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This article is about a city in the central Ukraine. For small village in modern Greece,
see Smila, Greece. For the city of ancient Greece, see Smila (Macedonia).

Smila

Сміла

Town

The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Theotokos of Smila

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Coordinates: 49°12′42″N 31°52′23″ECoordinates: 49°12′42″N 31°52′2
3″E

Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Cherkasy Oblast
Raion Cherkasy Raion

Founded 1542
City status 1926

Government
 • Mayor Mr. Serhiy Ananko

Area
  • Land 39.85 km2 (15.39 sq mi)

Elevation 101 m (331 ft)

Population
 (2020)
 • Total 66 972
  [1]

Time zone UTC+2 (EET)

 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Postal code 20700

Area code(s) +380 4733
Sister cities Rzhev, Newton, Iowa, Vatutine, Irpin

Website smila-rada.gov.ua

Smila (Ukrainian: Сміла [ˈs⁽ʲ⁾milɐ]) is a city located on Dnieper Upland near

the Tyasmyn River, in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the
administration of Smila urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
[2]
 Population: 66,972 (2020 est.)[1]

Contents

 1Climate
 2History
o 2.1Foundation of Smila
o 2.21569 - 1793
o 2.31793 - 1917
o 2.4Since 1917
 3Economy
 4Gallery
 5Sister cities
 6References
 7External links

Climate[edit]
Climate in the city is moderate continental. Winters are cold with frequent snowing.
Summers are warm and can be hot in July, with little possibility of rain. Periods of
temperatures higher than +10 endure up to 170 days. Annual precipitation level is
450–520 mm. Dnieper tributary Tyasmyn River flows through the city.[3]

History[edit]
Foundation of Smila[edit]
Smila and its neighbourhood have been settled since the ancient times.
Archeologists discovered a number of ruins of ancient settlements and numerous
mounds located in different parts of Smila and near the city. Two biggest ancient
settlements and 44 mounds were first researched during 1879–1883 years by
O. O. Bobrynsky, grandson of Smila owner, Count Olexiy Olexiyovich Bobrynsky.
These findings belong partly to the Stone Age and partly to the Bronze Age.
Official foundation date of Smila is 1542. Grand Duchy of Lithuania documents tell us
that settlement Yatzkove-Tyasmyno was founded on a hamlet place in 1542. The
modern name of the city has been known since the first half of the 17th century.
City's name is connected with a local legend first recorded by Count
L. O. Bobrynsky: "An unknown girl led warriors through a heavy swamp showing a
route to the enemy. The battle was very bloody. They killed a lot of enemies there
but they couldn’t save the brave girl. They buried her near Tyasmyn and called her
Smila.[4] Then warriors honoured her in the city’s name."
1569 - 1793[edit]
After the Union of Lublin in July 1569, it was a settlement of the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth.
During 1648 — 1667  this squadron town belonged to Chyhyryn Regiment. In 1654
Russian tsar gave Pereyaslav colonel Pavlo Teteria possession of the town. During
1658-1659 Danylo Vyhovsky changed Teterya as the owner. Chudniv treaty of 1660
renewed Polish power on this land. Smila became an ownership of Stanislav
Koniecpolski as part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Constant wars between
Ukrainian Cossacks, Polish owners, Tatars, Turks, Russians and Swedes [5] led to
demolition of Smila. (More The Ruin) Further owners of Smila,
princes Lubomirski built a wooden castle with arbor and palisade around the whole
city in 1742. During 1730s-1760s parts of the population of Smila took part
in Haidamaka movement. In 1787 prince Xaveriy Lubomirski sold lands around
Smila to Russian prince Potyomkin. Six years later Smila became a property of
Potyomkin's nephew, Count Alexander Samoylov. Two years later population of
Smila was 1747 people with 50 crafters, 9 shoemakers, 6 weavers, 8 tailors. Others
were peasants.
1793 - 1917[edit]
After second Partition of Poland Smela was a township which subordinated to
Cherkassy county of Kyiv Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1838 a large sugar
plant was built here.
Since 1917[edit]
City since 1926.
During the World War II it was occupied by Nazi German troops since August 1941
until January 1944.
In January 1989 the population was 79 449 people. [6][7]
In January 2013 the population was 68 636 people. [8]
Until 18 July 2020, Smila was designated as a city of oblast significance and served
as the administrative center of Smila Raion though it did not belong to the raion.
Settlements of Ploske and Irdynivka were subordinated to Smila city council. As part
of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of
Cherkasy Oblast to four, the city was merged into Cherkasy Raion. [9][10]
Economy[edit]
The economic emphasis is on mechanical engineering, and the food industry is also
of importance.
Smila is the biggest transport center of the region as a huge railway station is located
here.
Smila, where the Kyiv–Dnipro and Odessa–Russia rail routes cross, is one of the
most important railway junctions in Ukraine. The large station at the junction is
named after Ukraine's national poet and artist, Taras Shevchenko.

Gallery[edit]
 Female gymnasium building

 
 Assumption Church in Smila

 
 Church of the Holy Virgin

Museum of Local History

 

Technical Institute for Sugar Industry in Smila

 

Bank building in Smila

 
 Shevchenko district

 
 Railway station

 
 Railway bridge in Smila

Tiasmyn River in Smila

 
 Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Church [uk]
Sister cities[edit]
Smila is currently twinned with:

  Newton, Iowa, United States

  Rzhev, Russia

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:    "Чисельність наявного населення України
a b

(Actual population of Ukraine)"  (PDF)  (in

Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Retrieved 30 September  2020.
2. ^ "Смелянская городская громада"  (in Russian).
Портал об'єднаних громад України.
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ It means - brave
5. ^ http://www.pravoslavie.ru/smi/103.htm
6. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г.
Численность городского населения союзных
республик, их территориальных единиц, городских
поселений и городских районов по полу
7. ^ Смела // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х
тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М.,
"Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.367
8. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня
2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ,
2013. стор.106
9. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова
Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ".  Голос України  (in
Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved  2020-10-03.
10. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian).
Міністерство розвитку громад та територій
України.

 (in Ukrainian) (1972) Історія міст і сіл

Української CCP - Черкаська область (History
of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR -
Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.

External links[edit]
 (in Ukrainian) Official city website
 (in Ukrainian) Unofficial city website
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 Communities of Smila municipality
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 Administrative divisions of Cherkasy Oblast

Categories: 
 Cities in Cherkasy Oblast
 Cherkassky Uyezd
 Shtetls
 Cities of regional significance in Ukraine
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