Obukhivka ( uk, Обухівка; russian: Обуховка) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

in Dnipro Raion of

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

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 ...

. Until 2016, the settlement was known as Kirovske. It was renamed Obukhivka by

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin. Obukhivka is a suburb of

Dnipro Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

and is located on the left bank of the Dnieper. It hosts the administration of

Obukhivka settlement hromada Obukhivka ( uk, Обухівка; russian: Обуховка) is an urban-type settlement in Dnipro Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine. Until 2016, the settlement was known as Kirovske. It was renamed Obukhivka by Verkhovna Rada The Ve ...

, 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: The kindergarten, built in 2018, was nominated in February 2020 by the organizers of the Mies van der Rohe Award for the EU Prize in Contemporary Architecture.

Economy

Transportation

The closest passenger railway station is in Dnipro. Obukhivka is on Highway H31 which connects Dnipro and

Reshetylivka Reshetylivka ( uk, Решетилівка) is a city located in Poltava Raion of Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine, and formerly the administrative center of Reshetylivka Raion Reshetylivka Raion ( uk, Решетилівський район) w ...

References

{{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Dnipro Raion Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine