Verkhniodniprovsk Верхньодніпровськ |
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WW2 memorial in Verkhniodniprovsk
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Location of Verkhniodniprovsk | |||
Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E / 48.65611°N 34.32833°ECoordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E / 48.65611°N 34.32833°E | |||
Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Verkhniodniprovsk Raion |
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Founded | 1779 | ||
City rights | June 5, 1806 | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Gennadiy Mykolayovych Lebid' | ||
Population (2001) | |||
• Total | 16,976 | ||
Postal code | 51600 | ||
Area code(s) | +380 5658 | ||
Licence plate | АЕ | ||
Website | http://www.vdn.dp.ua/ |
Verkhniodniprovsk (Ukrainian: Верхньодніпровськ, pronounced [βɛrxnʲɔdnʲipˈrɔwsʲk]; Russian: Верхнеднепровск) is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of the Verkhniodniprovsk Raion (district). The city is located at confluence of the Samotkan River into the Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir at the Dnieper River. Population: 16,885 (2013 est.). In 2001, the population was 16,976.
The city is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhniodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Kamianske, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipropetrovsk.
Verkhniodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.
Dnieper River in Verkhniodniprovsk
Verkhniodniprovsk church
Downtown Verkhniodniprovsk
An old house
Air troops monument