Dykanka


Dykanka is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Dykanka Raion, Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Population:
The settlement is located 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 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 historians, Dykanka was among his ″settlements″.

Modern History

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

Culture

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

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