Zinkiv, Poltava Oblast

Zinkiv (Ukrainian: Зіньків, pronounced [z⁽ʲ⁾inʲˈk⁽ʲ⁾iu̯]) is a city on the Tashan River in the Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine.

The city was greatly affected by the Khmelnytsky Uprising, a Cossak rebellion between 1648 and 1657, which was accompanied by mass atrocities that destroyed the Jewish community in Zinkov.

After the Polish–Cossack–Tatar War in the late 1660s, the city became an important fortification in the Poltava Regiment.

[3][4] By the mid-18th century, Hetman Kirill Razumovski had been granted jurisdiction of the city by Empress Elizabeth of Russia.

[3] By the 19th century, Zinkiv had flourishing manufacturing and trading industries.