DNEPROPETROVSK
The city of Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovs’k
in Ukrainian) is situated on the river Dnieper (Dnepr
or Dnipro) in the Central Ukraine. Population ~
1.2 million.
Large and beautiful, it is
the main city of Central-East Ukraine. This
constant fortress settlement has existed since
the middle of the 16th century. The new town was
founded in 1776 by the Russian duke, Potemkin by
order of Catherine II, Empress of the Russian
Empire and called Yekaterinoslav from 1776 to
1926.
Dnepropetrovsk has been the major center of the
steel industry from the beginning of the 20th
century until the present. It has also been
dominant in the spacebuilding industry since the
1950s. Today the city is the main trade and
industrial center of East Ukraine. There are 11
universities, academies and institutes in
Dnepropetrovsk.
Construction of the Metro
(underground, subway) was completed in late
1995. International airport (direct lines from
Vienna, Frankfurt on Maine, Istanbul, Tel Aviv,
Moscow etc.
DNEPROPETROVSK PHOTO GALLERY
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