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Kremenchuk - Definition and Overview

Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: Кременчук) is an important industrial city in central Ukraine, located on the banks of Dnipro.

Administratively, Kremenchuk is a part of Poltavs'ka oblast' and the center of its Kremenchutz'kyi raion (district).

Its population is 226,100 (as of 2004).

Kremenchuk was founded in 1571.

Economy

Kremenchuk is a home to the KrAZ truck-manufacturing company (one of the largest in former Soviet Union) and a major oil-refining plant. It is also an important riverport.

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