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[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Leonid Brezhnev]] was born and raised in Dniprodzerzhynsk.
[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Leonid Brezhnev]] was born and raised in Dniprodzerzhynsk.


On July 2, 1996 a notorious traffic [[accident]] happened in Dniprodzerzhynsk. An overcrowded tram that was moving along a steep hill on Chapaeva Street began to slide rapidly downhill (because of a brake failure), eventually derailing and running into a school.<ref name ="DPravda">{{cite news|last=Pshenichniy|first=Stanislav|url=http://www.dneprovka.dp.ua/index.php?id_topic=923|title=Sad Anniversary in Dneprodzerzhinsk|work=Dneprovska Pravda|date=July 7, 2006|language=Russian|accessdate=December 30, 2008}}</ref> A total of some 30 people died and more than a 100 were injured as a result of that accident.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mikhail|last=Baltaksa|url=http://sobitie.com.ua/2007/02/19/v-dneprodzerzhinske-avarija-s-tramvaem/|script-title=ru:В Днепродзержинске авария с трамваем|work=Sobytiya|language=Russian|date=February 19, 2007|accessdate=December 30, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Following a government inquiry into the causes of the accident the then mayor, [[Sergiy Shershnev]], and his [[deputy mayor|deputy]], [[Ihor Laktionov]], resigned.<ref name="DPravda" /><ref>{{cite web|author=Interfax-Ukraine|url=http://www.podrobnosti.ua/accidents/2007/02/19/397914.html|script-title=ru:В Днепродзержинске трамвай сошел с рельсов, 5 человек ранены|publisher=[[Podrobnosti]]|language=Russian|date=February 19, 2007|accessdate=December 30, 2008|authorlink=Interfax}}</ref>
On July 2, 1996 a notorious traffic [[accident]] happened in Dniprodzerzhynsk. An overcrowded tram that was moving along a steep hill on Chapaeva Street began to slide rapidly downhill (because of a brake failure), eventually derailing and running into a school.<ref name ="DPravda">{{cite news|last=Pshenichniy|first=Stanislav|url=http://www.dneprovka.dp.ua/index.php?id_topic=923|title=Sad Anniversary in Dneprodzerzhinsk|work=Dneprovska Pravda|date=July 7, 2006|language=Russian|accessdate=December 30, 2008}}</ref> A total of some 30 people died and more than a 100 were injured as a result of that accident.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mikhail |last=Baltaksa |url=http://sobitie.com.ua/2007/02/19/v-dneprodzerzhinske-avarija-s-tramvaem/ |script-title=ru:В Днепродзержинске авария с трамваем |work=Sobytiya |language=Russian |date=February 19, 2007 |accessdate=December 30, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20081222174616/http://sobitie.com.ua:80/2007/02/19/v-dneprodzerzhinske-avarija-s-tramvaem/ |archivedate=December 22, 2008 }}</ref> Following a government inquiry into the causes of the accident the then mayor, [[Sergiy Shershnev]], and his [[deputy mayor|deputy]], [[Ihor Laktionov]], resigned.<ref name="DPravda" /><ref>{{cite web|author=Interfax-Ukraine|url=http://www.podrobnosti.ua/accidents/2007/02/19/397914.html|script-title=ru:В Днепродзержинске трамвай сошел с рельсов, 5 человек ранены|publisher=[[Podrobnosti]]|language=Russian|date=February 19, 2007|accessdate=December 30, 2008|authorlink=Interfax}}</ref>


On 15 May 2015 [[President of Ukraine]] [[Petro Poroshenko]] signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to [[Communism]].<ref name=decommupbbcU>[http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/05/15/7068057/ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization]. [[Ukrayinska Pravda]]. 15 May 2015<br>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/265988.html Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes], [[Interfax-Ukraine]]. 15 May 20<br>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075 Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols], [[BBC News]] (14 April 2015)</ref>
On 15 May 2015 [[President of Ukraine]] [[Petro Poroshenko]] signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to [[Communism]].<ref name=decommupbbcU>[http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/05/15/7068057/ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization]. [[Ukrayinska Pravda]]. 15 May 2015<br>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/265988.html Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes], [[Interfax-Ukraine]]. 15 May 20<br>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075 Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols], [[BBC News]] (14 April 2015)</ref>

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Dniprodzerzhyns'k
Дніпродзержинськ
City
Lenin Avenue in Dniprodzerzhynsk
Lenin Avenue in Dniprodzerzhynsk
Flag of Dniprodzerzhyns'k
Flag
Coat of arms of Dniprodzerzhyns'k
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Dniprodym
CountryUkraine
OblastDnipropetrovsk
First mentioned1750
Name changeFebruary 1, 1936
Government
 • MayorStanislav Safronov
Area
 • Total138 km2 (53 sq mi)
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total241,880
 • Density1,831/km2 (4,740/sq mi)
Postal code
51900
Area code+380-5692
Websitehttp://www.dndz.gov.ua/

Dniprodzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Дніпродзержи́нськ; ‹See Tfd›[Днепродзержи́нск, Dneprodzerzhinsk] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an industrial city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine, and a port on the Dnieper River. Administratively, it is incorporated within Dniprodzerzhynsk municipality as a city of oblast significance. Population: 241,880 (2013 est.)[1].

History

St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Kamianske in the late 19th century.

The first written evidence of settlement in the territory of Dniprodzerzhynsk appeared in 1750. At that time the villages of Romankovo and Kamianske, which make the modern city, were a part of the Nova (New) Sich of the Zaporizhian cossacks. The city was known as Kamianske, Stony Place (‹See Tfd›Russian: Каменское, Ukrainian: Кам'янське) until 1936 when it was renamed in honor of communist Felix Dzerzhynsky, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka. According to the latest data, its population is 273,700.

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was born and raised in Dniprodzerzhynsk.

On July 2, 1996 a notorious traffic accident happened in Dniprodzerzhynsk. An overcrowded tram that was moving along a steep hill on Chapaeva Street began to slide rapidly downhill (because of a brake failure), eventually derailing and running into a school.[2] A total of some 30 people died and more than a 100 were injured as a result of that accident.[3] Following a government inquiry into the causes of the accident the then mayor, Sergiy Shershnev, and his deputy, Ihor Laktionov, resigned.[2][4]

On 15 May 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to Communism.[5]

Economy

The economic base of Dniprodzerzhynsk is almost exclusively centered on heavy industry, with ferrous metallurgy being the backbone of the local economy. Around 57% of the total industrial production is metallurgy and metal working. The chemical industry comes second with ca. 17% share of the total industrial output.[6] While the exceedingly industrialized nature of the local economy ensures a rather high employment rate (as of 01.11.2007, official unemployment stood at 1,40%),[7] it also contributes to excessive pollution and radiation levels in the city.[8]

Culture

Several Eastern Orthodox churches, the largest being the Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, which dates from 1894,[9] serve the faithful of the city. By 2008, there were 14 parishes of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Dniprodzerzhynsk.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas[10] built by the city's Polish community at the end of the nineteenth century, has become one of the centers of Roman Catholicism in Eastern Ukraine. The Catholic Parish of Saint Nicholas also includes a monastery run by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.[10]

The town has an active Jewish community with a new synagogue and community center.[11]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine

Twin towns — Sister cities

Dniprodzerzhynsk is twinned with:

  • Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas
    Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas
  • Roman Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas
    Roman Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas
  • Theatre
    Theatre
  • City Hall
    City Hall
  • Downtown
    Downtown
  • Apartment blocks
    Apartment blocks
  • Museum
    Museum
  • Metalurh Stadium
    Metalurh Stadium
  • Monument Prometheus
    Monument Prometheus
  • Monument Taras Shevchenko
    Monument Taras Shevchenko
  • Train station
    Train station
  • Tram in Dniprodzerzhynsk
    Tram in Dniprodzerzhynsk
  • The bridge across the Dnieper
    The bridge across the Dnieper
  • Hydroelectric power plant
    Hydroelectric power plant
  • Dniprodzerzhynsk steel works
    Dniprodzerzhynsk steel works

References

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Pshenichniy, Stanislav (July 7, 2006). "Sad Anniversary in Dneprodzerzhinsk". Dneprovska Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  3. ^ Baltaksa, Mikhail (February 19, 2007). В Днепродзержинске авария с трамваем. Sobytiya (in Russian). Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Interfax-Ukraine (February 19, 2007). В Днепродзержинске трамвай сошел с рельсов, 5 человек ранены (in Russian). Podrobnosti. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  5. ^ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
    Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
    Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
  6. ^ "General Characteristics" (in Ukrainian). Dniprodzerzhynsk City Council home page. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  7. ^ "Statistics" (in Ukrainian). Dniprodzerzhynsk City Council home page. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  8. ^ Belitskaia, EN (May–June 1996). "Belitskaia EN". Likarska sprava (5–6): 74–8. PMID 9377406.
  9. ^ Возрожденный храм металлургов. Zverda Rozhdestva (in Russian). №34. Orthodox Eparchy of Kryvyi Rih. June 27, 2004. Retrieved March 18, 2009. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  10. ^ a b Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vice Province of Ukraine
  11. ^ "Mayor Lays Cornerstone for New Synagogue and Community Center in Ukraine". Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. July 20, 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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