Pokrov ( ), formerly Ordzhonikidze () is a small city and mining town in Nikopol Raion,

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of central

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. It hosts the administration of Pokrov urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately

History

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

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chieftain of the 3rd century BC, but was likely made by

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artisans of the

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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

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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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. On 15 May 2015,

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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

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.Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization

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. 15 May 2015Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes
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(14 April 2015) Since 2 April 2016, after it was officially renamed by the

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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. 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

Dasha Astafieva Daria "Dasha" Viktorivna Astafieva ( uk, Дар'я Вікторівна Астаф’єва; born 4 August 1985) is a Ukrainian model, singer, and actress. Formerly of the Ukrainian pop duo NikitA, Astafieva was the 2007 Playmate of the Year for U ...

, January 2009 ''Playboy'' Playmate

Gallery

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Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, wr ...

monument

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