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Dnipro [a] is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. [4] [5] [6] [7] It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km (243 mi) [8] southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnipro River, after which its name is derived. Dnipro is the administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Sep 17, 2024 · Dnipro, city, south-central Ukraine. It lies along the Dnieper River, near its confluence with the Samara. Founded in 1783 as Katerynoslav on the river’s north bank, the settlement was moved to its present site on the south bank in 1786.
Mar 3, 2022 · Formerly referred to as Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro is a city of regional significance, situated along the Dnieper River close to its meeting point with the Samara River, in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in the eastern portion of Ukraine.
The history of Dnipro starts with the human settlement of the city, which is first attested in the Neolithic period. In the Antiquity, the area of the future city was ruled by Scythians and a number of other tribes. In the Middle Ages, an Orthodox monastery existed on one of the islands on the Dneper, which now lays in the city borders.
Mar 1, 2024 · Lydmila Lashko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, says two years of war have forced Ukrainians to get used to its brutal realities. Ivana...
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Jul 4, 2024 · KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile and drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Wednesday killed five civilians and injured 47 others, including a 14-year-old girl, authorities said.
