Dnipro
Sign in to saveDnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is the administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. Dnipro has a population of
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Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, located in eastern Ukraine along the Dnipro River, and serves as the administrative center for Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. With approximately one million inhabitants, it is a major urban center in the country's eastern region.
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- As of December 2025 the Dnipro City Council is consulting with experts to set a new official year of the city's foundation; since they believe 1776 "is a myth of imperial Russia", and that the city existed many years before 1776.
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- Name
- Current names
- Former names
- Name history
- History
- Early history
- Imperial city
- Establishment of Catherine's city
- Disputed year of foundation
- Growth as an industrial centre
- The Jewish community and the 1905 pogrom
- The Soviet era
- War and revolution
- Stalin-era industrialisation
- Nazi occupation
- Post-war closed city
- Dissent and youth rebellion
- The "Dnipropetrovsk Mafia"
- Independent Ukraine
- Euromaidan
- 2014 to 2022
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Government and politics
- Government
- Subdivisions
- Politics
- Geography
- Climate
- Cityscape
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- Local transportation
- Suburban transportation
- Rail
- Aviation
- Water transportation
- Education
- Higher education
- Culture
- Attractions
- Religion
- Sports
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Friendship cooperation cities
- See also
- Notes
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Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is the administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. Dnipro has a population of
Archeological evidence suggests the site of the present city was settled by Cossack communities from at least 1524. Yekaterinoslav ("glory of Catherine") was established by decree of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative center of Novorossiya. From the end of the 19th century, the town attracted foreign capital and an international, multi-ethnic workforce exploiting Kryvbas iron ore and Donbas coal.
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