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Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of Zaporizhzhia is known for the historic island of Khortytsia, multiple power stations (including Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (the largest nuclear power station in Europe), Zaporizhzhia thermal power station, and Dnieper Hydroelectric Station) and for being an important industrial centre. Steel, aluminium, aircraft engines, automobiles, transformers for substations, and other heavy industrial goods are produced in the region. Names and etymology Renderings of the name include: Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhia, or Zaporizhzhya, pronounced , , from uk, Запорі́жжя, . Also ''Zaporozhye'', , from russian: Запоро́жье, ). The name ''Zaporizhzhia'' literally refers to the position of the city located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporozhye Municipality
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of Zaporizhzhia is known for the historic island of Khortytsia, multiple power stations (including Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (the largest nuclear power station in Europe), Zaporizhzhia thermal power station, and Dnieper Hydroelectric Station) and for being an important industrial centre. Steel, aluminium, aircraft engines, automobiles, transformers for substations, and other heavy industrial goods are produced in the region. Names and etymology Renderings of the name include: Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhia, or Zaporizhzhya, pronounced , , from uk, Запорі́жжя, . Also ''Zaporozhye'', , from russian: Запоро́жье, ). The name ''Zaporizhzhia'' literally refers to the position of the city located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Oblast ( uk, Запорі́зька о́бласть, translit=Zaporizka oblast), also referred to as Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запорі́жжя, links=no), is an oblast (province) of southeast Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of , and its population is . This oblast is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture. Most of the area of the oblast has been under Russian military occupation since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including all of the coast, although the capital and the majority of the population remains under Ukrainian administration. On 30 September 2022 Russia annexed the Donetsk (Donetsk People's Republic), Luhansk (Luhansk People's Republic), Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson Oblasts. However, the referendums and subsequent annexations are internationally unrecognized. Geography The area of the oblast is 27,183 km²; its population (estimated as of 1 January 2013) was 1,785,243. Important cities Import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Ukraine
This is a list of all 1,469 hromadas of Ukraine that were formed in 2020 (excluding Kyiv, Sevastopol and hromadas in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea). A hromada is designated ''urban hromada'' if its administration is located in a city; ''settlement hromada'' if it is located in an urban-type settlement (occasionally called towns), and ''rural hromada'' if it is located in a selo or another rural settlement. Cherkasy Oblast Chernihiv Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Kharkiv Oblast Kherson Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast Kyiv Oblast Luhansk Oblast Lviv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast Odesa Oblast Poltava Oblast Rivne Oblast Sumy Oblast Ternopil Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast Volyn Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast {, class='wikitable sortable' ! Hromada ! Type ! Center ! Raion ! Raion before 2020 , - , Zhytomyr , urban , Zhytomyr , Zhytomyr , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporozhye International Airport
Zaporizhzhia International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт "Запоріжжя") is the international airport that serves Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, one of three airfields around the city. The aircraft engine factory Motor Sich has its base here. In May 2020, the airport was extended with a new terminal with a capacity of 400 passengers. The airport is also home to the Zaporizhzhya State Aircraft Repair Plant (ZDARZ). History of the airport * the date of the airport's establishment is 15 October 1943. Immediately after the release of Zaporizhzhia from the Nazi troops, an order No. 1 was issued for the enterprise according to which the first head of the Zaporizhzhia airport was appointed. At that time, the airport infrastructure was located on the eastern outskirts of the city; * after the end of the war in 1945, the airport began to operate flights between Zaporizhzhia-Moscow-Zaporizhzhia, and then Zaporizhzhia-Kyiv-Zaporizhzhia; * in 1964, an artificial r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatolii Kurtiev
Anatolii Valentynovych Kurtiev ( uk, Анатолій Валентинович Куртєв, italic=yes; born on 7 May 1975), is a Ukrainian politician who is the acting Mayor of Zaporizhzhia since 29 September 2021. He is the former head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council. Biography Anatolii Kurtiev was born in Ukraine on 7 May 1975. Education In 1998, Kurtiev graduated from Zaporizhzhia State Medical University with a specialty in Pediatrics. In 2015, he graduated from the Classic Private University with a degree in Law, returning later to graduate a second time with a degree in Management in 2020. Employment From September 1995 to July 1998, he was a medical fellow of the Zaporizhzhia regional drug dispensary. From March 2002 to July 2004, he was a morgue attendant of the department of on-duty forensic medical experts of the Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the Zaporizhia Regional Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komunarskyi District
The Komunarskyi District ( uk, Комунарський район, ) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhzhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 139,222 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census, and 134,465 . The raion contains the informal Pivdennyi (Southern) and Kosmichnyi (Cosmic) residential neighborhoods within its boundaries. Geography The Komunarskyi District is named after the former Komunar factory (currently, the Zaporizhzhia Automobile Building Plant) which is located within the district's boundaries. The district is located in the southeastern portion of the city, on the left-bank of the Dnipro River, just north of the urban-type settlement of Balabyne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Its total area is . History On 6 April 1977, the Komunarskyi District was established out of a portion of the Zhovtnevyi District by a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khortytskyi District
The Khortytskyi District ( uk, Хортицький район, ) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhzhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 122,575 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census, and 117,871 . Geography It is named after the nearby Khortytsia island, a national cultural reserve. The raion is located in the southern portion of the city, on the right-bank of the Dnipro River, neighboring the villages of Baburka and Novoslobidka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Its total area is . History The territory of the Khortytskyi District was first inhabited by German-speaking Mennonites settling the Chortitza Colony in the late 18th century. By the 1960s, the first residential neighborhoods were being constructed in the vicinity, which at the time administratively belonged to the city's Leninskyi District. On 19 January 1995, the Khortytskyi District was established out of a portion of the Leninskyi District by a decree of the Verkho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
The Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast is the head of state administration for the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The office of Governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the President of Ukraine, on recommendation from the Prime Minister of Ukraine, to serve a four-year term. The official residence for the Governor is located in Zaporizhzhia. On 18 December 2020 Oleksandr Starukh was (again) appointed as Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Zelensky appoints new head of Zaporizhzhia region (18 December 2020) Governors Chai ...
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Slavutych-Arena
Slavutych Arena ( uk, Славутич-Арена) is a football-only stadium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. It is used for football matches and is the home of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. The stadium's official maximum capacity is 12,000. Central Stadium Metalurh The stadium was built in 2006 in place of another stadium that was called Central Stadium Metalurh (or Metalurh Stadium) and which existed since 2 May 1938. The new stadium was built after complete demolishing of the previous stadium. In 2001, the Football Federation of Ukraine suspended the Metalurh Stadium and Metalurh played most of its home games at the AvtoZAZ Stadium which was a home ground of FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia. Slavutych Arena After the 2001-02 season, the Central Stadium Metalurh was completely demolished and on its place started to be built a new stadium. On 29 July 2006, the new Slavutych Arena was officially opened. After finishing of the new stadium, Metalurh played its games at new home stadium since July 2006. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station ( uk, ДніпроГЕС, DniproHES; russian: ДнепроГЭС, DneproGES), also known as Dneprostroi Dam, in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, is the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper river. It is the fifth step of the Dnieper cascade of hydroelectric stations that provides electric power for the Donets–Kryvyi Rih Industrial region. The Dnieper Reservoir stretches 129 km upstream to near Dnipro city. The station was built by the Soviet Union in two stages. DniproHES-1 was first built in 1927–1932, but destroyed during World War II to make it harder for the advancing German forces to cross the river, then rebuilt in 1944–1950. DniproHES-2 was built in 1969–1980 and modernized during the 2000s. The dam is an important crossing of the Dnieper. It has a water lock that allows navigation along the river and around the dam. A highway connecting the banks of the Dnieper crosses a bridge over the lock. Construction Ear ... [...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] |
Oblasts Of Ukraine
An oblast ( uk, о́бласть; ) in Ukraine, often called a region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative division of the country. Ukraine's territory is divided into 24 oblasts, as well as one autonomous republic, Crimea, and two cities with special status, Kyiv and Sevastopol. Ukraine is a unitary state, thus the oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Ukrainian Constitution and by law. Articles 140–146 of Chapter XI of the constitution deal directly with local authorities and their competency. Oblasts are subdivided into raions (districts), each oblast having from 3 to 10 raions following the July 2020 reform. General characteristics In Ukraine, the term ''oblast'' denotes a primary administrative division. Under the Russian Empire and into the 1920s, Ukraine was divided between several governorates. The term ''oblast'' was introduced in 1932 by Soviet authorities when the Ukrainian SSR was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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