What is Cherkasy?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Cherkasy |native_name = Черкаси |nickname = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = FlagCherkasy.png |image_shield = Coat of Arms Cherkasy.PNG |motto = |image_map = Tscherkassy-Ukraine-Map.png |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Map of Ukraine with Cherkasy highlighted. |image = |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]<br /> [[Subdivisions of Ukraine|Oblast]]<br /> [[Raion]] |subdivision_name =[[Ukraine]]<br />[[Cherkasy Oblast]]<br />[[Cherkasky Raion]] |established_title = First mentioned |established_date = 1286 |established_title1 = |established_date1 = |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Serhiy Olehovych Odarych |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 78|area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 06-01-2010 |population_note = |population_total = 285 526|population_footnotes= |population_metro =| population_density_km2 = |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Cherkasy |pushpin_mapsize = |coordinates = {{coord|49|26|0|N|32|4|0|E|type:city_region:UA|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 94 ||postal_code_type=[[Postal code]] |postal_code = 18000-499 |area_code = +380 472 |blank_info = |blank1_info = [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]]|blank1_name=[[Town twinning|Sister cities]] |website = [http://www.rada.cherkassy.ua/ www.rada.cherkassy.ua] |footnotes = }} '''Cherkasy''' ({{lang-uk|Черкаси}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|transliterated]]: ''Čerkasy'') is a city in central [[Ukraine]]. It is the [[Capital city|capital]] of the [[Cherkasy Oblast]] ([[Oblast|province]]), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding [[Cherkasky Raion]] ([[Raion|district]]) within the oblast. [[File:CherkasyRada.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Central square of the city, in front of Oblast (province) Administration]] The city is cultural, educational and industrial center of Cherkasy Oblast and Central Economical Region of Ukrai