Dykanka

Dykanka Диканька
Landscape with church St. Trinity Landscape with church St. Trinity
Location of Dykanka within the Ukraine Location of Dykanka within the Ukraine
Dykanka Location of Dykanka
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Raion	Dykanskyi Raion
Founded	1658
Area
• Total	11.74 km2 (4.53 sq mi)
Elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	8,232
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	38502
Area code(s)	5351
Licence plate	BI

Dykanka (Ukrainian: Диканька) is the urban settlement in Dykanskyi Raion (district), Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine.

The settlement is located 29 km (18 mi) from the rail station in Poltava.

History

Dykanka was first mentioned in 1658 as a small village, though the area was populated for centuries.

Within modern Dykanka at different times had traces of settlements of Scythians. Also found the remains of a settlement from the ashes. Found the remains of two settlements VII-VI centuries BC.

In 1430 the land got Tatar Murza Leksada Mansurksanovych, the future Prince Alexander Glinski, and, according to Leo Padalka and other pre-revolutionary (before 1917) historians Dykanka was among his ″settlements″.

It has held the status of urban-type settlement since 1957.

Dykanka is the location of the short story collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.

Gallery

• The facade of the palace of the estate Kochubey Dikanka.JPG

  The facade of the palace of the estate Kochubeys in Dykanka. The architect Giacomo Quarenghi. Picture the end of 19th century

• Dykanka. Arc de Triomphe. The author of the project - the academician of architecture Luigi Rusca (1820)..jpg

  Triumphal Arch. The architect - the academician of architecture Luigi Rusca, 1820

• Church of the Holy Trinity, 1780. Late Baroque. Dykanka.jpg

  Church of the Holy Trinity, 1780. Late Baroque. The architect of N. A. Lvov (?)

• Church of St. Nicholas in the urban settlement Dikanka. The architect of M. A. Lvov, 1797..jpg

  Church of St. Nicholas in the urban settlement Dykanka. The architect of N. A. Lvov, 1797

• Диканька. Дзвінниця Миколаївської церкви.jpg

  The bell tower of St. Nicholas Church. Architect Luigi Rusca, 1810-1827. Postcard late 19th century

• The bell tower of St. Nicholas Church in Dykanka.jpg

  The bell tower of St. Nicholas Church. Architect Luigi Rusca, 1810-1827

• Lilac Grove in Dikanka..jpg

  Lilac Grove in Dykanka. The former estate of Prince Kochubey. Laid down in the early 19th century

• Україна. Диканька. Картинна галерея ім. М.К. Башкирцевої.jpg

  Picture gallery of Marie Bashkirtseff

• SYD005.jpg

  Oaks time Ivan Mazepa and Pushkin

External links

• "Dikanka" (news of Dikanka, events, weather, all in English and Russian language)