Dnepropetrovsk08 October 2008
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Dnepropetrovsk - the great Ukrainian city Pridneprovya. |
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Dnepropetrovsk - the great Ukrainian city Pridneprovya. It was founded in the second half of XVIII century. I called Katerinoslavsk earlier. In 1926 the city gave a new name in honor of the famous Soviet political figure G.I. Petrovsky.
It was in Dnipropetrovsk is the most long embankment of Europe, with the length of 23 km. along the right bank of the Dnieper. An interesting fact is that by early 1960, if the city turned from the river: along the Dnieper were varied compositions and small factories, places for recreation was little, and the river was used only as a transport artery.
Despite the fact that today the industrial park on the embankment changed alley, Dnepropetrovsk remains one of the largest industrial centers of Ukraine. Located between two major bases in the country industrial materials - zheleznorudnym?? Krivoy Rog and Donbass coal.
The city is a great centre Steel and Engineering Industries difficult. This node highway and railway tracks. One of the main ports in Ukraine.
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