Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk) Ukraine city

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Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk) Ukraine city overview

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Dnepropetrovsk or Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian spelling), former (until 1926) Ekaterinoslav, is a city and administrative center of Dnepropetrovsk region (oblast), south-central Ukraine.

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Dnepropetrovsk city lies along the Dnepr River, near its confluence with the Samara. Most of Dnepropetrovsk city lies on the high right bank of the river, the smaller part of it - on the left one. The river has been considerably widened by the construction of a dam about 50 miles(80 km) downstream.

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Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city population - 1,040,000 (2007).
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city land area - 405 sq. km.
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city calling code - +380-56(2).
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city postal code - 49000.

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Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk) Ukraine city history

Dnepropetrovsk city was founded in 1776 as Ekaterinoslav on the Dnepr's north bank. The settlement was moved to its present site on the south bank in 1786 according to tsar's decree. Since 1783 Dnepropetrovsk city was a center of Ekaterinoslav region ruled by governor-general. In 1797 it was renamed as Novorossiysk and it became a provincial center.

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In 1802 the old name was restored and it became the center of Ekaterinoslav gubernia (region). Despite the bridging of the Dnepr river in 1796 and the growth of trade in the early 19 century, Ekaterinoslav remained small until the 1880s, when railways were built (in 1884) to Odessa, the Donets Basin, and Moscow and industrialization began. Soviet power was established in 1918. In 1926 city was named Dnepropetrovsk.

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Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk) Ukraine city economy

Since the October Revolution (1917), Dnepropetrovsk city has developed into one of the largest industrial cities of Ukraine. With the electric power from the cascade of hydroelectric plants on the Dnepr river, iron ore from Krivoy Rog, manganese from Nikopol, coal from Donets Basin, gas from Shebelinka a huge iron and steel industry has grown up in Dnepropetrovsk city of Ukraine. Castings, plates, sheets, rails, tubes and wires are produced in Dnepropetrovsk city.

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Large engineering industries make electric locomotives, agricultural machinery, mining and metallurgical equipment, presses and other heavy machinery, as well as light industrial machinery and radio equipment in Dnepropetrovsk city. Coke-based chemicals, tires, plastics, paint, clothing, footwear, foodstuffs, and other materials are also produced in Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine.

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Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk) Ukraine city main attractions

Dnepropetrovsk city has a university and teaching institutes of mining, agriculture, chemical technology, metallurgy, medicine and railway and constructional engineering.

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Cultural amenities of Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine include several theaters and a philharmonic hall. Newer suburbs of Dnepropetrovsk city have spread to the north bank. The neighboring suburbs of Igren and Pridneprovsk were annexed in the 1990s.

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