AKHTYRKA, a town in the Ukrainian S.S.R. It is situated in 5o° 20' N. and 34° 52' E. near the Vorskla river, on the railway from Kiev to Kharkov. Its beautiful cathedral, built in 1753, was designed by Rastrelli. It is a trade centre for fruit, sugar beet, corn, cattle and domestic woollen industries. It was founded by Poles in 1642. Pop. (1926) 30,000.