Samar, Ukraine
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Novomoskovsk
Новомосковськ | |
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 Holy Trinity Cathedral | |
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| Country Oblast Municipality | Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk oblast Novomoskovsk |
| Founded | 1672 |
| City status | 1784 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serhiy Moroz |
| Area | |
• Total | 36 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 70 547 |
| • Density | 959/km2 (2,480/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 51200-51214 |
| Area code | +380-5693 |
Novomoskovsk (Template:Lang-uk, pronounced [nɔwɔmɔsˈkɔwsʲk]; Template:Lang-ru) is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Administratively, Novomoskovsk is incorporated as the city of oblast significance and serves as the administrative center of Novomoskovsk Raion (district) which it does not belong to. Population: 70,787 (2013 est.)[1]. In 2001, the city's population was 72,439.
Novomoskovsk is located predominantly on the right bank of Samara River, which is one of the left confluents of Dnieper River. Until 1782, when the city has got its current name, it was known as Samar, Samara, or Samarchyk. The city is located 27 kilometres from the oblast capital, Dnipropetrovsk.
The city is famous for the Holy-Trinity Cathedral, built in 1778 by Yakym Pohrybniak from wood without any nails.
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Novomoskovsk monastery -
Former synagogue building in Novomoskovsk -
St. Nicholas Cathedral -
Novomoskovsk Technical Institute -
Stalinist architecture -
A residential building in downtown Novomoskovsk
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
External links
- Template:Uk icon Official city website
- The murder of the Jews of Novomoskovsk during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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