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Uman

City in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Uman

Uman is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Uman

Uman is 210 km from Kyiv and 273 km from Odesa. Uman Railway station (Железнодорожный вокзал Умань), Zaliznychna str,. From Kharkiv and Poltava: train # 613 Kharkiv — Uman. From Donetsk: train Yasynuvata — Uman.

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    Bus station
See

Worth seeing

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).

Do

Things to do

Go to the art gallery and museums.

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    Sofiyivka Park

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

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.

How locals move

Getting around Uman the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-03.

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