Dykanka

Rural locality in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Ukraine

Dykanka Диканька
Rural settlement
Landscape with Holy Trinity Church
Flag Coat of arms
49°49′14″N 34°31′47″E / 49.82056°N 34.52972°E / 49.82056; 34.52972
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Raion	Poltava Raion
Founded	1658
Area
• Total	11.74 km² (4.53 sq mi)
Elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,427
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	38502^[1]
Area code	5351
Licence plate ^[2]	BI

Dykanka (Ukrainian: Диканька) is a rural settlement in Poltava Raion of Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dykanka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[3] Population: 7,427 (2022 estimate)^[4]

The settlement is located 26 km (16 mi) away from Poltava Kyivska railway station.

History

Ancient history

Dykanka was first mentioned in 1658 as a small village, though the area was populated for centuries before. Within the area of modern Dykanka, traces exist of Scythian settlement at various times. Also found were the remains of a settlement that had at one point been razed^{[citation needed]} and the remains of two settlements from the 7th-6th centuries BC.

Medieval history

In 1430, the Dykanka area came under the ownership of 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″.

Modern history

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

Until 18 July 2020, Dykanka was the administrative center of Dykanka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Dykanka Raion was merged into Poltava Raion.^[5]^[6] On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the urban-type settlement status, and Dykanka became a rural settlement.^[7]

Culture

Dykanka is the location of the short story collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.^[8] The tale of St John's Eve, concerning the family of the Church Sexton, inspired Mussorgsky's tone poem Night on the Bare Mountain.

Gallery

The facade of the palace of the estate Kochubeys in Dykanka. The architect Giacomo Quarenghi. Picture the end of 19th century
Triumphal Arch. The architect - the academician of architecture Luigi Rusca, 1820
Church of the Holy Trinity, 1780. Late Baroque. The architect of N. A. Lvov (?)
Church of St. Nicholas in the urban settlement Dykanka. The architect of N. A. Lvov, 1797
The bell tower of St. Nicholas Church. Architect Luigi Rusca, 1810–1827. Postcard late 19th century
Lilac Grove in Dykanka. The former estate of Prince Kochubey. Laid down in the early 19th century
Picture gallery of Marie Bashkirtseff

References

^ Ukrainian Zip Codes
^ Как расшифровываются новые номера
^ "Диканьская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
^ "The Ukrainian Mystery Of Nikolai Gogol". ValueWalk. January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.