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City in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
Place in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
Kamianka-Dniprovska
(
Ukrainian
:
Кам'янка-Дн?провська
,
IPA:
[?k?mj?nk?
d???n???i?pr?u?s?k?]
) is a
city
in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
,
Ukraine
. It served as the administrative center of the former
Kamianka-Dniprovska Raion
until that raion was merged into
Vasylivka Raion
in 2020. Population:
12,117 (2022 estimate).
[1]
It is located on the south bank of a west-flowing part of the
Dnieper River
. On the north bank is the town of
Nikopol
. About 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east is the power plant at
Enerhodar
. The river valley was submerged as part of the
Kakhovka Reservoir
until 2023. The landscape of the area is flat and steppe-like.
[
citation needed
]
The city is home to the Kamianka-Dniprovska District Historical and Archeological Museum.
[2]
History
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]
An archeological site near Kamianka-Dniprovska gives evidence suggesting that the city was once the capital of the ancient
Scythian Kingdom
.
[
citation needed
]
In 1701 Russia built a fort here called Kamenny Zaton ("Stoney Backwater"). It interacted with the Cossack settlements on the north side of the river.
[
citation needed
]
It received city status in 1957.
[3]
[4]
In 1972 the population was 16,900 people.
[3]
In January 1989 the population was 17,906 people.
[5]
[4]
In January 2013 the population was 13,495 people.
[6]
Gallery
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References
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Чисельн?сть наявного населення Укра?ни на 1 с?чня 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.
- ^
"Музейний прост?р. Музе? Укра?ни та св?ту"
.
- ^
a
b
Каменка-Днепровская // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 11. М., ≪Советская энциклопедия≫, 1973.
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a
b
Каменка-Днепровская // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.532
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Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
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"Чисельн?сть наявного населення Укра?ни на 1 с?чня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики Укра?ни. Ки?в, 2013. стор.63"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2013-10-12
. Retrieved
2019-08-05
.