Zolotonosha

Zolotonosha lies in the Dnieper's left-bank country of central Ukraine. It is first mentioned in writing around 1576 and belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1635 it received Magdeburg rights; noble owners included the Wiśniowiecki family, who built a castle there.

After coming under Cossack control, the town served as a sotnia centre of the Pereiaslav Regiment in the Hetmanate. A fire devastated it in 1680. Under the Russian Empire it became part of Poltava Governorate in 1802, with agriculture, crafts and trade supporting its local economy.