▁in ▁the ▁ob last , ▁bar ley , ▁corn , ▁to b acco ▁and ▁h emp ▁are ▁also ▁grown . ▁ ▁C attle ▁bre eding ▁is ▁also ▁important . ▁ ▁The ▁industry ▁is ▁mainly ▁concentr ated ▁in ▁Ch erk asy , ▁the ▁ob last ' s ▁capital ▁and ▁the ▁largest ▁city . ▁A ▁chemical ▁industry ▁was ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁machine ▁building , ▁furn iture ▁making ▁and ▁agricult ural ▁processing . ▁ ▁N omen cl ature ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁Ukraine ' s ▁ob last s ▁are ▁named ▁after ▁their ▁capital ▁cities , ▁officially ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" ob last ▁cent ers " ▁( , ▁transl it . ▁ob las ny i ▁ts entr ). ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁each ▁ob last ▁is ▁a ▁relative ▁ad jective , ▁formed ▁by ▁adding ▁a ▁femin ine ▁suffix ▁to ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁respective ▁center ▁city : ▁Ch erk asy ▁is ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁ ▁the ▁Ch erk as ’ ka ▁ob last ’ ▁( Ch erk asy ▁O blast ). ▁Most ▁ob last s ▁are ▁also ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁a ▁femin ine ▁n oun ▁form , ▁following ▁the ▁convention ▁of ▁traditional ▁regional ▁place ▁names , ▁ending ▁with ▁the ▁suffix ▁"- sh ch yna ", ▁as ▁is ▁the ▁case ▁with ▁the ▁Ch erk asy ▁O blast , ▁Ch erk ash ch yna . ▁ ▁Education ▁There ▁are ▁ 5 ▁univers ities ▁in ▁the ▁region : ▁ ▁The ▁Boh dan ▁K hm el ny t sky ▁National ▁University