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52-511: The center of the bay acts as the eastern border for the town of Irondequoit and the western border of the towns of Penfield and Webster . The Irondequoit–Penfield boundary continues along the center of Irondequoit Creek south of the New York State Route 404 float bridge . During the past million years there were four glacial ages that covered the Rochester area with ice and impacted

104-710: A punitive expedition against the Iroquois through Irondequoit Bay, beginning the long enmity between the Iroquois and the French. After the American Revolution , this area was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase . The Town of Irondequoit was founded in 1839 when it separated from the Town of Brighton . During the last part of the 19th century, the north edge of the town was developed as

156-559: A decisive victory of Peter I of Russia over the Swedish forces and had great historical importance for the Russians. In 1710 there was a plague in the city and its surrounding area. In the mid-18th century the Kolomak Woods near Poltava became a base of haidamaks (Cossack paramilitary bands). By 1770, Poltava had several brick factories, a regimental doctor, and a pharmacy; that same year

208-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.91. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

260-526: A number of shuttle bombing raids against Nazi Germany under the name of Operation Frantic . Poltava Air Base , as well as Myrhorod Air Base , were used as eastern locations for landing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers involved in those operations. The post-war restoration of Poltava continued in the 1950s and 1960s. The city became an important centre of military education in the Soviet Union , where missile and communications officers were prepared, and

312-545: A number of prominent local residents, including Martyn Pushkar , Ivan Iskra , Ivan Kramar and many others. During the 1654 Pereyaslav Council , the Poltava city delegates pledged their allegiance to the Czar of Muscovy, after which stolnik Andrei Spasitelev arrived in Poltava and recorded 1,335 residents who had pledged their allegiance. In 1658 Poltava became a center of anti-government revolt led by Martyn Pushkar , who contested

364-494: A remarkable 136% increase. Irondequoit remained the most-populated suburb in Monroe County until the 1970s, when it was surpassed by the Town of Greece, a community with three times the land area of Irondequoit. In 1965, Irondequoit became part of civil rights history by being part of the first totally voluntary desegregation program in U.S. history. The Urban Suburban Interdistrict Transfer Program , which still operates today,

416-485: A tourist and vacation area for the City of Rochester residents, and was once known as the "Coney Island of Western New York." After World War II, Irondequoit experienced significant population growth, with returning veterans looking for housing. Irondequoit became the first suburb in Monroe County to see substantial migration of residents from the City of Rochester, with the population growing from 23,376 in 1940 to 55,337 in 1960,

468-498: Is a town (and census-designated place ) in Monroe County , New York , United States. As of the 2020 census , the coterminous town-CDP had a total population of 51,043. Irondequoit is a suburb of the city of Rochester , lying just north and east of the city limits. The name is of Iroquois origin and means "where the land meets the water". In 1687 Marquis de Denonville led an army of French soldiers and Huron warriors on

520-528: Is also the home of satellite campuses of two institutions of higher learning: Poltava Poltava ( UK : / p ɒ l ˈ t ɑː v ə / , US : / p ə l ˈ -/ ; Ukrainian : Полтава , IPA: [polˈtɑwɐ] ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in Central Ukraine . It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within

572-557: Is divided into 3 urban districts : The village of Rozsoshentsi , Shcherbani , Tereshky , Kopyly and Suprunivka are officially considered to be outside the city, but constitute part of the Poltava agglomeration. The centre of the old city is a semicircular Neoclassical square with the Tuscan column of cast iron (1805–11), commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Poltava and featuring 18 Swedish cannons captured in that battle. As Peter

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624-571: Is mentioned for the first time under the name of Poltava no later than 1430. Supposedly, in 1430 the Lithuanian duke Vytautas gave the city, along with Glinsk (today a village near the city of Romny ) and Glinitsa, to Murza Olexa (Loxada Mansurxanovich), who moved to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Golden Horde . In 1430 Murza Olexa was baptized as Alexander Glinsky, who was a progenitor of

676-592: The 2001 census : According to a survey conducted by the International Republican Institute in April-May 2023, 75 % of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, and 12 % spoke Russian. Poltava has a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Köppen : Dfb ), with four distinct seasons, it is one of the coldest cities in Ukraine . The annual precipitation is fairly evenly distributed, with

728-623: The Azov Governorate north of the Black Sea . Since much of that area had only recently been seized from the Ottoman Empire by Russia, and a large number of Orthodox Greek settlers had been invited to settle in the region, the imperial government selected a renowned Greek scholar, Eugenios Voulgaris , to preside over the new diocese. After his retirement in 1779, he was replaced by another Greek theologian, Nikephoros Theotokis . In 1779

780-617: The Central Rada , Hetmanate , Ukrainian People's Republic , White Movement and Bolsheviks . From 1918 to 1919 there was Occupation of Poltava by the Bolsheviks . After becoming a part of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , Poltava experienced accelerated industrial growth, and its population increased to 130,000 by 1939. In World War II , the Nazi Wehrmacht occupied Poltava from 18 September 1941 until 23 September 1943, when it

832-488: The Genesee River on the west and Irondequoit Bay on the east. The north border of the town is defined by the shoreline of Lake Ontario . Because it is bounded by water on three sides, it is considered a geographical headland . Irondequoit is bordered by the city of Rochester to the west and south, the town of Brighton southeast, and the towns of Webster and Penfield to the east. An unusual boundary exists between

884-685: The Glinsky family . According to Shenninkov, Alexander Glinsky must have been baptized in 1390 by Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kyiv , who had just regained his title of Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Russia (rather than the Metropolitan of Russia Minor and Lithuania). On 6 March 1390 Cyprian permanently moved to Muscovy . In 1482, Poltava was razed by the Crimean Khan Mengli I Giray . In 1537 Ografena Vasylivna Glinska (Baibuza) passed Poltava to her son-in-law Mykhailo Ivanovych Hrybunov-Baibuza. After

936-710: The Union of Lublin in 1569, the territory around Poltava became part of the Crown of Poland . In 1630 Poltava was passed to a Polish magnate, Bartholomew Obalkowski. In 1641 it changed ownership again, to Alexander Koniecpolski. In 1646 Poltava became part of Wiśniowiecki Ordynatsia (a large Wiśniowiecki estate in Left-bank Ukraine centered in Lubny ), governed by the Ruthenian-Polish magnate Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (1612–51). In 1648,

988-488: The poverty line , including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over. Irondequoit is governed by a Town Board consisting of a Supervisor and four councilpersons. All members of the Town Board serve the entire town, and are elected at-large by voters. The Supervisor serves a two-year term, while councilpersons serve a four-year term. Irondequoit is known for its colonial-style Town Hall, built in 1951. It

1040-475: The 50-member Poltava City Council ( Ukrainian : Полтавська Міська рада ) which is headed by the Secretary (currently Oleksandr Kozub). The city's current mayor is Oleksandr Mamay, who was sworn in on 4 November 2010 after being elected with more than 61 percent of the vote. In 2015 he was re-elected as a candidate of Conscience of Ukraine with 62.9% in a second round of Mayoral election. The territory of Poltava

1092-462: The City of Rochester. Seneca Park was annexed by the City of Rochester in 1891, and Durand Eastman Park was given to the city in 1908. As of the census of 2000, there were 52,354 people, 22,247 households, and 14,327 families residing in the coterminous town-CDP. The population density was 3,447.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,331.0/km ). There were 23,037 housing units at an average density of 1,516.9 per square mile (585.7/km ). The racial makeup of

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1144-656: The Cumans. During the Mongol invasion of Rus' in 1238–39, many cities of the middle Dnipro region were destroyed, possibly including Ltava. In the mid-14th century the region was part of the Duchy of Kyiv, which was a vassal of the Algirdas ' Grand Duchy of Lithuania . According to the Russian historian Aleksandr Shennikov, the region around modern Poltava was a Cuman Duchy belonging to Mansur, who

1196-824: The Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s. A minor planet 2983 Poltava discovered in 1981 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh is named after the city. The most popular sport is football (soccer) . Two professional football teams are based in the city: Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League and FC Poltava in the Second League . There are 3 stadiums in Poltava: Butovsky Vorskla Stadium (main city stadium), Dynamo Stadium are situated in

1248-669: The Great celebrated his victory in the Saviour church, this 17th-century wooden shrine was carefully preserved to this day. The five-domed city cathedral, dedicated to the Exaltation of the Cross , is a superb monument of Cossack Baroque , built between 1699 and 1709. As a whole, the cathedral presents a unity which even the Neoclassical belltower has failed to mar. Another frothy Baroque church, dedicated to

1300-753: The Great Sovereign allows to place a voivode in the city and rebuilt the city until the fall that in Poltava Cherkasy [Cossacks] and residents built their houses and stock-piled their food". With the signing of the 1667 truce of Andrusovo , the city was finally subjected to the Tsardom of Muscovy , while remaining part of the Cossack Hetmanate . The city suffered from the Great Turkish War when in 1695 Petro Ivanenko led an anti-Muscovite uprising with

1352-498: The Rochester metropolitan area. In 1991, Irondequoit established a sister city relationship with Poltava , in Ukraine . Poltava is an Eastern Ukrainian city once known as "the Soul of Ukraine". The initiative was spearheaded by Irondequoit Town Supervisor Fred Lapple. His appointed Committee Chair, Tamara Denysenko, identified Poltava, Ukraine as Irondequoit's chosen Sister City. This

1404-471: The Town of Irondequoit and the adjacent City of Rochester. On the western border of Irondequoit, the city claims a thin strip that extends northward along the banks of the river from Seneca Park to Lake Ontario , at some points less than 50 yards (46 m) from the shore. The result is that the City of Rochester claims the entire eastern shore of the Genesee, and the border of the Town of Irondequoit never reaches

1456-698: The city became the base of a distinguished regiment of Ukrainian Cossacks , and served as a Cossack stronghold during the Khmelnytsky Uprising . In 1650, to commemorate a victory of the Cossack Host over the Polish army at the Poltavka River , the Metropolitan of Kyiv, Sylvester Kossov , ordered the establishment of the Holy Cross Exaltation Monastery in Poltava. The project was financed by

1508-607: The city became the seat of the newly established Poltava Governorate . The city's population in 1802 consisted of some 8,000 residents. That same year Poltava opened a government-funded hospital of 20 beds. On 2 February 1808, the Poltava Male Gymnasium was established. On 20 June 1808 some 54 families of craftsmen were invited to the city from German principalities and settled in the newly established German Sloboda neighborhood with about 50 clay-made houses. In 1810 there were 8,328 people living in Poltava; that same year,

1560-645: The city centre and Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Podil district. Poltava's transportation infrastructure consists of two major train stations: Poltava-Pivdenna and Poltava-Kyivska , with railway links to Kyiv , Kharkiv , and Kremenchuk . Poltava-Kyiv line is electrified and is used by the Poltava Express. The electrification of the Poltava-Kharkiv line was completed in August 2008. The Avtovokzal serves as

1612-579: The city conducted four fairs. In 1775 it became a city of Novorossiysk Governorate , guarded by the 8th Company of the Dnieper Pike Regiment headquartered in Kobeliaky . In 1775 Poltava's Holy Cross Exaltation Monastery became the seat of bishops of the newly created Eparchy ( Diocese ) of Slaviansk and Kherson. This large new diocese included the lands of the Novorossiya Governorate and

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1664-428: The city established the Poltava county school, which became its first secular educational institution. In 1787 Catherine the Great stopped in Poltava on the way from Crimea , escorted by Grigori Potemkin , Alexander Suvorov and Mikhail Kutuzov . In Poltava, on 7 June 1787, before another Russo-Turkish War , Potemkin received his title "Prince of Taurida", while Suvorov received a snuffbox with monogram. In 1802

1716-524: The city limits. The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava , which is mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle in 1174. According to the chronicle, on Saint Peter's Day (12 July) of 1182, Igor Sviatoslavich , chasing hordes of the Cuman khans Konchak and Kobiak, crossed the Vorskla River near Ltava and moved towards Pereiaslav ), where Igor's army was victorious over

1768-451: The city's first theater was built. In August 1812, on orders of Little Russia Governor General Lobanov-Rostovsky , the famed Ukrainian writer and statesman Ivan Kotlyarevsky formed the 5th Poltava Cavalry Cossack Regiment. By 1860, Poltava had around 30,000 inhabitants, a district school, a gymnasium, an Institute for Noble Maidens , a spiritual academy, a cadet corps , a library and a number of schools. In 1870, Poltava railway station

1820-529: The city's intercity bus station. Buses for local municipal routes depart from "AC-2" (autostation No. 2 – along Shevchenko Street) and "AC-3" (Zinkivska Street). Local municipal routes are parked along the Taras Shevchenko Street. Marshrutka minibuses serve areas where regular bus access is unavailable; however, they are privately owned and cost more per ride. In addition, a 10-route trolleybus network of 72.6 kilometres (45.1 mi) runs throughout

1872-445: The city. On the routes of the city go more than 50 units of trolleybuses. Poltava is also served by an International Airport, situated outside the city limits near the village of Ivashky. The international highway M03 , linking Poltava with Kyiv and Kharkiv, passes through the southern outskirts of the city. There is also a regional highway P-17 crossing Poltava and linking it with Kremenchuk and Sumy . Poltava has always been one of

1924-533: The geography of the area. The most recent glacier that left evidence here was about 100,000 years ago and it caused compression of the earth by as much as 2,500 feet (760 m). About 12,000 years ago, the area underwent massive changes, which included the rerouting of the Genesee River and other water bodies. Since the earth rebounded from the melting glaciers more rapidly in Canada than in New York, water from Lake Ontario

1976-631: The help of Crimean Tatars , who ravaged the local monastery. The same year the Poltava Regiment actively participated in the Azov campaigns which resulted in the taking of the Turkish fortress of Kyzy-Kermen (today the city of Beryslav , Kherson Oblast ). On 8 July (New Style) or 27 June (Old Style) 1709 the Battle of Poltava took place near the city during the Great Northern War . The battle ended in

2028-524: The highest concentration in summer, and which falls as snow in winter. Poltava is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast ( province ) as well as of the Poltava Raion housed within the city. However, Poltava is a city of oblast subordinance , thus being subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed in the city itself. Poltava's government consists of

2080-604: The legitimacy of Ivan Vyhovsky 's election to the post of Hetman of Zaporizhian Host . The uprising was extinguished with the help of Crimean Tatars . On the issue boyar Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev wrote to Alexei Mikhailovich on 8 June 1658: "... the Cherkas [Cossack] city of Poltava is ravaged and burned to the ground and only if the Great Sovereign orders to rebuild on the Tatar Sokma (pathway) of Bakeyev Route and protect many his sovereign cities from Tatar visits. And if

2132-485: The oblast. It also hosts the administration of Poltava urban hromada , one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Poltava has a population of 279,593 (2022 estimate). It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. However, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed an ancient Paleolithic dwelling, as well as Scythian remains, within

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2184-399: The river. Similarly, the northern half of Durand-Eastman Park (including Durand Beach) lies within the city's borders, along with a narrow strip running along Culver Road for approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southward to Norton Street. This leads to much confusion, even among long-term residents, about whether places such as Seneca Park or Durand Park lie within the Town of Irondequoit or

2236-414: The town was 93.03% White , 3.55% Black or African American , 0.15% Native American , 0.98% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.02% from other races , and 1.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.06% of the population. There were 22,247 households, out of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 10.4% had

2288-406: Was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 45,276, and the median income for a family was $ 55,493. Males had a median income of $ 41,463 versus $ 30,937 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 23,638. About 3.8% of families and 5.4% of the population were below

2340-662: Was a son of Mamai . Shennikov also claims that the Mansur Duchy joined the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as an associated state rather than a vassal state , and that the city of Poltava already existed at that time. In 1399, Mansur's army assisted the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army in the battle of the Vorskla River . According to legend, after the battle, the Cossack Mamay helped Vytautas to escape death. The city

2392-443: Was also home to a Soviet Air Force division of heavy bombers. Until 18 July 2020, Poltava was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to Poltava Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four, the city was merged into Poltava Raion. Distribution of the population by native language according to

2444-641: Was begun with 25 first graders from the inner city of Rochester who embarked on their K-12 education in the West Irondequoit school district. Ultimately, 15 of the original 25 students graduated together in 1977 as part of the first graduating class ever to go through a full 12 years of voluntary desegregation. The achievement was acknowledged in a letter from the White House and a notation in the U.S. Congressional Record. The program has continued to expand and now includes additional suburban districts that are part of

2496-753: Was completed with funds that had been previously set aside for two decades. It was listed on the historical registry in 2010 by the Irondequoit Historical Preservation Commission. Current Members of the Town Board The following notable people were either born in Irondequoit or were long-time residents: Irondequoit is served by the West Irondequoit and East Irondequoit central school districts. Additionally, there are several schools with religious affiliations: Irondequoit

2548-419: Was opened, leading to rapid economic growth in the region. However, by 1914 the Population of Poltava (around 60,000) was mostly working in small enterprises. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Poltava became an important cultural centre, where many representatives of Ukrainian national revival were active. During the events of 1917–1920 , Poltava was under the rule of a number of governments, including

2600-400: Was retaken during the Chernigov-Poltava Strategic Offensive of the Battle of the Dnieper . During the Nazi occupation the Jewish population (9.9% of the total population in 1939) was imprisoned in a ghetto before being murdered during mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe and buried in mass graves in the area. By the summer of 1944, the United States Army Air Forces conducted

2652-462: Was spilled over New York due to its lower elevation. During this time, the original outlet of the Genesee River was flooded out, creating Irondequoit Bay. On a French map of the area from 1688 titled "Le Lac Ontario" Irondequoit Bay was referred to as the "swamp of the Senecas ". Prior to the 1840s, the bay was known as "Teoronto Bay." Seven parks abut the bay: Irondequoit, New York Irondequoit ( / ɪ ˈ r ɒ n d ə k ɔɪ t / )

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2704-426: Was supported by the larger Ukrainian community in Irondequoit, including Bogdan Khomiakov, a small business owner living in Irondequoit whose father had immigrated from Poltava. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 16.8 sq mi (44 km ), of which 15.2 sq mi (39 km ) is land and 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) (9.69%) is water. The town lies between

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