Verkhnodniprovsk
Verkhnodniprovsk
Верхньодніпровськ | |
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Verkhnodniprovsk Location of Verkhnodniprovsk Verkhnodniprovsk Verkhnodniprovsk (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E / 48.65611°N 34.32833°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kamianske Raion |
| Hromada | Verkhnodniprovsk urban hromada |
| Founded | 1779 |
| City rights | June 5, 1806 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hennadiy Lebid' |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 15,477 (2022 estimate).[1] |
| Postal code | 51600 |
| Area code | +380 5658 |
| Licence plate / 04 | АЕ |
| Website | http://www.vdn.dp.ua/ |
Verkhnodniprovsk[a] (Ukrainian: Верхньодніпровськ, pronounced [werxnʲod⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈprɔu̯sʲk]) is a city in Kamianske Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city is located at confluence of the Samotkan into the Kamianske Reservoir at the Dnieper. Verkhnodniprovsk hosts the administration of Verkhnodniprovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] As of 2022 it had an estimated population of 15,477.
History
The city was established in 1780 on the site of a Zaporozhian zymivnyk. During the Tsarist times it served as a povit centre. In 1926 its population reached 6,000 inhabitants.[3] In 2001 the population was 16,976.
Until 18 July 2020, Verkhnodniprovsk was the administrative center of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion was merged into Kamianske Raion.[4][5]
Transport and economy
Verkhniodniprovsk is located on the right bank of the Dnieper and serves as a river port.[3] The city is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhnodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Kamianske, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipro.
A foundry and a mechanical plant have been operating in the city, as well as a button factory.[3]
Notable people
- Verkhnodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.[6] On 4 April 2016 the bust of Shcherbytskyi in Verkhnodniprovsk was removed from the state register and lost its status of being a monument, instead the city council gave it the status of "an integral element of landscaping."[6] The bust was dismantled on 18 January 2024.[6]
- Yehor Yarmolyuk (born 2004), Ukrainian footballer, currently plays for Premier League team Brentford.
Gallery
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Dnieper River
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Verkhnodniprovsk church
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Downtown
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An old house
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Monument to the 10th Guards Airborne Division
Notes
- ^ Also rendered as Verkhniodniprovsk or Verkhnyodniprovsk
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Верхнеднепровская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ a b c Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 1. 1993. pp. 232–233.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ a b c "A bust of Shcherbytskyi was dismantled in Dnipropetrovsk region". Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
External links
- "City history" (in Russian).
- "Verkhnodniprovsk Raion economy" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-12-17.