"Poltava Oblast (Ukrainian: Полта́вська о́бласть, romanized: Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – Ukrainian: Полта́вщина) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative center of ...
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the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory is part of the historic Cossack Hetmanate (its southern regions: Poltava, Myrhorod, Lubny, and Hadiach). Population: 1,371,529 (2021 est.)
Two other important cities there are Horishni Plavni and Kremenchuk." - (en.wikipedia.org 19.02.2022)