Dnipro
Dnipro (Ukrainian: Дніпро, Russian: Днепр, Dnepr), called Dnipropetrovsk until May 2016 (Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ [ˌdʲnʲiprɔpɛˈtrɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Днепропетро́вск [dʲnʲɪprəpʲɪˈtrofsk] Dnepropetrovsk) is a city in Ukraine and is the third largest city in Ukraine. About 1 million people live there. It lies southeast of Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv. It was founded in 1776. Dnipro enjoys a borderline semi-arid/Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification BSh/Csa), with relativity mild temperatures and plentiful sunshine year-round.
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Дніпро | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°27′N 34°59′E / 48.450°N 34.983°ECoordinates: 48°27′N 34°59′E / 48.450°N 34.983°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| City Municipality |  Dnipro |
| Founded | 1776 (248 years ago) (officially) |
| City Status | 1778 |
| Administrative HQ | Dnipro City Hall, 75 Akademik Yavornitskyi Prospekt |
| Raions | List of 8
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| Government | |
| • Type | City council, regional |
| Area | |
| • City of regional significance | 415 km2 (160 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • City of regional significance |  1,000,506 |
| • Rank | 4th, UA |
| • Density | 2,411/km2 (6,240/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,460,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 49000—49489 |
| GDP | ₴ 207.9 billion[1] |
| Website | dniprorada.gov.ua |
Dnipro is one of the key places for the nuclear, arms and space industries of the former Soviet Union.
Dnipro Media
A part of the Cuman statue collection of the Dmytro Yavornytsky National Historical Museum of Dnipro
Катеринослав-на-Карті-Шуберта
The Main Post Office, 1870
Catherine the Great monument in Ekaterinoslav (1840–1920[source?]). This monument that stood in front of the Mining Institute was replaced by Soviet authorities with one of Russian academic Mikhail Lomonosov.
Monument in Dnipro of an armored train that was built by the workers of Yekaterinoslav's Bryansk plant in 1918, which was employed by the Red Army in its conquest of Ukraine and the Volga region.
A German military parade in Yekaterinoslav in spring 1918.
The boy on the left murdered an 8 year old for his 4 pounds of bread in Yekaterinoslav in 1922, during the local 1921–1923 famine.
Dnipro Academic Drama and Comedy Theatre was constructed during the Stalinist period.
Monument to 20,000 Jews shot by Germans in 1943 in Dnipropetrovsk. The monumental inscription (in Russian) does not explicitly identify the victims as Jewish, but speaks of "20,000 civilians."
A Yuzhmash produced Tsyklon-3 rocket, flanked by an RT-20P and R-11 Zemlya on display in Dnipro's "Rocket Park".
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References
- ↑ "Global city GDP 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
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