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
Dnipro Raion ( uk, Дніпровський район), until 2016 Dnipropetrovsk Raion ( uk, Дніпропетровський район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre ...
of
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an oblast (province) of central-eastern Ukra ...
in
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 and is located on the left bank of the Dnieper. It hosts the administration of
Obukhivka settlement hromada, one of the
hromadas 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.
References
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Urban-type settlements in Dnipro Raion
Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine