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Kaniv (Ukrainian ?????; Russian ?????, translit. Kanev; Polish Kaniów) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is also one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. The current estimated population is 26,426 (as of 2005). Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, considered a founder of Ukrainian literature, is buried on a hill overlooking the Dnieper in Kaniv, and the city houses a memorial museum dedicated to him. Industry in the city includes Kaniv's hydro-electric power plant located on the Kaniv Reservoir on the Dnieper, and the a fruit and vegetable, condiments factory, and a large milk and cheese factory. Kaniv is the administrative center of the Kanivskyi Raion (district). However, the city is a city of oblast subordinance, thus being subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed within the city itself.
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