Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city

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Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city overview

Dnepropetrovsk city coat of arms

Dnepropetrovsk city flag

Dnepropetrovsk city map location

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

Dnepropetrovsk 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.

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

Dnepropetrovsk city streets

Dnepropetrovsk city bridge

Dnepropetrovsk city scenery

Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city history

Dnepropetrovsk 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 town was the center of Ekaterinoslav region ruled by governor-general. In 1797 it was renamed as Novorossiysk and became the provincial center.

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

Dnepropetrovsk city view

Dnepropetrovsk city railway station

Dnepropetrovsk city central marketplace

Dnepropetrovsk city tram

Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city economy

Since the October Revolution (1917), Dnepropetrovsk has developed into one of the largest industrial cities of Ukraine. With the electric power from the cascade of hydroelectric plants on 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. Castings, plates, sheets, rails, tubes and wires are also produced in Dnepropetrovsk city.

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.

Dnepropetrovsk city tank T-34

Dnepropetrovsk city monument

Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine city main attractions

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

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

Dnepropetrovsk city churches

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