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City in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

# Uman

Uman is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine.

![Uman](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Sofiyivsky_Park.jpg/3840px-Sofiyivsky_Park.jpg)

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.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uman), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlo_Tychyna_Uman_State_Pedagogical_University)
2. Tsentralnyi Stadion (Uman) The Tsentralnyi Stadion is a sports stadium mainly used by the club Pantery Uman. 300 m · Stadium in Uman, Ukraine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsentralnyi_Stadion_(Uman%29)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Uman), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

## Things to do

Go to the art gallery and museums.

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

From [Wikivoyage: Uman](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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 Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chisinau-to-uman) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chi%C5%9Fin%C4%83u&to=Uman)
- Iaşi → Uman Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/iasi-to-uman) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ia%C5%9Fi&to=Uman)
- Suceava → Uman Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/suceava-to-uman) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Suceava&to=Uman)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Uman)

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 in Regular comfortable minibuses (marshrutkas) from Kyiv, Cherkasy, Odesa.
- Get in You should seek minibus (Mercedes or Volkswagen) with Ukrainian tablet "Умань".

From [Wikivoyage: Uman](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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. [Thasos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thasos) GR 10 ways of moving, 17 sources 987 km
2. [Gökçeada](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gokceada) TR 11 ways of moving, 39 sources 1,016 km
3. [Abkhazia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abkhazia) GE 10 ways of moving, 23 sources 1,051 km
4. [Mount Athos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mount-athos) GR 9 ways of moving, 21 sources 1,063 km
5. [Jvari and the Enguri valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/jvari) GE 10 ways of moving, 37 sources 1,135 km

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