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| | An Insider's View of Poltava |
 | | The ancient town of Poltava, situated on the banks of the Vorskla River (a tributary of the Dnieper), is one of the regional centers in the Ukraine. |
 | | However, in 1430, the name "Poltava" is used in histories, which mention the settlement as a part of a Lithuanian principality, and by 1641, Poltava graduated to being called a "town." Many of the town dwellers were farmers and cattlemen who took part in the liberation war of the Ukrainians (1648-1654). |
 | | The president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma came to inaugurate the new buildings--a polyclinic for children, an art gallery, a bridge across Vorskla, and a memorial in honor of killed militiamen which consists of a chapel and a bronze sculpture of archangel Gavriil, the protector of warriors. |
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