Title: Dykan'ka village Status: A village in the Poltava district of the Poltava region. It is the administrative center of Dykan'ka village community. Location: Located 27 km. north of Poltava, between the rivers Vorskla and Kratova Govtva. Population: 8500 thousand people Area: 10.77 square meters. km. Reservoirs: The territory of the village a few small ponds. Founded: 1658 Historical note: For the first time Dykanka documented mention in 1658 in the chronicle of Samuel Velichko. Then near Dykanka met in combat units Poltava colonel Martyn Pushkar and Hetman Ivan Vygovskyi. According to the wagon of Hetman Ivan Samoilovych to 1687 the village belonged to the general magistrate Zaporozhian Kochubei - grandson who came from the Crimean Horde Andrew Kuchuk-Bei, who accepted the Orthodox faith, he settled on free land overlooking the Dnipro. During the reign of Kochubei were first monuments. At a location nearby in a cozy corner of the park were brought from Italy and Greece, the ancient white marble sculptures. Unfortunately all this has survived to this day. In 1957, the village granted the status of an urban type. Landmarks: Arc de Triomphe, Nicolas Church.