Dnepropetrovsk overview
Dnepropetrovsk (also spelled Dnipropetrovsk), former (until 1926) Ekaterinoslav, is a city and administrative center of Dnepropetrovsk oblast located in the south-central part of Ukraine. The second Saturday in September is the City Day.
Dnepropetrovsk is situated along Dnepr River. Most of Dnepropetrovsk city is standing 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 city population is about 1,007,000 (2010).
The phone code of Dnepropetrovsk is +380 56; the postal codes - 49000-49489.
Dnepropetrovsk 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 the 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 the 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.
After World War II Dnepropetrovsk was rebuilt and again became one of the most important industrial centers in the USSR - one more enterprise was formed there - Yuzhny machine-building plant - the largest in rocket and space branch.
The city went on developing. By the end of 1970s the population of Dnepropetrovsk outnumbered 1 million. It was decided to build an underground. But due to crisis which became evident at the end of 1980s the development of the city slowed down and the population started decreasing.
Dnepropetrovsk economy
Since the Revolution of 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. Castings, plates, sheets, rails, tubes and wires are also produced in the 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 there.
Dnepropetrovsk streets
Dnepropetrovsk city, Ukraine street
Author: Eugeny Laptev
Dnepropetrovsk city street view
Author: Igor Felendler
Dnepropetrovsk city bridge
Author: Anutka Seradskaya
Dnepropetrovsk features
The climate in Dnepropetrovsk is of moderate continental type with mild winters and warm (sometimes hot) summers. Average temperature is 8,5 degs C above zero, it is the lowest (5,5 degs C below zero) in January and the highest in July (21,3 degs C above zero).
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 coat of arms
Three seven-pointed stars on Dnepropetrovsk coat of arms mean:
Eternity - the meaning of a star in heraldry;
Number 3 - past, present and future;
Metal sparks.
Stars are located in the shape of the letter V which means “Victoris” - Victory.
An arrow and a saber are central items of the coat of arms. An arrow symbolizes motion, going forward as well as rocket-building. A saber is a symbol of protection, strength of the powerful city.
Dnepropetrovsk views
Dnepropetrovsk city scenery
Author: Levenko Alexandr
Dnepropetrovsk city view
Author: Alex Pylov
Dnepropetrovsk city railway station
Author: Sergey Svetlov
Dnepropetrovsk attractions
Monastyrsky Island is the most famous place in Dnepropetrovsk. It is rocky in its upper part, sandy at the back, for centuries the island had served as a stop to rest on complicated trade or military ways along Dnepr River.
The right embankment stretches for over 23 km, it is the longest embankment in Europe. It is interesting that till early 1960s Dnepropetrovsk seemed to turn back from the river: endless store-houses and small plants were located along Dnepr, there were no recreation areas and the river was used only as a waterway. But the fact that the city was an industrial giant and saved a lot of slag - waste of metallurgy - enabled to form and fix the bank with a wide boulevard.
The fountain-swan opened in 2005 on the embankment several meters from the water is unique as it can change its mode, “flap it wings” and rotate.
Dnepropetrovsk underground which was opened in December 1995 still can be called one of the shortest undergrounds in the world: 6 stations and the line is just 7,8 km long.
