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Poltava (English: /pɒlˈtvə/, English: /pəlˈ-/; Ukrainian: Полтава, Ukrainian: [polˈtɑwɐ]) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast and of the surrounding Poltava Raion within the oblast. Poltava is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It has a population of History It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. Howe…