Cherkasy region - Central Ukraine. Founded She Jan. 7, 1954. The area of the region is 20.9 thousand km ². Population reaches 1.26 million residents. The largest population of the city area is Cherkassy, Uman, Cherkassy.
The territory of the region runs the largest river of Ukraine - the Dnieper.
In mehazh region has 44 state museums. There Cherkasy region is about 500 nature-protected areas. The most famous ones are:
- Kanev Nature Reserve;
- Dendrological Park "Sofievka";
- National Park "Chigirin";
- National Park "Beloozersk", and so on.
Sights area:
- Oak Shevchenko;
- Settlement "Princely Mountain" XII century.;
- Hunting castle of the nineteenth century.;
- Elias Church-tomb B.Khmelnitsky 1653;
- The monument to the history of "Three Wells» XVII century. Etc..
In Cherkasy region is the geographical center of Ukraine.