernihiv Oblast Cossack Regiments ru uk ... more details
Infobox Airport name Pryluky nativename nativename a nativename r image image width caption IATA ICAO type Military owner operator Ukrainian Air Force city served location Pryluky elevation f 449 elevation m 137 coordinates Coord 50 34 0 N 032 19 0 E type airport display inline,title website metric elev metric rwy r1 number r1 length f 9842 r1 length m 3000 r1 surface Concrete stat year stat1 header stat1 data stat2 header stat2 data footnotes Pryluky also given as Priluki is an air base in Chernihiv Oblast , Ukraine located 6 km west of Pryluky . This airfield was Ukraine s primary Tupolev Tu 160 bomber base with Uzyn having the nation s Tupolev Tu 95 fleet . There are revetments for 20 large aircraft. Pryluky accepted USSR s first Tu 160 Blackjack in April 1987, building its fleet up to 19 by 1994. Between October 1999 and February 2000 Ukraine turned over 8 Tu 160 bombers to Russia to pay off energy debts these are now at Russia s Engels 2 air base. Units stationed at Pryluky include 184 GV TBAP 184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment flying Tu 16 aircraft beginning in 1955, then acquiring the Tupolev Tu 22M Tupolev Tu 22M4 in 1984 and the Tu 160 from 1987 until 2000 ref name DA cite web title Dal nyaya Aviatsiya publisher Aviabaza KPOI url http airbase.ru squad russia da ref . It also flew the Tu 134 UBL trainer ref name DA . References references Category Soviet Air Force bases Category Soviet Strategic Aviation Category Ukrainian airbases Chernihiv geo stub ru uk ... more details
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Infobox settlement name Prylutskyi Raion other name native name settlement type Raions of Ukraine Raion image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image shield image map map caption Raion location in Chernihiv Oblast pushpin map pushpin label position right pushpin map caption coordinates display inline,title coordinates region subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name flag Ukraine subdivision type1 Oblasts of Ukraine Oblast subdivision name1 Chernihiv Oblast seat type Capital city Admin. center seat Pryluky leader title leader name established title established date area total km2 population as of 2011 population footnotes population total population density km2 timezone EET utc offset 2 timezone DST EEST utc offset DST 3 latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft website footnotes Prylutskyi Raion lang uk is a Raions of Ukraine raion district of Chernihiv Oblast , northern Ukraine . Its administrative centre is located at Pryluky . The raion covers an area of square kilometres and as of 2011 it had a population of people. Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv geo stub coord missing Ukraine Category Raions of Chernihiv Oblast ... more details
Infobox Football biography playername Ivan Kryvosheyenko image Image Ivan Kryvosheyenko.jpg 150px fullname Ivan Vasylyovych Kryvosheyenko dateofbirth birth date and age df yes 1984 05 11 cityofbirth Pryluky countryofbirth Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union height height meter 1.81 position Striker Forward currentclub FC Vorskla Poltava Vorskla clubnumber 11 youthyears1 youthclubs1 years1 1999 2002 years2 years3 2002 2003 years4 2003 2011 years5 2011 clubs1 FC CSKA 2 Kyiv clubs2 Sistema Boreks Borodianka clubs3 FC Metalurh Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk clubs4 FC Illychivets Mariupol llychivets Mariupol clubs5 FC Vorskla Poltava Vorskla caps1 49 caps2 1 caps3 23 caps4 172 caps5 4 goals1 3 goals2 0 goals3 8 goals4 22 goals5 0 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 nationalcaps1 nationalgoals1 pcupdate 23 December 2009 ntupdate Ivan Kryvosheyenko born on 11 May 1984, in http bbc.co.ua ?n 638685 Pryluky , Chernihiv Oblast Chernigiv Oblast in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union is a professional Ukraine Ukrainian football soccer football striker who plays for FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League . External links FFU Profile 1955 http www.fcilyich.com.ua team index view id 141 Profile on Official Illychivets Website http www.footballsquads.co.uk ukraine 2008 2009 upl illichiv.htm Profile on Football Squads Ukraine Squad 2006 Euro U 21 FC Vorskla Poltava squad Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kryvosheyenko, Ivan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer DATE OF BIRTH 11 May 1984 PLACE OF BIRTH Pryluky , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH dmy date September 2011 DEFAULTSORT Kryvosheyenko, Ivan Category 1984 births Category Living people Category Ukrainian footballers Category FC Illichivets Mariupol players Category FC Metalurh Donetsk players Category FC Vorskla Poltava players Category Ukrainian Premier League players Ukraine footy forward 1980s stub it Ivan Kryvo ejenko pl Iwan Krywoszejenko ru , uk ... more details
Infobox football biography playername Yevhen Borovyk image File 1.jpg 300px fullname Yevhen Anatoliyovych Borovyk dateofbirth birth date and age 1985 03 02 df y cityofbirth Pryluky countryofbirth Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union height height meter 1.79 position Goalkeeper association football Goalkeeper currentclub FC Arsenal Kyiv clubnumber 12 youthyears1 1999 youthyears2 1999 2002 youthclubs1 RVUFK 2 Kyiv youthclubs2 RVUFK Kyiv years1 2003 years2 2004 years3 2004 2005 years4 2005 2006 years5 2007 2008 years6 2009 years7 2010 2011 years8 2011 clubs1 FC Torpedo ZIL Moscow Torpedo Metallurg B clubs2 FC Yevropa Pryluky clubs3 FC Nyva Vinnytsia clubs4 FC Metalist Kharkiv clubs5 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih clubs6 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk clubs7 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih loan clubs8 FC Arsenal Kyiv loan caps1 0 caps2 1 caps3 31 caps4 0 caps5 27 caps6 24 caps7 23 caps8 6 goals1 0 goals2 0 goals3 0 goals4 0 goals5 0 goals6 0 goals7 1 goals8 0 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 nationalcaps1 nationalgoals1 pcupdate 27 November 2010 ntupdate Yevhen Borovyk lang uk born 2 March 1985 in Soviet Union is a professional Ukraine Ukrainian football soccer football Goalkeeper association football goalkeeper who plays for FC Arsenal Kyiv on loan from FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League . He joined FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kryvbas in from FC Metalist Kharkiv Metalist in 2007. Borovyk also played 1 game for the Ukrainian Olympic Team. External links http www.ffu.org.ua ukr tournaments first liga prof 4963 Profile at FFU website http klisf.info numeric index.app?cmd ln&lang en&id 847044368056324 Profile at KLISF FC Dnipro squad FC Arsenal Kyiv squad Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Borovyk, Yevhen ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer DATE OF BIRTH 2 March 1985 PLACE OF BIRTH Pryluky , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Use dmy dates date July 2011 DEFAULTSORT Borovyk, Yevhen Category 1985 births ... more details
Infobox Person name Irving Chernev image Chernev.jpg caption birth date January 29, 1900 birth place Pryluky Pryluky, Russian Empire death date September 29, 1981 death place San Francisco San Francisco, United States other names known for occupation chess author nationality Irving Chernev January 29, 1900 September 29, 1981 was a prolific Russian American chess author. He was born in Pryluky in the Russian Empire now in Ukraine ref Who Was Who in America, With World Notables 1982 1985, Vol. VIII Marquis Who s Who, 1985 , p. 75. ref and emigrated to the United States in 1920. Chernev was a national master strength player, and was obsessed with chess. He wrote that he probably read more about chess, and played more games than any man in history. ref name AD Arnold Denker The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories Hypermodern Press 1995 ref Chernev s deep love for the game is obvious to any reader of his books. He wrote 20 chess books, among them Chessboard Magic The Bright Side of Chess The Fireside Book of Chess with Fred Reinfeld The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played 1000 Best Short Games of Chess Practical Chess Endings Combinations The Heart of Chess and Capablanca s Best Chess Endings . In 1945, he and Kenneth Harkness wrote An Invitation to Chess , which became one of the most successful chess books ever written, with sales reaching six figures. Perhaps his most famous book is Logical Chess Move by Move , first released in 1957. This takes 33 classic games from 1889 to 1952, played by masters such as Jos Ra l Capablanca Capablanca Alexander Alekhine Alekhine and Siegbert Tarrasch Tarrasch , and explains them in an instructive manner. An algebraic notation version was published by Batsford in 1998, with minor alterations to the original text. Chernev died in San Francisco in 1981. ref name AD Books Chess Strategy and Tactics with Fred Reinfeld Black Knight 1933 ref name LOC http www.loc.gov index.html Library of Congress ref Curious Chess Facts Black ... more details
MedalTableTop MedalCountry URS MedalSport Women s Athletics sport Athletics MedalCompetition Olympic Games MedalBronze 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo 1964 Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics Women s high jump High Jump MedalCompetition European Championships in Athletics European Championships MedalGold 1966 European Championships in Athletics Budapest 1966 High Jump MedalBottom Taisiya Filippovna Chenchik lang ru & 769 & 769 & 769 born 30 January 1936 in Pryluky is a Soviet Union Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump . At the national level she competed for Burevestnik society Burevestnik , training in Chelyabinsk 1956 62 and in Moscow 1963 69 . She competed for the Soviet Union USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo , Japan in the High Jump where she won the bronze medal. She is also the European Champion 1963 and 1963 Summer Universiade Champion. Chenchik was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor . External links ru icon http www.book chel.ru ind.php?what card&id 4440 A short biography Footer European Champions High Jump Women Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Chenchik, Taisia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Athletics sport competitor DATE OF BIRTH 30 January 1936 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chenchik, Taisia Category 1936 births Category High jumpers Category Soviet athletes Category Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Category Athletes track and field at the 1964 Summer Olympics Category Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Category Burevestnik athletes Category Living people Category Olympic medalists in athletics track and field USSR athletics Olympic medalist stub cs Taisija en ikov de Taissija Filippowna Tschentschik fr Taisiya Chenchik it Ta si Fil ppovna n ik pl Taisija Czenczik fi Taisija T ent ik ... more details
orphan date July 2010 Infobox football biography name Stanislav Hudzikevych fullname Stanislav Oleksandrovych Hudzikevych birth date birth date and age df yes 1978 3 7 birth place Mohyliv Podilskyi , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union height height m 1.73 currentclub FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva clubnumber 3 position Midfielder youthyears1 youthclubs1 years1 1998 1999 years2 2001 years3 2003 2005 years4 2005 years5 2006 2009 years6 2010 years7 2010 clubs1 FC Kirovets Mohyliv Podilskyi clubs2 FC Yevropa Pryluky clubs3 PFC Sevastopol clubs4 FC Obolon Kyiv clubs5 PFC Sevastopol clubs6 FC Illychivets Mariupol llychivets Mariupol clubs7 FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva caps1 13 caps2 17 caps3 63 caps4 8 caps5 104 caps6 1 caps7 14 goals1 3 goals2 3 goals3 9 goals4 0 goals5 22 goals6 0 goals7 2 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 nationalcaps1 nationalgoals1 pcupdate 10 December 2010 ntupdate Stanislav Hudzikevych lang ua born 7 March 1978 in Mohyliv Podilskyi , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union , now Ukraine , is a Ukraine Ukrainian football midfielder currently playing for FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva . External links FFU Profile 34037 http www.fcsevastopol.com sostavpl.php5?id 8 Stats on Sevstopol club Rus http www.transfermarkt.de en stanislav gudzikevich profil spieler 91353.html Profile at Transfermarkt.de Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hudzikevych, Stanislav ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer DATE OF BIRTH 7 March 1978 PLACE OF BIRTH Mohyliv Podilskyi , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH dmy date September 2011 DEFAULTSORT Hudzikevych, Stanislav Category 1978 births Category Living people Category Ukrainian footballers Category FC Obolon Kyiv players Category PFC Sevastopol players Category FC Illichivets Mariupol players Category FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva players Ukraine footy midfielder 1970s stub ... more details
cultural and industrial center Novhorod Siversky historical city Pryluky important industrial ... Raion Mensky Raion Nizhyn Nizhyn City Nizhynsky Raion Nosivsky Raion Novhorod Siversky Raion PrylukyPryluky City Prylutsky Raion Ripkynsky Raion Semenivsky Raion Shchorsky Raion Sosnytsky Raion ... is situated in Pryluky . Cities of Bakhmach and Nizhyn are the important railway junctions on the route ... more details
Mykola Ivanovich Mikhnovsky March 31, 1873, Turivka , Poltava province May 3, 1924 Ukrainian political and social activist, lawyer, journalist, founder, ideologue and leader of an Ukrainian independence movement in the late 19th early 20th century. Author of the pamphlet Independent Ukraine , one of the organizers of the Ukrainian army , co founder of the first political party in East Ukraine Revolutionary Ukrainian Party RUP , the leader of the Ukrainian People s Party, co founder of the Ukrainian Democratic Party , a member of the Brotherhood for Self determination. ref name mihn http www.svit.in.ua ref r mihn.htm ref Early years A descendant of an old Cossack family, whose roots can be traced back to the 17th century, Mykola Mikhnovsky was born to the family of a rural priest in the village of Turivka, Pryluky County, Poltava province in 1873. ref The exact dates and place of his birth are not known. ref He spent his childhood in the countryside,listening to folk songs, stories and songs. His world views were influenced by his father, who shaped his spirit of independence . His father held church services in the Ukrainian language . ref name mihn Mykola was educated in the town of Pryluky . After graduating from high school in 1890, he studied Law at Kiev University . Mikhnovsky as a student The growth of Ukrainian national consciousness in the late 19th century led to a riff among the Ukrainian intelligentsia. The older generation approached the Ukrainian question through culture and education, limiting their demands to moderate reforms that would have abolished the national cultural restrictions for Ukrainian within the Russian Empire . The younger generation however, were attracted to socialist ideals. They believed that national liberation could be achieved through a common struggle with other nations against the existing social order in Russia. In the early 1890s, a new trend developed. It was started by a Mikhnovsky, a student ... more details
Image TkachenkoP.jpeg thumb Petro Tkachenko. Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko December 21, 1878, Syniavtsi January 3, 1919 was a prominent blind kobzar . Biography Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko Halashko was one of the more outstanding kobzar s of the Chernihiv region. He was born on December 21, 1878 in the village of Syniavtsi, Sosnytsia county near Chernihiv. At the age of 9 he became blind. At the age of 16 he began an apprenticeship with the kobzar Andriy Hayduk Haydenko and after a short period continued with Tereshko Parkhomenko under whom he studied for three years. Oleksander Kornievsky Kornievsky states that he was partially sighted . Tkachenko s repertoire consisted mainly of songs. Opanas Slastion wrote in 1906 that he knew three Duma epic dumy sung epic poems The duma about the brother and sister The duma about the widow and her three sons The duma about the captives lament These dumy were performed by Tkachenko rarely, and as a consequence some who date January 2011 ethnomusicologists state that he did not know any dumy at all. Regarding his bandura technique, he played quite well. His voice was not of the most exciting, however he sang with passion and was able to move the listener. Petro Tkachenko was widely traveled, performing in the cities of Chernihiv , Nizhyn , Konotop , Kharkiv , Poltava , Lokhvytsia , Pryluky , Pryiatyn , Kremenchuk , Mykolayiv and others. In 1905 he lived for two months in the home of the director of the Yekaterinoslav Historic Museum academic Dmytro Yavornytsky , playing for the visitors of the museum, as an illustration for public lectures by this eminent historian. Tkachenko died during the prime of his life living only 40 years, after a difficult illness Typhus on 3 January, 1919. For his noted accomplishments he was included in a list of prominent international cultural figures to be celebrated by UNESCO in 1977 78. Sources commons category Petro Tkachenko Mishalow, V. and M. Ukrains ki kobzari bandurysty Sydney, Australia, 1986 P ... more details
Infobox football biography name Oleksandr Romanchuk image File Alex romanchuk.jpg 300px fullname Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Romanchuk birth date Birth date and age df yes 1984 10 21 cityofbirth Kiev countryofbirth Soviet Union height convert 1.78 m ftin 0 abbr on currentclub Metalist Kharkiv clubnumber 21 position Defender association football Defender youthyears1 1998 2001 youthclubs1 FC Arsenal Kyiv years1 2001 years2 2003 years3 2004 2010 years4 2004 2008 years5 2006 years6 2007 years7 2007 years8 2009 2010 years9 2010 clubs1 FC Yevropa Pryluky clubs2 FC Desna Chernihiv clubs3 FC Dynamo Kyiv clubs4 FC Dynamo 2 Kyiv clubs5 FC Arsenal Kyiv clubs6 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk clubs7 FC Arsenal Kyiv clubs8 FC Arsenal Kyiv clubs9 Metalist Kharkiv caps1 1 goals1 0 caps2 24 goals2 0 caps3 28 goals3 0 caps4 20 goals4 1 caps5 5 goals5 0 caps6 16 goals6 0 caps7 6 goals7 0 caps8 8 goals8 0 caps9 21 goals9 0 nationalyears1 2004 2006 nationalyears2 2007 nationalteam1 Ukraine national under 21 football team Ukraine 21 nationalteam2 Ukraine national football team Ukraine ref nfteams i17101 ref nationalcaps1 20 nationalgoals1 0 nationalcaps2 8 nationalgoals2 0 pcupdate 26 May 2011 ntupdate 26 May 2011 Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Romanchuk lang ua is a Ukrainian football soccer football player for Metalist Kharkiv . International career Romanchuk has been capped 3 times so far. He debuted in a friendly match against Israel national football team Israel on 7 February 2007. References references External links FFU Profile 3356 http www.transfermarkt.de en oleksandr romanchuk profil spieler 59893.html Profile on Transfermarkt Ukraine Squad 2006 Euro U 21 FC Metalist Kharkiv squad Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Romanchuk, Oleksandr ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer DATE OF BIRTH 21 October 1984 PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev , Soviet Union DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH dmy date September 2011 DEFAULTSORT Romanchuk, Oleksandr Category Ukra ... more details
Expand Russian date July 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Airport name Engels 2 nativename image 95 23 1.jpg image width 250 caption IATA ICAO not ICAO codes XWSG Z25A type Military owner operator Russian Air Force location Saratov , Russia elevation f 121 elevation m 37 coordinates coord 51 28 52 N 046 12 38 E type airport display inline,title website metric rwy y r1 number r1 length m 3,500 r1 length f 11,483 r1 surface Concrete stat year stat1 header stat1 data stat2 header stat2 data footnotes Location map Russia width 250 float right label Engels 2 background yellow position right lat deg 51 lat min 26 lat dir N lon deg 046 lon min 10 lon dir E caption Location of airport in Russia Engels Air Force Base also given as Engels 2 , Engel s , or Zngyelse is a strategic air base in Russia located convert 14 km east of Saratov . Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia s sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu 160 strategic bombers. The base contains a convert 3500 m runway and about 10 large revetments . Citation needed date December 2009 It is named after the Communist philosopher, Friedrich Engels . History In 1955, Engels Air Force Base was one of only six Soviet bases capable of handling the oversized Myasishchev M 4 bomber. The base was to have received the first production Tu 160 in 1987 but it went to Pryluky air base Priluki , whose units had Tupolev Tu 22M experience. By 1994 Engels Air Force Base had five Tu 160 bombers in operation. In 1998 the START I START 1 treaty had shown it had 20 operational Tupolev Tu 95 bombers and six Tu 160 bombers, all with cruise missile capability. By early 2000 the base had received additional bombers from Ukraine as payment for gas . By 2007 the base had 14 Tu 160 bomber s, 20 Tu 95 bombers and a unknown number of Tu 22M bombers. Aircraft As of 2007, the base had 14 Tupolev Tu 160 s 20 Tupolev Tu 95 s Unknown amount of Tupolev Tu 22M Tupolev Tu 22M 3 s 1 Ilyushin Il 62 The 22n ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Sack of Baturyn partof Great Northern War Mazepa Affair image File Baturyn fortress 2010 08 08.jpg 300px caption Reconstruction of the Baturyn Citadel date November 1 2, 1708 place Baturyn , Cossack Hetmanate result Sack of the city by the Russian forces and extermination of its population combatant1 Image Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg 30px Hetmanate Cossack Hetmanate combatant2 flagicon Russia Tsardom Russian Imperial Army Russian Empire commander1 Colonel Chechel commander2 Prince Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov Menshikov strength1 8,000 strength2 25,000 Campaignbox Anti Mazepa Conflict Sack of Baturyn lang uk , lang ru November 1 2, 1708 , sometimes also referred to as the Slaughtering in Baturyn , was a part of series of punishing raids conducted by the Russian Imperial Army against Mazepa and Cossack state. On November 2, 1708 upon the sack of Baturyn its entire civil population was exterminated 7,000 according to uk Serhiy Pavlenko , while the Hetman Residence was completely obliterated. Battle events File .JPG 300px left thumb Memorial to Cossack defenders and victims of Baturyn, massacred by Russians in 1708 Before the storm of Baturyn Menshikov had at his disposal some 20 Dragoon Regiments of some 15 to 20 thousands dragoon s. ref History of Ukrainian SSR in eight volumes . Vol.2. Kiev, 1979. p.335. ref Baturyn at that time was a heavily fortified city reinforced with a high number of artillery. ref Pavlenko, S. Pyotr Velikiy . Moscow, 1990. p.282 ref Considering that Menshikov decided to use his diplomatic skills to convince the defenders to surrender and sent down Andrei Markovich with his message. The Baturyn defenders refused and opened fire onto the Menshikov s positions. ref Pavlenko, p.73 ref The appointed colonel Ivan Nis of Pryluky Regiment and an interpreter Stefan Zertis were arrested by uk Se ... more details
Image Veresai02.jpeg thumb 240px Ostap Veresai Ostap Mykytovych Veresai lang ua , 1803 1890 was a renowned minstrel and kobzar from the Poltava Governorate now Chernihiv poblast of the Russian Empire in today s Ukraine . He, like no other, helped in the popularity of kobzar art not only in his country, but also outside its borders. Biography Childhood Ostap Veresai was born in the village of Kaliuzhentsi, Pryluky county, Poltava Governorate to a serfdom serf family of a blind violin ist. Mykyta Veresai, the father, was blind from birth, but was musically very talented and learned to play the violin, which he used in order to earn a living for his family. Mykyta had only one child Ostap. At the age of 4, the future kobzar became sick and lost his sight. From an early age Ostap was interested in music and the bandura . As he himself said ...when a kobzar came to my father s house, I would stand near him, and I do not know who was more excited. The kobzar would suggest You Mykyto give this boy to learn, maybe he becomes a kobzar. When Ostap turned 15, his father apprenticed him to a kobzar in a village Berezhivka not far away to his home. Ostap spent only a week with him. After spending four years at home, Ostap again attempted to undertake studies under a kobzar. A neighbour took him to the market in Romen, where many kobzars would gather, and where Ostap found the kobzar Yefym Andriyshevsky and was formally apprenticed to him for three years. After the death of Andriyshevsky, Ostap was apprenticed to Semen Koshoviy from the village of Holinka. Ostap spent 9 months with him. He was very strict and exploited the young novice. In total, Ostap studied for a total of one incomplete year rather than the traditional 3 years. Popularity The first folklorist to turn his attention to Ostap was the Russian painter Lev Zhemchuzhnikov . In 1852 56 he spent a considerable time in Ukraine. The painter visited the Galagan estate in Sokyryntsi near Pryluky . O ... more details
Infobox Former Subdivision native name i conventional long name Poltava Governorate common name Poltava subdivision Governorate nation Russian Empire year start 1802 date start February 27 year end 1925 date end August 01 p1 Malorossiya Governorate flag p1 s1 Poltava Oblast flag s1 Flag of Poltava Oblast.svg image flag image map Poltava Governornate Map.jpg image map caption An old map showing the Poltava Governorate. capital Poltava political subdiv uezd s 15 1803 stat pop1 2778151 stat area1 49365 stat year1 Russian Empire Census 1897 File Gubernia de Kiev Imperio ruso.png thumb 300px Ukrainian administrative division just before the revolution Image Poltava Governornate COA.jpg left 135px The coat of arms of the Poltava Governorate. The Poltava Governorate lang ru i Romanization of Russian translit. Poltavskaya guberniya , lang ua or Government of Poltava was a guberniya in the historical Left bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire , which was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Malorossiya Governorate which was split between the Chernigov Governorate and Poltava Governorate with an administrative center of Poltava . Administrative division It was administered by 15 uezd s povits Gadyach Hadiach Zinkiv Zenkov Zinkiv Zolotonosha Kobeliaky Konstantinograd modern Krasnohrad Kremenchug Kremenchuk Lokhvytsia Lokhvytsia Lubny Mirgorod Myrhorod Pereyaslav modern Pereyaslav Khmelnytskyi Pyriatyn Pyriatyn Poltava Pryluky Pryluky Romny Khorol, Ukraine Khorol Most of these ended up in the modern Poltava Oblast of Ukraine , although some Zolotonosha, Konstantinograd, Pereyaslav and Romny are now part of Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy , Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv , Kiev Oblast Kiev and Sumy Oblast s respectfully. The Poltava Governorate covered a total area of 49,365 km , and ha ... more details
Volodymyr Bondarenko is a Ukrainian politician, People s Deputy of Ukraine. Biography Volodymyr Dmytrovich Bondarenko was born on December 4 , 1952 in the village Ohinki, Pryluky rayon, Chernihiv oblast ref cite web url http file.liga.net person 676 vladimir bondarenko.html title . ref . Education 1972 he graduated from Pryluky pedagogical college named after Ivan Franko I. Franko , Department of Labor 1977 graduated from Kyiv State University named after Taras Shevchenko T. Shevchenko , History Department, with qualification of history and social science teacher 1998 he graduated the same University, Law faculty , with qualification of lawyer ref cite web url http genshtab.info index.php?title D0 91 D0 BE D0 BD D0 B4 D0 B0 D1 80 D0 B5 D0 BD D0 BA D0 BE, D0 92 D0 BB D0 B0 D0 B4 D0 B8 D0 BC D0 B8 D1 80 D0 94 D0 BC D0 B8 D1 82 D1 80 D0 B8 D0 B5 D0 B2 D0 B8 D1 87 title ref ref cite web url http ubop.net.ua dose bondarenko vladimir dmitrievich.html title ref Career 1976 1977 history and geography teacher at Kalynivska 8 year school, Gorodyshchensky district, Cherkasy region 1977 1986 work at Komsomol and Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist Party Leningradsky Rayon Komsomol Committee, Kiev Komsomol Committee and Leningrad Rayon Communist Party Committee of Kiev city 1986 1990 Deputy Chairman, the 1st vice chairman of the Leningrad Rayon Council of People s Deputies of Kyiv city 1990 1991 Chairman of the the Leningrad Rayon Council of People s Deputies of Kyiv city 1991 1992 Head of the housing department, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration 1992 1996 Head of Marketing Department, JSC KyivNaftoProduct March 1996 July 1996 Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Chief of Administrative Service of the Ministry of Justice Volodymyr Bondarenko also entered the faction of Reforms and Order Party Reforms and Order party leader Vi ... more details
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