Chechelivskyi District () is an

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of the city of

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, in southern

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. It is located in the city's center on the southwestern outskirts and the right-bank of the

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History

According to archeological finds, in the

Paleolithic The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...

period (7—3 thousand ''

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'') human settlements appear near the in what is now the Chechelivskyi District. Coat of arms of the Krasnohvardiiskyi District

The district was known as the 5th court district of Yekaterinoslav (Dnipro's former name) when it was first created on 1 December 1897. After the

1905 revolution The Russian Revolution of 1905,. also known as the First Russian Revolution,. occurred on 22 January 1905, and was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. The mass unrest was directed again ...

, the district was renamed into the Zavodskyi District and in 1917 the Brianskyi District after the same Briansk Factory (today, Petrovsky Metallurgical Factory). From 1920 to 1923 the district was named the Fabrychno-Chechelivskyi District. In 1923 its name was changed again, this time to the Chechelivskyi District. In 1925 it became known as the Krasnohvardiiskyi District. In 1963 the eastern portions of the district were annexed to the newly formed Zhovtnevyi District. In 1973 some additional territories of the Zhovtnevyi and Krasnohvardiiskyi districts were also annexed to the newly formed Babushkinskyi District. November 26, 2015 the order of Acting Mayor within to comply with decommunisation Krasnohvardiiskyi District was renamed to Chechelivskyi. It is now named after , the commanding officer of the

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garrison during the reign of

Ivan Mazepa Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (also spelled Mazeppa; uk, Іван Степанович Мазепа, pl, Jan Mazepa Kołodyński; ) was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in 1687–1708. ...

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Neighborhoods

* Chechelivka * Shlyakhivka * Krasnopillia * Shevchenko * Verkhniy

Gallery

File:Pryozernyi.jpg, A shopping mall in Chechelivskyi District File:12 квартал.JPG, File:Dnipropetrovs'k Schepkina 8 01 (YDS 5749).jpg, Shchepkina Street File:Titova Street (Dnepropetrowsk).jpg, File:Levo.jpg, Monument to Soviet POWs killed by nazis

References

External links

* at the Dnipro City Council website Urban districts of Dnipro States and territories established in 1897 1897 establishments in Ukraine 1897 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Dnipropetrovsk-geo-stub