Poltava: All Data
Poltava is a city in Ukraine. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Poltava: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1709 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Campaign of Charles XII
1709 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Poltava, part of Russian Campaign of Charles XII
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Poltava, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Kiev
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Oblast of Poltava Oblast, part of Ukraine