Pokrov ( ), formerly Ordzhonikidze () is a small city and
mining town
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Historic mining communities
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in
Nikopol Raion
Nikopol Raion ( uk, Нікопольський район, Nikopolskyi raion) is an administrative subdivision (''raion'') of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, with the administrative center in the city of Nikopol. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, a ...
,
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...
of central
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Pokrov urban hromada, one of the
hromada
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s of Ukraine.
Its population is approximately
History
![Pektoral111](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Pektoral111.JPG)
In 1971, a large
Golden Pectoral was discovered on the site of Tovsta Mohyla near Pokrov by the Ukrainian archaeologist
Borys Mozolevskyi. It probably belonged to a
Scythian
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chieftain of the 3rd century BC, but was likely made by
Greek
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artisans of the
Crimean peninsula
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.
The city was established in 1956 when several miner settlements of the Ordzhonikidze Mine were merged into a city. Previously, in 1883 a Russian engineer-geologist Valerian Domger discovered rich deposits of
manganese
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ore in a basin of the . Since that time, mining towns such as ''Prychepylivka'' (today – Hirnytske) started to appear in the area. In 1886, in place of the modern city were created Pokrovski quarries. Pokrov is located on the site of the 17th century
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The ...
.
On 15 May 2015,
President of Ukraine
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Petro Poroshenko
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signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to
Communism
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.
[Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization]
Ukrayinska Pravda
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. 15 May 2015Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes
Interfax-Ukraine
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. 15 May 2015Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols
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(14 April 2015) Since 2 April 2016, after it was officially renamed by the
Ukrainian parliament
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, the city is officially named Pokrov.
Until 18 July 2020, Pokrov was incorporated as a
city of oblast significance and the center of
Pokrov Municipality
Pokrov ( ), formerly Ordzhonikidze () is a small city and mining town in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pokrov urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approxi ...
. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Pokrov Municipality was merged into Nikopol Raion.
Notable residents
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Dasha Astafieva
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, January 2009 ''Playboy'' Playmate
Gallery
File:Pokrov, local playground.jpg, Pokrov park
File:Ordzho dcc87b8a 1.jpg, Downtown
File:Ordzho Y fcd7e9e4 1.jpg, Apartment blocks
File:Тарас Шевченко - м. Орджонікідзе.jpg, Taras Shevchenko
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monument
See also
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Privat Group The Privat Group, or PrivatBank Group ( uk, Група «Приват», Romanization of Ukrainian, romanized: ''Hrupa "Pryvat"'') is a Multinational corporation, global business group, based in Ukraine. Privat Group controls thousands of companies ...
(corporation in control of the city's industry)
References
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Cities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Mining cities and regions in Ukraine
Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Nikopol Raion
City name changes in Ukraine