Vatutino

Vatutino

 

a city (a settlement until 1952), in Zvenigorodka Raion, Cherkassy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. Has a railroad station (Bogachevo) on the Tsvetkovo-Tal’noe line. Population, 14,100 (1969). Industry is represented by coal extraction, plants producing fire-resistant materials and reinforced-concrete products, woodworking and asphalt plants, and enterprises of the food industry, including a meat combine and a bread-baking combine. There is a medical school. The city was named in honor of N. F. Vatutin.