Country Ukraine Admin. center Chyhyryn Area 1,217 km² | Oblast Cherkasy Oblast Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Chyhyryn Raion (Ukrainian: Чигири́нський райо́н) is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Chyhyryn.
Map of Chyhyryns'kyi district, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
During the Ukrainian War of Independence the region was proclaimed the "Kholodny Republic" (led by local Vasyl Chuchupak) which strived for Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union. The Kholodny Republic lasted from 1919 to 1922.
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