The GettyResearch Institute
Research Home Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
New Search Previous Page Help

Vernacular Display | English Display

Click the icon to view the hierarchy.
Semantic View (JSON, JSONLD, RDF, N3/Turtle, N-Triples)

ID: 1051290
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1051290
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cherkassy (inhabited place)  Cherkassy (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 49 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 49.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 032 04 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 32.0667  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on right bank of Dnepr river alongside reservoir formed by Kremenchug hydroelectric station; originally part of Polish Ukraine; placed under Russia through first partition 1772; Moscow-Odessa railroad led to city's growth late 19th cen.

Names:
Cherkassy (preferred,C,V)
Cherkasy (C,V)
Čerkassy (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Ukraine (nation)  ........  Ukraine (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cherkas'ka Oblast' (oblast)  ............  Cherkas'ka Oblast' (oblast) (P)
Hierarchy of Cherkassy (inhabited place)  ................  Cherkassy (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 15th cen.
city (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Čerkassy..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 171
Cherkassy..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 44
Cherkasy..........  [VP]
.................  Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 171
..................  Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 44
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

New Search

Back to Top

Printer Friendly Version
The J. Paul Getty Trust
The J. Paul Getty Trust

© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / Contact Us