Svetlovodsk city, Ukraine

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Svetlovodsk city, Ukraine overview

Svetlovodsk city coat of arms

Svetlovodsk city flag

Svetlovodsk (also spelled Svitlovodsk) is a city standing on the coast of Kremenchug water reservoir, Dnepr river, located in Kirovograd oblast of Ukraine, the administrative center of Svetlovodsk district. The distance to Kirovograd city is about 131 km by roads.

In 1961-1962 the city was called Khrushchev, and in 1962-1969 years - KremGES, because of the Kremenchug hydroelectric station located in the city. The city's name Svetlovodsk is meaning "Light waters".

Svetlovodsk city has the population of about 50,000 on the territory of 45 sq. km.

The phone code of the city is +380 5236; the postal code - 27500.

Svetlovodsk city streets sceneries

Svetlovodsk city views

Svetlovodsk city, Ukraine history

The first written mention of the region was in the Kiev Chronicle, dated by the year of 1190, as a place of hunting of princes. The historical predecessor of Svetlovodsk city, Krylov fortified town was founded in June 1615. Krylov had a strategic position, controlling the crossing of two rivers.

In 1822, Krylov was renamed in Novo-Georgievsk. Later the town was moved out from the area, because the territory was flooded after the construction of water reservoir for Kremenchug hydroelectric station. The construction of the station began in April 1954.

Simultaneously with the construction of the hydroelectric power station the construction of the settlement for station builders began. The basic blocks of the settlement were placed along the Kremenchug water reservoir at a high Taburischansk cape covered with forests. The basis of the architectural structure of the city was rectangular network of the streets.

In 1956 the construction site of the Kremenchug hydroelectric station was visited by famous Ukrainian film director and writer Alexander Dovzhenko. In 1961, the village of the station builders and transferred from the zone of flooding Novo-Georgievsk town merged into one city. The city was named Khrushchev - after Nikita Khrushchev, who at that time was the leader of the USSR, in spite of the fact that according to the initiative of N.Khrushchev it was forbidden to give the cities names of the living leaders of the country.

In summer 1962 N. Khrushchev visited the new town and the next day the newspapers came out with the information that the First Secretary of the CPSU Khrushchev visited the city KremGES. It was the name of the city until 1969, when it was renamed in Svetlovodsk.

Svetlovodsk city apartments house

Svetlovodsk city river station

Svetlovodsk city school

Svetlovodsk city, Ukraine main attractions

Present day Svetlovodsk is the city of power generation with various enterprises, educational institutions. There are a lot of parks and forest plantations. In the heart of the city there is a recreation park named after T. Shevchenko with a monument to the poet. The museum of Svetlovodsk is located in the house where the Hero of Socialist Labor M.D.Karpov lived.

On the coast of the Kremenchug water reservoir, which local people call the sea, and below the hydro station a lot of tourist centers are located. In the south and south-east of Svetlovodsk there are significant woodlands, and from the east - Dnepr marshes with numerous fishing lakes and ponds.

In 1975 during the construction of Dnepr-Kirovograd water pipeline an ancient tomb of Scythian culture dating back to IV-III centuries B.C. was discovered. Today it is the archaeological monument of the region. Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko was born in Svetlovodsk city in 1961.

The basis of modern coat of arms of Svetlovodsk city approved in 2000 was taken from the ancient emblem of Krylov town, which consisted of three rifles images. The images of the broken silver waves on the present emblem of the city mean the creation of an artificial sea during the construction of the hydro station. The official day of Svetlovodsk city is celebrated every first weekend of June.

Svetlovodsk city movie theater

Svetlovodsk city church view

Svetlovodsk city memorial

Svetlovodsk city jet fighter monument

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