Poltava (pəltä`və), is the city capital of Poltava region, eastern Ukraine, on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway and on the Vorskla river. Anthropology proof dates the city from the eighth to the ninth century, though the primary documentary reference is from 1174, when it had been diversely referred to as Oltava or Ltava. The modern town of Poltava is essentially new, having been reconstructed when it suffered severe destruction throughout World War II. The city has 5 higher academic institutions—agricultural, education, Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy renamed Poltava State Medical And Dental University, civil-engineering, and cooperative institutes. Poltava State Medical and Dental University...