Zelenodolsk ( ) is a city in
Kryvyi Rih Raion
Kryvyi Rih Raion ( uk, Криворізький район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the city of Kryvyi Rih. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrat ...
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 ...
(
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
) of
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Zelenodolsk urban hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Population: .
Until 18 July 2020, Zelenodolsk belonged to
Apostolove Raion. The raion 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 Apostolove Raion was merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion.
Zelenodolsk is claimed by
Russia
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as part of
their claimed Kherson Oblast, though it is not controlled by them.
[https://www.keranews.org/2022-10-01/on-the-edge-of-russias-illegal-annexation-ukrainians-grapple-with-uncertainty]
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Cities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic