Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: Кременчук; Russian: Kremenchug) is an important industrial city in central Ukraine, located on the banks of Dnieper.
Administratively, Kremenchuk is a part of Poltavs'ka oblast' and the center of its Kremenchutz'kyi raion (district).
Its population is 226,100 (as of 2004).
History
Kremenchuk was supposedly founded in 1571. From its situation at the southern terminus of the navigable course of the Dnieper, and on the highway from Muscovy to Black Sea, it early acquired great commercial importance, and, by 1655, it was a wealthy Cossack town.
Economy
Nowadays, Kremenchuk is a home to the KrAZ truck-manufacturing company (one of the largest in Eastern Europe and internationally-important) and a major oil-refining plant. It is also an important riverport.
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Last updated: 10-23-2005 00:52:04
