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City in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Uman

Uman is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine.

Uman
Uman · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Uman is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River. Uman serves as the administrative center of Uman Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Uman urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 81,525.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Uman

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University

    Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University is a Ukrainian university in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, in Central Ukraine.

    500 m · University of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tsentralnyi Stadion (Uman)

    The Tsentralnyi Stadion is a sports stadium mainly used by the club Pantery Uman.

    300 m · Stadium in Uman, Ukraine · Wikipedia

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See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov burial place (Bielinskoho str.). Rabbi Nachman of Breslov was the Rebbe of the Breslov group of Hasidic Jews. Rabbi Nachman spent the end of his life in Uman town, and requested to be buried there. During Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) there is a major pilgrimage by Breslov Hasidim and others to visit the grave in Uman. Basilian monastery. (1764).

From Wikivoyage: Uman, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Go to the art gallery and museums.

  1. 01
    Sofiyivka Park

    A botanical garden demonstrating the landscaping art of the late 18th-early 19th century and a scientific research institute.

From Wikivoyage: Uman, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Obolon Supermarket (Супермаркет Оболонь), Lenina str., 35. Food market (Продовольственный рынок), Tyschyka str. Meschanka Market (Рынок Мещанка), Zalizniak st., 1. ATB Supermarket (Супермаркет АТБ), Bilshovytska str., 1.

From Wikivoyage: Uman, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Uman

Airports
Chişinău (RMO), 224 km · Iaşi (IAS), 260 km
  • Chişinău → Uman
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  • Iaşi → Uman
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  • Suceava → Uman
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Uman

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Uman. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inRegular comfortable minibuses (marshrutkas) from Kyiv, Cherkasy, Odesa.
  • Get inYou should seek minibus (Mercedes or Volkswagen) with Ukrainian tablet "Умань".

From Wikivoyage: Uman, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    987 km
  2. 02
    GökçeadaTR

    11 ways of moving, 39 sources

    1,016 km
  3. 03
    AbkhaziaGE

    10 ways of moving, 23 sources

    1,051 km
  4. 04
    Mount AthosGR

    9 ways of moving, 21 sources

    1,063 km
  5. 05
    Jvari and the Enguri valleyGE

    10 ways of moving, 37 sources

    1,135 km

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