Editing Poltava (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Свято-Успенський кафедральний собор, Полтава.jpg|thumb|Assumption Cathedral]]
The centre of the old city is a semicircular Neoclassical square with the [[Tuscan column]] of cast iron (1805–11), commemorating the centenary of the [[Battle of Poltava]] and featuring 18 Swedish cannons captured in that battle. As [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] celebrated his victory in the Saviour church, this 17th-century wooden shrine was carefully preserved to this day. The five-domed city cathedral, dedicated to the [[Exaltation of the Cross]], is a superb monument of [[Cossack Baroque]], built between 1699 and 1709. As a whole, the cathedral presents a unity which even the Neoclassical belltower has failed to mar. Another frothy Baroque church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s.

A [[minor planet]] [[2983 Poltava]] discovered in 1981 by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] astronomer [[Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh]] is named after the city.<ref>{{cite book | last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. | title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names | pages = 246 | edition = 5th  | year = 2003 | publisher=Springer Verlag | location = New York | isbn = 3-540-00238-3}}</ref>

===Sports===

The most popular sport is [[Association football|football (soccer)]]. Two professional football teams are based in the city: [[Vorskla Poltava]] in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]] and [[FC Poltava]] in the [[Ukrainian Second League|Second League]].
There are 3 stadiums in Poltava: [[Butovsky Vorskla Stadium]] (main city stadium), [[Dynamo Stadium (Poltava)|Dynamo Stadium]] are situated in the city centre and [[Lokomotiv Stadium (Poltava)|Lokomotiv Stadium]] which is situated in Podil district.