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Central Ukraine is the region in the center north of , and is the country's cultural, economic, and political center.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kyiv and Chernihiv.

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is the capital of , as well as the country's largest and most vibrant city. It is a city where the golden domes of Orthodox cathedrals sit amidst royal palaces and the grey concrete of Soviet Brutalist buildings.

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, located in the north of Central Ukraine, is one of the most ancient and most interesting cities of known in the world primarily for its sacred Christian temples created over 1000-year history of the city and being invaluable treasure of Ukrainian people.

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or Chornobyl is a town in Central Ukraine, and known infamously for the accident in the nearby nuclear power plant at Pripyat on 26 April 1986.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Poltava and Zhytomyr.

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is a city in Central Ukraine. is called a cultural capital because of its colourful history and many famous Ukrainians who were born in .

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, Zhitomir, Zhitomir) is a city in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the region and district. It's in northern Ukraine, 150 km west of Kyiv centre. Population: 271,000 inhabitants.

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is a city in Central Ukraine, the administrative center of the region. 267 km southwest of , it has been known since the Middle Ages, and is home to a former Soviet Cold War airbase.

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is a city in Central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Oblast. The city is the cultural, educational and industrial center. The population is 287,583.

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is the administrative center of Kirovohrad Oblast and Kirovohrad Rayon. It is an industrial and cultural center of Kirovohrad Oblast. is located on the Dnieper Upland, on the banks of river Inhul.

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is a city in northeastern . It serves as the administrative center of . The city is situated on the banks of the and has a population of 256,474, making it the 23rd-largest in the country.

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is a city in , central . It is located to the east of . Located in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River.

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is a city in , central . It serves as the administrative center of . also hosts the administration of urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

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, historically also called Lubni is a city in , central . It serves as the administrative center of . It also hosts the administration of urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 44,089.

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is a village situated in Podolia region in , on the junction of the Murafa and Bushanka Rivers in in , near the Moldovan border.

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is a village in , in Tomashpil settlement hromada of in . According to the national census of 2001, it had 1025 registered people.

Central Ukraine

Latitude of center
50.5274° or 50° 31′ 39″ north
Longitude of center
31.2451° or 31° 14′ 42″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q2502431
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Central Ukraine” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “цэнтар Украіны”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Украіна”
  • Chinese: “中乌克兰”
  • Chinese: “中烏克蘭”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Oekraïne”
  • French: “Ukraine centrale”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ουκρανία”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז אוקראינה”
  • Indonesian: “Ukraina Tengah”
  • Italian: “Ucraina centrale”
  • Japanese: “中央ウクライナ”
  • Latvian: “Centrālukraina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sentral-Ukraina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sentral-Ukraina”
  • Portuguese: “Ucrânia Central”
  • Russian: “Центр Украины”
  • Russian: “Центральная Украина”
  • Spanish: “Region central de Ucrania”
  • Spanish: “Región central de Ucrania”
  • Spanish: “Ucrania central”
  • Ukrainian: “Центр України”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Україна”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Ukraina”

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