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'''Kamianske''' ({{lang-uk|Кам'янське}}, {{IPA-uk|ˈkɑmjɑnʲsʲkɛ}}), formerly '''Dniprodzerzhynsk''', is an industrial city in the [[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]] of [[Ukraine]], and a port on the [[Dnieper River]]. Administratively, it is incorporated within [[Kamianske municipality]] as a [[city of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2013|241,880}}. |
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Kamianske
Кам'янське | |
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 Svobody Avenue in Kamianske | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Dniprodym | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk |
| First mentioned | 1750 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andriy Byelousov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 241,880 |
| • Density | 1,831/km2 (4,740/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 51900 |
| Area code | +380-5692 |
| Website | http://www.dndz.gov.ua/ |
Kamianske (Ukrainian: Кам'янське, Ukrainian pronunciation: [ˈkɑmjɑnʲsʲkɛ]), formerly Dniprodzerzhynsk, is an industrial city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine, and a port on the Dnieper River. Administratively, it is incorporated within Kamianske municipality as a city of oblast significance. Population: 241,880 (2013 est.)[1].
History
The first written evidence of settlement in the territory of Kamianske 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 (Russian: Каменское, Ukrainian: Кам'янське) until 1936 when it was renamed to Dniprodzerzhynsk in honor of communist Felix Dzerzhynsky, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka. On May 19, 2016 the city was renamed back to historical name of Kamianske.[2] According to the latest data, its population is 273,700.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was born and raised in Kamianske.
On July 2, 1996 a notorious traffic accident happened in Kamianske. 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.[3] A total of some 30 people died and more than a 100 were injured as a result of that accident.[4] Following a government inquiry into the causes of the accident the then mayor, Serhiy Shershnev, and his deputy, Ihor Laktionov, resigned.[3][5]
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.[6]
On 19 May 2016 the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename a number of populated places in Ukraine including the city of Dniprodzerzhynsk into Kamianske.[7]
Economy
The economic base of Kamianske 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.[8] 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%),[9] it also contributes to excessive pollution and radiation levels in the city.[10]
Culture
Several Eastern Orthodox churches, the largest being the Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, which dates from 1894,[11] serve the faithful of the city. By 2008, there were 14 parishes of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kamianske.
The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas[12] 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.[12]
The town has an active Jewish community with a new synagogue and community center.[13]
Ecology
Kamianske is a city with a very difficult environmental conditions. There have been suggestions to assign the status of the ecological disaster city. Right-bank part of the city is mostly polluted, where the metallurgical, chemical industrial enterprises are located.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kamianske is twinned with:
Gallery
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Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas -
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas -
Theatre -
City Hall -
Downtown -
Apartment blocks -
Museum -
Metalurh Stadium -
Monument Prometheus -
Monument Taras Shevchenko -
Train station -
Tram in Kamianske -
The bridge across the Dnieper -
Hydroelectric power plant -
Dniprovsky steel works (DMK)
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dniprodzerzhynsk renamed Kamianske. Unian
- ^ a b Pshenichniy, Stanislav (July 7, 2006). "Sad Anniversary in Dneprodzerzhinsk". Dneprovska Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- ^ 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) - ^ Interfax-Ukraine (February 19, 2007). В Днепродзержинске трамвай сошел с рельсов, 5 человек ранены (in Russian). Podrobnosti. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Рада перейменувала Дніпродзержинськ на Кам'янське" (in Ukrainian). Українські Національні Новини. May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "General Characteristics" (in Ukrainian). Dniprodzerzhynsk City Council home page. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ "Statistics" (in Ukrainian). Dniprodzerzhynsk City Council home page. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ Belitskaia, EN (May–June 1996). "Belitskaia EN". Likarska sprava (5–6): 74–8. PMID 9377406.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vice Province of Ukraine
- ^ "Mayor Lays Cornerstone for New Synagogue and Community Center in Ukraine". Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. July 20, 2006.
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External links
- The murder of the Jews of Dniprodzerzhynsk during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
