Apostolove ( , russian: Апо́столово) is a city in

Kryvyi Rih Raion Kryvyi Rih Raion ( uk, Криворізький район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the city of Kryvyi Rih. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrat ...

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...

(

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

) of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It hosts the administration of Apostolove urban hromada, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population: In 2001, the population was 16,439. Until the

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

was abolished on 18 July 2020, Apostolove was the administrative center of Apostolove Raion. After that date the town became part of

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File:Привокзальна площа. Апостолове.JPG, Apostolove railway station File:Апостолівська міськрада.JPG, Apostolove city hall File:Центральний парк. Апостолове.JPG, City park

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The murder of the Jews of Apostolove
during

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, at

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