Verkhnyodniprovsk

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Verkhnyodniprovsk
Верхньодніпровськ
Verkhnyodniprovsk coat of arms
Verkhnyodniprovsk (Ukraine)
Verkhnyodniprovsk
Verkhnyodniprovsk
Basic data
Oblast : Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
Rajon : Verkhnyodniprovsk Raion
Height : 60-158 m
Area : 10.01 km²
Residents : 16,445 (2016)
Population density : 1,643 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 51600-51605
Area code : +380 5658
Geographic location : 48 ° 39 '  N , 34 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '15 "  N , 34 ° 20' 8"  E
KOATUU : 1221010100
Administrative structure : 1 city
Mayor : Hennadij Lebid
Address: вул. Дніпровська 88
51600 м. Верхньодніпровськ
Website : http://www.vdn.dp.ua
Statistical information
Verkhnyodniprovsk (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
Verkhnyodniprovsk
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Verkhnyodniprowsk (Ukrainian Верхньодніпровськ ; Russian Верхнеднепровск / Verkhnedneprovsk) is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine with 16,400 inhabitants (2016) and the capital of the raion of the same name .

City center

Geographical location

The city is located on the banks of the Dnepr , which is dammed up to the Kamjansk reservoir , and at the mouth of the 42 km long Samotkan (Ukrainian: Самоткань ) in it. The Dnepr-Donbass Canal begins on the opposite bank of the reservoir . The village of Pushkarivka with 3500 inhabitants is located on the opposite bank of the Samotkan. Via the national trunk road N 08 , which runs alongside the village, the south-east located city Kamjanske can be reached after 33 km and in the further course the also south-east located oblast capital Dnipro after 73 km distance.

history

The town was founded in the 17th century as Grigoriwka founded in 1785 Nowogrigoriwka renamed in 1806 officially got its current name and also its town charter. In the 19th century, the city was the administrative center of Ujesd Verkhnedneprovsk , an almost 7000 km² administrative area within the Yekaterinoslav governorate . After the attack on the Soviet Union , the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht and became the capital of the Verkhne-Dnjeprovsk district within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine .

Population development

1897 1923 1926 1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2016
6,701 7,308 5,882 9.124 13,394 20,065 22,708 16,976 16,445

Source:

Personalities

Verkhnyodniprovsk is the birthplace of:

In addition, the Marxist revolutionary and first wife of Leon Trotsky , Alexandra Lvovna Sokolovskaya was born here in 1872.

gallery

Web links

Commons : Verkhnyodniprovsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org