Kremenchuk
City in Ukraine
Kremenchuk is a city in Ukraine, the administrative center of the Kremenchuk urban hromada and Kremenchuk Raion of Poltava Oblast.
The population (as of January 1, 2024) is 224,997 people. The city's area is 96 km². It is a large industrial center of Central Ukraine, the second-largest city in Poltava Oblast.
There are 86 industrial enterprises, 58 construction organizations of various forms of ownership, and about 14,000 business entities operating in the city.
1571
Official year of Kremenchuk's foundation
1635
The plan of the Kremenchuk fortress was drawn on site by the French military engineer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan, author of "Description of Ukraine."
1764
Formation of the Novorossiysk Governorate, which included Kremenchuk
1798
The city's coat of arms was approved
1917-1921
The Ukrainian War of Independence and the Soviet occupation did not leave Kremenchuk untouched
1941-1943
Occupation of the city by Nazi Germany and its allies
1949
The Kryukiv Bridge across the Dnieper was built
1965
Construction of a trolleybus network began
2014
Demolition of the Lenin monument in the city
2022
Russian army strike on the Amstor shopping center, killing over 20 people
