Nikopol (Ukraine)

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Nikopol
Нікополь
Nikopol coat of arms
Nikopol (Ukraine)
Nikopol
Nikopol
Basic data
Oblast : Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
Rajon : District-free city
Height : 51 m
Area : 50 km²
Residents : 119,939 (February 1, 2012)
Population density : 2,399 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 53213
Area code : +380 5662
Geographic location : 47 ° 34 '  N , 34 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '12 "  N , 34 ° 24' 0"  E
KOATUU : 1211600000
Administrative structure : 1 city
Mayor : Serhiy Starun
Address: вул. Електрометалургів 3
53213 м. Нікополь
Website : http://www.adm.nikopol.net/
Statistical information
Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
Nikopol
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Nikopol ( Ukrainian Нікополь ; Russian Никополь ) is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in southern Ukraine . Nikopol is the center of the Rajons of the same name and has about 120,000 inhabitants (2012). The port city, which is divided into five districts, is located north of the Kachowka reservoir , which is fed by the Dnieper . Nikopol has been a center of manganese mining and smelting since the 19th century .

Location of the Kachowka reservoir
Soviet company kindergarten (1985) in Nikopol

history

A Cossack settlement Nikitino received city rights in 1782 and was renamed Nikopol . The grave of the Cossack ataman Iwan Sirko is located in Nikopol . Since the end of the 19th century, Nikopol has developed into an important industrial center.

During the Second World War , Nikopol was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on August 17, 1941 after the attack on the Soviet Union . The manganese mines and smelting works that had previously been destroyed by the Red Army during their retreat were repaired and restarted as far as possible. In 1942, a manganese ore extraction was achieved that was 120,000 tons per month and thus higher than in Soviet times. The manganese smelters were also reactivated and produced around 1,800 tons of pure manganese during the German occupation . In 1942/43 German armaments and steel production was ninety percent dependent on supplies from Nikopol.

Due to the importance of the place, it was particularly fiercely defended by German troops during the Soviet summer offensive in 1943. When the encirclement threatened, General Schörner finally had to vacate the remaining bridgehead on February 16, 1944.

Town twinning

Personalities

Rajon

Нікопольський район герб.jpg

The Nikopol Rajon, administered from Nikopol, has an area of ​​1943 km² and 45,549 inhabitants (2012). The population density is 23 inhabitants per km².

Individual evidence

  1. a b Central Statistical Office of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on dneprstat.gov.ua@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dneprstat.gov.ua  
  2. Willi A. Boelcke (Ed.): Germany's Armaments in World War II: Hitler's Conferences with Albert Speer 1942 - 1945. Academic Publishing Company Athenaion, Frankfurt am Main 1969, p. 303.