Pokrov (Ukraine)

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Pokrov
Покров
Pokrov Coat of Arms
Pokrov (Ukraine)
Pokrov
Pokrov
Basic data
Oblast : Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
Rajon : District-free city
Height : 71 m
Area : 26 km²
Residents : 40,090 (2017)
Population density : 1,542 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 53300
Area code : +380 5667
Geographic location : 47 ° 40 '  N , 34 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '47 "  N , 34 ° 4' 52"  E
KOATUU : 1212100000
Administrative structure : 1 city , 2 urban-type settlements
Mayor : Ivan Zuprov
Address: вул. Центральна 48
53300 м. Покров
Website : http://pokrov-mr.gov.ua/
Statistical information
Pokrov (Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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Pokrov ( Ukrainian and Russian Покров ) is a city in the south of the Ukrainian Oblast Dnipropetrovsk with about 40,000 inhabitants (2017). The city was officially named Ordzhonikidze (Ukrainian Орджонікідзе ) until March 17, 2016 .

Shevchenko Boulevard
Taras Shevchenko monument on the boulevard of the same name

geography

Geographical location

Pokrov is located in the historical region of the so-called " Wild Field " on the left bank of the Basawluk ( Базавлук ), a 157 km long tributary of the Dnieper and in close proximity to the Kachowka reservoir . The distance to the Dnipro Oblast center is 110 km, the nearest large city is Nikopol 25 km east of the city.

City structure

The municipality also includes the 2 urban-type settlements Hirnyzke (Ukrainian Гірницьке ) and Tschortomlyk (Ukrainian Чортомлик ).

history

The eventful history of the region can be understood very well in the urban area: Not far from the city there is a Scythian kurgan (burial mound) from the 4th century BC that was excavated in 1971 . BC , in which, among other things, a golden pectoral was found. The medieval trade route from Scandinavia to Byzantium ran south of the city, in the Dnieper valley, which is now flooded by the Kachowka reservoir . In addition, parts of the city are on the area of ​​a former Sitsch of the Zaporozhian Cossacks . A forerunner of the city was founded in 1883 as a mining settlement called Prichepylivka near a manganese mine. In 1956 several places in the area were united under the name Ordzhonikidze , and at the same time the newly created place was granted city rights. On March 17, 2016, as part of decommunization, the name was changed to the current name, which is derived from the Church Slavic short form of Pokrov Preswjatoi Bogorodizy , the holiday of Mary's Protection and Intercession , a high Orthodox religious holiday on October 1st.

Population development

Sources: 1939:, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989–2017


Web links

Commons : Pokrow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
  2. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 17.03.2016 № 1037-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів
  3. ↑ 1959 Census in the USSR on webgeo.ru
  4. ↑ 1970 census in the USSR on webgeo.ru
  5. ↑ Census in the USSR 1979 on webgeo.ru