Shpola (Ukrainian: Шпола, IPA: [ˈʃpɔlɐ] ⓘ) is a city located in Zvenyhorodka Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine.

In May 2011, a 14-meter monument was installed on the outskirts of the city, claiming that Shpola is the geographical center of Ukraine.

[6][7] After the revolution of 1917, Shpola became first a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and then of the USSR.

During World War II, Nazi Germany invaded USSR, and the Jewish population of Shpola was massacred in 1942.

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