Cherkasy Raion


Cherkasy Raion is an administrative part of Cherkasy Oblast. The center of the raion is the city of Cherkasy which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The area of the raion is, with density of. The population consists of Ukrainians, Russians, Belorussians, and others. The population was. There are 39 settlements on the territory of the district - 38 villages and 1 urban-type settlement - Irdyn.
It is located in the Eastern part of Cherkasy oblast. Its approximate length is and its width is up to. It is located on lowlands, on the bank of Kremenchuk Reservoir, on Dnipro River. Rivers, such as Ros, Vilshyanka, and Tyasmyn are passing through the raion. Forests cover about 62 hectares of the district, including the famous Cherkaskiy Bir.
The raion consists of 39 settlements. There are 23 village councils in Cherkasy raion. The biggest villages of the district are Ruska Polyana, Chervona Sloboda, Bilozirya, and Moshny.
The district is crossed with highways which connect Cherkasy with other cities like Kaniv, Zolotonosha, Uman. The length of all routes is, from which are national routes. The region also hosts a part of Odessa-Moscow railway route.
Since January 2015, the chairman of the district administration has been Kostiantyn Omargaliev.