Dnieper (other)
Dnieper is a major river, rising in Russia and flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Dnieper may also refer to: * Dnieper Ukraine, usually referring territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River * Battle of the Dnieper, a World War II military campaign See also * Dnepr (other) * Dnipro (other) * ''On the Dnieper ''On the Dnieper (На Днепре)'', Op. 51, is a ballet in two scenes with prelude and epilogue by Sergei Prokofiev. Composed in 1931 as his fourth work in the genre, it resulted from a commission by the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris ...

Dnieper
} The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and Belarus and the fourth-longest river in Europe, after the Volga, Danube, and Ural rivers. It is approximately long, with a drainage basin of . In antiquity, the river was part of the Amber Road trade routes. During the Ruin in the later 17th century, the area was contested between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia, dividing Ukraine into areas described by its right and left banks. During the Soviet period, the river became noted for its major hydroelectric dams and large reservoirs. The 1986 Chernobyl disaster occurred on the Pripyat, immediately above that tributary's confluence with the Dnieper. The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for the economy of Ukraine and is connected by the Dnieper–Bug Canal to other ...
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Dnieper Ukraine
The term Dnieper Ukraine (: "over Dnieper land"), usually refers to territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River. The Ukrainian name derives from ''nad‑'' (prefix: "above, over") + ''Dnipró'' ("Dnieper") + ''‑shchyna'' (suffix denoting a geographic region). The term ''Dnieper Ukraine'' appeared soon after the partitions of Poland when Ukraine as former territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth became divided between the Russian Empire and Austrian Empire and was referred to the Russian controlled Ukraine. The term was phased away soon after 1939. Ukrainians sometimes call it Great Ukraine (). The term is mentioned in the Ukrainian Unification Act where it says: "From now on into one merge torn away one from other portions of United Ukraine, the West-Ukrainian People's Republic (Galicia, Bukovina, Ugric Ruthenia) and the Dnieper Great Ukraine (''Од нині во-єдино зливаються століттям одірвані одна ві� ...
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Battle Of The Dnieper
The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 in Ukraine on the Eastern Front of World War II. One of the largest operations of the war, it involved almost 4,000,000 troops at a time stretched on a front. Over four months, the eastern bank of the Dnieper was recovered from German forces by five of the Red Army's fronts, which conducted several assault river crossings to establish several lodgements on the western bank. Kiev was later liberated in the Battle of Kiev. 2,438 Red Army soldiers were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for their involvement. Strategic situation Following the Battle of Kursk, the Wehrmachts ''Heer'' and supporting ''Luftwaffe'' forces in the southern Soviet Union were on the defensive in the southern Ukraine. By mid-August, Adolf Hitler understood that the forthcoming Soviet offensive could not be contained on the open steppe and ordered construction of a series of fortifications along the line of the Dnieper ...
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Dnepr (other)
Dnepr may refer to: *Dnieper, a river flowing through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea *Dnepr (motorcycle), a Ukraininan motocycle brand *Dnepr (rocket), a 1999 space launch vehicle *Dnepr radar, Soviet space surveillance and early warning radar See also *Dnieper (other) Dnieper is a major river, rising in Russia and flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Dnieper may also refer to: * Dnieper Ukraine, usually referring territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River * Battle of t ... * Dnipro (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Dnipro (other)
Dnipro is a city in Ukraine. Dnipro is also an alternate name for the river Dnieper. Dnipro may also refer to: Places *Dnipro Valley, the river valley of the Dnipro *Dnipro Raion, Dnipro Oblast, Ukraine; a district *Dnipro Raion, Kyiv, Ukraine; a district * Dnipro Oblast, a province of Ukraine Facilities and structures *Dnipro International Airport, Dnipro, Ukraine *Dnipro railway station, Dnipro, Ukraine * Dnipro (Kyiv Metro), a station on the Kyiv Metro * Dnipro-Arena, a soccer stadium in Dnipro, Ukraine * Dnipro Polytechnic, Dnipro, Ukraine * Dnipro Hydroelectric Station, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine; a hydroelectric station and dam * Hotel Dnipro, a hotel in Kyiv, Ukraine Sport * Dnipro (bandy), a Ukrainian bandy club based in Dnipro * FC Dnipro, a former Ukrainian professional football club dissolved in 2019 * FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk * FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk * FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk * SC Dnipro-1, a Ukrainian professional football club based in Dnipro * BC Dnipro, ...
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