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<p><b>Poltava</b> is a city located on the <a href="/pages/w/111585728866608">Vorskla River</a> in central <a href="/pages/w/112077062136994">Ukraine</a>. It is the <a href="/pages/w/103765182995031">capital city</a> of the <a href="/pages/w/217435724943303">Poltava Oblast</a> and of the surrounding <a href="/pages/w/144088895777053">Poltava Raion</a> of the oblast. Poltava is administratively incorporated as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_regional_significance_" class="wikipedia">city of oblast significance</a> and does not belong to the <a href="/pages/w/102145829827838">raion</a>. Population:</p><h2>History</h2><p>It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. However, for reasons unknown, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed a <a href="/pages/w/106123449418500">Paleolithic</a> dwelling as well as <a href="/pages/w/105647699467488">Scythian</a> remains within the city limits.</p><h3>Middle Ages</h3><p>The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement <a href="/pages/w/103436603045095">Ltava</a> which is mentioned in the <a href="/pages/w/144466912230361">Hypatian Chronicle</a> in 1174. According to the chronicle, on Saint Peter's Day (12 July) of 1182, <a href="/pages/w/110561792329956">Igor Sviatoslavich</a>, chasing hordes of the Cuman khans Konchak and Kobiak, crossed the <a href="/pages/w/111585728866608">Vorskla River</a> near <i>Ltava</i> and moved towards Pereyaslav (presumably the modern <a href="/pages/w/105996112764365">Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi</a>), where Igor's army was victorious over the Cumans. During the <a href="/pages/w/135660129800073">Mongol invasion of Rus'</a> in 1238–39 many cities of the middle Dnieper region were destroyed, possibly including Ltava.</p>