Dykanka

Dykanka () is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Dykanka Raion (district), Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Population: 
The settlement is located away from Poltava Kyivska railway station.
History.
Ancient History.
Dykanka was first mentioned in 1658 as a small village, though the area was populated for centuries before. Within the area of modern Dykanka, traces exist of Scythian settlement at various times. Also found were the remains of a settlement that had at one point been razed and the remains of two settlements from the 7th-6th centuries BC.
Medieval History.
In 1430, the Dykanka area came under the ownership of Tatar Murza Leksada Mansurksanovych, the future Prince Alexander Glinski, and, according to Leo Padalka and other pre-revolutionary (before 1917) historians, Dykanka was among his ″settlements″.
Modern History.
Dykanka has held the status of urban-type settlement since 1957.
Culture.
Dykanka is the location of the short story collection "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" by Nikolai Gogol. The tale of St John's Eve, concerning the family of the Church Sexton, inspired Mussorgsky's tone poem Night on the Bare Mountain.