Poltava, Ukraine

Poltava is located 200 km north of Dnipropetrovsk. It has a population of 286,649 people. It is still unknown when Poltava was founded,  although the town was not attested before 1174, the settlement is indeed an old one. For reasons unknown, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. Poltava has always been one of the most important science and education centres in Ukraine. Major universities and institutions of higher education are cituated here.