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Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk (; uk, Кременчу́к, Kremenchuk ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnipro River. The city serves as the administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (district) in Poltava Oblast (province). Kremenchuk is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance administered by its own city council and does not form a part of the raion. Its population is approximately Along with its city-satellites Svitlovodsk and Horishni Plavni, it is an urban agglomeration and transportation hub. Although not as large as some other oblast centers and cities of regional significance, Kremenchuk has a large industrial center in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. A KrAZ truck plant, the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery of Ukrtatnafta, the Kriukiv Railway Car Building Works, and Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant, in nearby Svitlovodsk, are located in or near Kremenchuk. Highway M22 crosses the Dnieper over the dam of the power plant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kremenchuk Raion
Kremenchuk Raion ( uk, Кременчуцький район; Romanization of Ukrainian, translit.: ''Kremenchutskyi raion'') is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's Capital (political), administrative center is the city of Kremenchuk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Poltava Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Kremenchuk Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Important rivers within the Kremenchutskyi Raion include the Psel River, Psel and the Dnieper. The raion was established in 1939. Settlements References Raions of Poltava Oblast Kremenchuk 1939 establishments in Ukraine {{Poltava-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dnipro River
} 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KrAZ
KrAZ ( uk, Кременчуцький автомобільний завод, ''Kremenchutskyi Avtomobilnyi Zavod'', Kremenchuk Automobile Plant, АвтоКрА́З or AvtoKrAZ) is a Ukrainian factory that produces trucks and other special-purpose vehicles in Kremenchuk, Ukraine; particularly heavy-duty off-road models. The factory was incorporated as a holding company combining several other factories nationwide and becoming the industrial wing of the finance-industrial group "Finance and Credit" that also held the Finance and Credit bank. History Soviet era KrAZ was founded on 31 August 1945 when the People's Commissariat for Transportation Routes issued a warrant to build a mechanical bridge plant in Kremenchuk. The first brick was laid in the plant foundation in 1946 and during the next eight years it produced about 600 bridges with the total length of about 27 km for use on the Dnieper, Moscow, Dniester, Volga and Daugava rivers etc. In 1956 the plant has manufactured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Kremenchuk
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Kremenchuk, Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee. Mayors * , 1900–1903, 1906–1908, 1916–1917 * Gusev Pavlo Hryhorovych, 1909, 1911-1916 * , 1917 * Smirnov Dmitry Petrovich, 1918 * Bromberg Moses Akimovich, 1918 * Vyazmitinov Mykola Oleksandrovych, 1918 * Boguslavsky Mikhail Solomonovich, 1919 * , 1920 * Serbichenko Alexander Kalistratovich, 1920-1922 * , 1927 * Kaptsevich Alexander Savich, 1928-1929 * Fusik Fedor Alekseevich, 1934-1935 * Lagno Hryhoriy Stepanovych, 1940-1941 * Stoletsky Alexander Ivanovich, 1941 * , 1943-1945 * Gavrilov Mykola Dmitrovich, 1945-1949 * Violinist Dmitry Petrovich, 1949-1961 * Kozharin Mykhailo Oleksiiovych, 1962-1970 * Matvienko Victor Vasilyevich, 1970-1979 * , 1979-1980 * Verbin Anatoliy Vasyliovych, 1980-1986 * Litvinenko Anatoliy Kuzmich, 1986-1990 * Balanyuk Victor Nikolaevich, 1990 * , 1990–1994, 1995-1998 * Bila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kremenchuk Oil Refinery
Kremenchuk Oil Refinery is the largest enterprise for the production of petroleum products in Ukraine. It is located in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. Since 1994 it has been the main branch of PJSC Ukrtatnafta. Destruction On April 3, 2022, Dmytro Lunin, the governor of the Kremenchuk announced that the oil refinery has been "completely destroyed" after a Russian attack. In May, the Russians launched at the destroyed refinery four missiles. Yuriy Vitrenko, the CEO of Naftogaz, said at a June 21 “All oil refining in Ukraine is now shut down due to massive repeated attacks" by the Russians. References See also * Ukrtatnafta * Tatneft * List of oil refineries This is a list of oil refineries. '' Oil & Gas Journal'' publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each proc ... * Lysychansk Oil Refinery * Odesa Refinery Companies established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory is part of the historic Cossack Hetmanate (its southern regions: Poltava, Myrhorod, Lubny, and Hadiach). Population: Two other important cities there are Horishni Plavni and Kremenchuk. History During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the town of Myrhorod was bombed. However as of April 2022, there has been no ground fighting and the province remains completely under Ukrainian control. Geography Poltava Oblast is situated in the central part of Ukraine. Located on the left bank of Dnieper, Poltava region was part of the Cossack Hetmanate. It has an area of 28,800 km2. The oblast borders upon Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant
The Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River just upstream of Kremenchuk in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and navigation. It is the third dam in the Dnieper cascade and creates the largest reservoir on the river. The dam has an associated lock and a power station with an installed capacity of . Construction on the dam began in May 1954, the reservoir began to fill in October 1959, the last generator was commissioned in 1960 and the dam and power plant were inaugurated in 1961. It is operated by Ukrhydroenergo. See also * Hydroelectricity in Ukraine Hydroelectricity in Ukraine is quite developed branch of power engineering. State operating company is Ukrhydroenergo and Energoatom. Design of main power plants is carried out by . General characteristics In the energy sector of Ukraine, hydro ... References External links {{Dnieper Dams completed in 1959 Energy infrastr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrtatnafta
Ukrtatnafta is a Ukrainian oil refining company based in Kremenchuk and founded in 1994. It is one of the largest producer of oil products in the country. The company operates the largest oil refinery in the country located in Kremenchuk with a capacity of and several petrol stations. Ukrainian state-owned energy company Naftohaz Ukrainy owns 43.1% of shares in Ukrtatnafta, Tatneft owns 8.6% and the government of Tatarstan owns 28.8%. Controversy Russian oil company Tatneft Tatneft (russian: публичное акционерное общество «Татнефть» имени В.Д. Шашина or ПАО «Татнефть» им. В.Д. Шашина; traded as: (ordinary shares), (preferred shares), (ADRs)) ... has an ongoing dispute with the government of Ukraine over control in Ukrtatnafta. 18% of the shares were transferred to two offshore companies allied with Tatneft, a transaction which was not recognized by Ukrainian authorities. According to the court d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An estimated 8 million Ukrainians were displaced within their country by late May and 7.8 million fled the country by 8 November 2022, while Russia, within five weeks of the invasion, experienced its greatest emigration since the 1917 October Revolution. Following the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, Russia annexed Crimea, and Russian-backed paramilitaries seized part of the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, which consists of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, sparking a regional war. In March 2021, Russia began a large military build-up along its border with Ukraine, eventually amassing up to 190,000 troops and their equipment. Despite the build-up, denials of plans to invade or attack Ukraine were issued by various Russian gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KVBZ
Kriukiv Railway Car Manufacturing Plant ( uk, Крюківський вагонобудівний завод, КВБЗ; KVBZ) is a large industrial company in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, manufacturing locomotives and multiple unit trains. History The foundation for the first buildings of the Krukiv Railway Car Manufacturing Plant was laid in 1869. As for 1900 there have been working 400 workers, who provided repairs for 120 freight and 20 passenger cars per month. Production Passenger *High speed interregional train EKr-1 Tarpan *High speed interregional train DPKr-2 *High speed interregional train DPKr-3 *Passenger coaches 779 series *Passenger coaches 788 series Products for Metro *Front metro car mod. 81-7021 *Intermediate metro car mod.81-7037 *Intermediate metro car mod.81-7022 *Front metro car mod. 81-7036 Military vehicles * I-52 Mine layer vehicle The I-52 is a mine-laying vehicle designed in Ukraine by the Kriukiv Machine-building Works. Purpose and composition The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svitlovodsk
Svitlovodsk () is a city in central Ukraine located on the Dnieper River in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast. The city hosts the administration of Svitlovodsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately . In 1962–1969, the city carried the name Kremhes due to the fact that it is a city-satellite of Kremenchuk. Administrative status Until 18 July, 2020, Svitlovodsk was designated as a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance and belonged to Svitlovodsk Municipality. It was the administrative center of Svitlovodsk Raion even though it did not belong to the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four, Svitlovodsk Municipality was merged into Oleksandriia Raion. History The city was developed and spread outward from the dam. The original point of the city was to house all of the dam workers and to be near the dam. Now most of the el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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