Verkhnodniprovsk

Verkhniodniprovsk Верхньодніпровськ
WW2 memorial in Verkhniodniprovsk WW2 memorial in Verkhniodniprovsk
Flag of Verkhniodniprovsk Flag Coat of arms of Verkhniodniprovsk Coat of arms
Verkhniodniprovsk Location of Verkhniodniprovsk
Coordinates:
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Verkhniodniprovsk Raion
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; 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.

Transport

The city is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhniodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Dniprodzerzhynsk, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipropetrovsk.

Famous people

Verkhniodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.

Gallery

• Dnipr.JPG

  Dnieper River in Verkhniodniprovsk

• Verkhodniprovsk tserkov.JPG

  Verkhniodniprovsk church

• Werhniodniprowsk-1.JPG

  Downtown Verkhniodniprovsk

• Zhiliščje v verkhnodniprovskje.JPG

  An old house

• Памятник 10-й гвардейской воздушно-десантной дивизии.jpg

  Air troops monument

External links

• "City history" (in Russian).CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• "Verkhnodniprovsk Raion economy" (in Ukrainian).CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)