Kamianske
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Kamianske Кам'янське |
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Svobody Avenue in Kamianske
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| Nickname(s): Dniprodym | |||
 Kamianske
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| Coordinates: 48°31′00″N 34°37′00″E / 48.51667°N 34.61667°ECoordinates: 48°31′00″N 34°37′00″E / 48.51667°N 34.61667°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| First mentioned | 1750 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Andriy Byelousov | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 239,237 | ||
| • Density | 1,831/km2 (4,740/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 51900 | ||
| Area code(s) | +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: 239,237 (2016 est.).
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 (Ukrainian: Кам'янське, Russian: Каменское) 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. According to the latest data, its population is 273,700.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was born and raised in Kamianske.
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.
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