Dniprorudne
History
Dniprorudne has had city status since 1970.
During the first weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the city was captured by the Russian army. 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. 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.
Demographics
The city had 22,773 inhabitants in January 1989. 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.
Transport
The city has an inland port.
Gallery
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Church of the Dormition
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Central alley
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Bus station
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Recreation centre
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Industrial college
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Днепрорудное // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.
- ^ 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). "Окупанти викрали мера міста Дніпрорудного". Fakty i Kommentarii (in Ukrainian). 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".