Dniprorudne
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Dniprorudne
Дніпрорудне | |
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 Steelworkers' monument in Dniprorudne | |
 Dniprorudne Location of Dniprorudne | |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Vasylivka Raion |
| Hromada | Dniprorudne urban hromada |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Incorporated | 1970 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mykola Pastushenko (de facto)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.784 km2 (3.005 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 17,736 |
| Postal code | 71630 |
| Area code | +380 6175 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | |
Dniprorudne (Ukrainian: Дніпрорудне, pronounced [d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iproˈrudne]) is a city in Vasylivka Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. The population is 17,736 (2022 estimate).[2]
History
[edit]Dniprorudne has had city status since 1970.[3][4]
During the first weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the city was captured by the Russian army.[5] On 13 March 2022 the Ukrainian government accused the Russian military of abducting Dniprorudne's mayor Yevhen Matvieyev, who protested along local residents against the Russian occupation of the city, including participating in a 27 February protest preventing Russian tanks from entering the town.[6][7] On 4 December 2024, the Ukrainian government reported that he died in Russian captivity, having been tortured, and that his body had been returned to Ukraine.[8]
Demographics
[edit]The city had 22,773 inhabitants in January 1989.[9][4] As of the 2001, the city had a population of 21,271. The majority of the population are Ukrainians, while Russians form the biggest minority. The town is almost equally Russo and Ukrainophone.[10][11]
Transport
[edit]The city has an inland port.[3]
Gallery
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Bus station -
Recreation centre -
Industrial college
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References
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- ^ Fedorov, Ivan (14 March 2023). "Mykola Pastushenko, a traitor to Ukraine and at the same time a "colleague" of the Gauleiter of the Zaporizhia region Yevgeny Balytskyi, will go behind bars for 10 years". Telegram. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
Instead of a legitimate mayor, the occupiers installed Mykola Pastushenko as a puppet of the Kremlin.
- ^ Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b Днепрорудное / Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.
- ^ a b Днепрорудное / Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.399
- ^ War in Ukraine: Russian forces accused of abducting second mayor, BBC News (13 March 2022)
- ^ Olga Okhrimenko (2022-03-13). Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "На Запоріжжі мер із містянами зупинили російський танк (відео)". 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Ukrainian Mayor Tortured to Death in Russian Captivity". UNITED24 Media. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- ^ "Національний склад міст".
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
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