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Zaporozhian Host, Zaporozhian Cossack Army
Zaporizhzhia or Zaporizhia is a city in Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia, Zaporozhzhia, or Zaporozhye may also refer to: Places in Ukraine * Zaporizhzhia (region), a historical region in central east Ukraine below the Dnieper river rapids * Zaporizhzhia Governorate, (1920–22) Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union * Zaporizhzhia Oblast (1939–), a first-level administrative unit in Ukraine ** Zaporizhzhia Raion, an administrative unit of Zaporizhzhia Oblast ** Nove Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Raion, a village in Zaporizhzhia Raion ** Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russia; Oblast/occupied territory disputed with Ukraine Facilities and structures * Zaporizhzhia International Airport, Zaporizhzhia * Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Enerhodar * Zaporizhzhia thermal power station Zaporizhzhia thermal power station is a large thermal power plant ( DRES) in the purpose-built city of Enerhodar in Ukraine. It is the most powerful thermal power station in Ukraine, with an installed capacity of 2,850 MWe. Its primar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of Zaporizhzhia is known for the historic island of Khortytsia, multiple power stations and for being an important industrial centre. Steel, aluminium, aircraft engines, automobiles, transformers for substations, and other heavy industrial goods are produced in the region. Names and etymology The name ''Zaporizhzhia'' refers to the position of the city: "beyond the rapids"—downstream or south of the Dnieper Rapids. These were previously an impediment to navigation and the site of important portages. In 1932, the rapids were flooded to become part of the reservoir of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.Pospelov, pp. 25–26 Before 1921, the city was called Aleksandrovsk (or Oleksandrivsk), named after the original fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia (region)
Zaporizhzhia (, ) or Zaporozhzhia () is a historical region in central east Ukraine below the Dnieper rapids (), hence the name, literally "(territory) beyond the rapids". From the 16th to the 18th centuries the Zaporizhzhia region functioned as semi-independent quasi-republican Cossack territory centred on the Zaporozhian Sich. Sometimes the region is referred to as ''Zaporozhian Sich'' as well. Zaporizhzhia corresponds to modern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, major parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia and Kirovohrad Oblasts, as well as parts of Kherson Oblast, Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine. Names The region was officially known as Free lands of the Lower Zaporizhzhia Host (, (Wild Fields or Wild Plain), ). Among other names, it was called as Wild Fields, Novorossiya (in Russia), and others. Origin During the 1667 truce of Andrusovo, the region was under the condominium of both the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Kingdom of Poland, and in 1686, with the signing of the Treat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia Governorate
Zaporizhzhia Governorate () was a territorial division or gubernia of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine) that was created in April 1920. The new governorate was temporarily established in place of the Tavria Okruha. Soon after the Ukrainian SSR joined the Soviet Union, the governorate was merged into the Yekaterinoslav Governorate Yekaterinoslav Governorate} was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yekaterinoslav. Covering an area of , and being composed of a inhabitant of 2,113,674 by the census of 1897, it bordere .... Subdivisions * Berdiansk County * Henichesk County * Huliaipole County * Velykyi Tokmak County * Oleksandrivsk County References {{coord, 47.840, 35.199, type:adm3rd_globe:earth_region:UA, display=title Governorates of Ukraine History of Zaporizhzhia Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Oblast (), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of , and has a population of The oblast is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture. Most of the oblast's area, including all of the coast, has been under Russian military occupation since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, although the capital and the majority of the population have remained under Ukrainian administration. In September 2022, Russia declared it had annexed the Zaporizhzhia oblast based on the results of a disputed referendum. The referendum and subsequent annexation are not internationally recognized. To the south, Zaporizhzhia Oblast covers roughly of coastline of the Sea of Azov, as part of a coastal region known as Pryazovia. Geography The area of the oblast is 27,183 km2; its population (estimated as of 1 January 2013) was 1,785,243. Zapor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia Raion
Zaporizhzhia Raion () is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeast Ukraine. Its administrative center is Zaporizhzhia. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Zaporizhzhia Raion was significantly expanded. According to the 2001 census, its population was 54,804. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Geography Zaporizhzhia Raion is located in the northeast portion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, surrounding the oblast's administrative center Zaporizhzhia. Its total area constitutes . The Dnieper and Konka rivers flow through the raion. History The territory which is now the Zaporizhzhia Raion was first established as the Voznesenskyi Raion () on 7 March 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1926, it was renamed to the Khortytsia Raion (). From 1929 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nove Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Raion
Nove Zaporizhzhia (; literally, New Zaporizhzhia) is a village (a '' selo'') in the Zaporizhzhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 771 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Administratively, it belongs to the Dolynske Rural Council, a local government area. It is located west of the Khortytskyi District of the city of Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ..., the oblast's administrative center. References Populated places established in 1922 {{Zaporizhia-geo-stub Zaporizhzhia Raion Villages in Zaporizhzhia Raion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Occupation Of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
The ongoing military occupation of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast () began after Russian forces launched southern Ukraine campaign, an invasion of mainland Ukraine out of Crimea on 24 February 2022. Russian-controlled parts of the oblast were administered by a Russian military-civilian administration until 30 September 2022, when they were illegally annexed to become an unrecognized federal subject of Russia. On 25 February, the city of Melitopol Capture of Melitopol, fell under Russian control, followed by Berdiansk the next day. Russian forces besieged the city of Enerhodar, home of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, then Battle of Enerhodar , captured it on 4 March. The oblast's capital city of Zaporizhzhia, however, remains under Ukrainian government control. In May, the Russian government began offering Russian passports to the region's inhabitants. In July, it issued a decree that extended Russian 2022 war censorship laws to the oblast, and included deportation to R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia International Airport
Zaporizhzhia International Airport () is the international airport that serves Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, one of three airfields around the city. The aircraft engine factory Motor Sich has its base here. In May 2020, the airport was extended with a new terminal with a capacity of 400 passengers. The airport is also home to the Zaporizhzhia State Aircraft Repair Plant (ZDARZ). History The airport was established 15 October 1943. Immediately after the release of Zaporizhzhia from the Nazi troops, an order No. 1 was issued for the enterprise according to which the first head of the Zaporizhzhia airport was appointed. At that time, the airport infrastructure was located on the eastern outskirts of the city. After the end of the war in 1945, the airport began to operate flights between Zaporizhzhia-Moscow-Zaporizhzhia, and then Zaporizhzhia-Kyiv-Zaporizhzhia. In 1964, an artificial runway was put into operation at the current location of the airport. In 1965, the construction of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station (; ) in southeastern Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world. It has been under Russian control since 2022. It was built by the Soviet Union near the city of Enerhodar, on the southern shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper river. From 1996 to 2022, it was operated by Energoatom, which operates Ukraine's other three nuclear power stations. The plant has six VVER-1000 pressurized light water nuclear reactors (PWR), each fueled with U ( LEU) and generating 950 MWe, for a total power output of 5,700 MWe. The first five were successively brought online between 1985 and 1989, and the sixth was added in 1995. In 2020, the plant generated nearly half of the country's electricity derived from nuclear power, and more than a fifth of total electricity generated in Ukraine. The Zaporizhzhia thermal power station is nearby. On 4 March 2022, days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Station
Zaporizhzhia thermal power station is a large thermal power plant ( DRES) in the purpose-built city of Enerhodar in Ukraine. It is the most powerful thermal power station in Ukraine, with an installed capacity of 2,850 MWe. Its primary fuel is coal. It can also fire natural gas and fuel oil, and has tank storage for these reserve fuels adjacent to the coal bunkers. Operation The plant was built by the Soviet Union between 1971 and 1977. The first stage of this power plant with a capacity of 1200 MW began operation in 1973. In 1977, the second stage of the power plant with a capacity of 2400 MW began operation. In 1986, the power plant produced a record amount of electricity and was awarded the Order of the October Revolution. The plant has two tall flue-gas stacks, which are among the tallest free-standing structures in Ukraine. The plant is not equipped with any flue gas desulphurization systems, and uses electrostatic precipitators to remove fly ash prior to the flue gas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Submarine Zaporizhzhia
''Zaporizhzhia'' (U-01) () is a Foxtrot-class submarine, Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric powered submarine, and was the only submarine of the Ukrainian Navy up until her seizure in March 2014 by Russian forces during 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. She formerly carried the Soviet Navy pennant number B-435. ''Zaporizhzhia'' was designed at the Rubin Design Bureau (Saint Petersburg). Captured by Russian forces on 22 March 2014 (during the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexation of Crimea), half of the Ukrainian personnel, among them the captain of the submarine, had left while the others chose to begin their service in the Russian Black Sea Fleet with the submarine. ''Zaporizhzhia'' had a crew of 78, commanded by Captain (naval), 1st Rank Capt. Oleh Orlov. The submarine was operated by a reserve unit, having not yet returned to front line duty after her 'refurbishment'. History ''Zaporizhzhia''s keel was Keel laying, laid down in 1970 at the New Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporozhsky (other)
Zaporozhsky may refer to: * Alexander Zaporozhsky, a former colonel in Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency * Zaporozhskoye, a settlement in Karelia, Russia See also * Zaporizhzhia (other) * ZAZ Zaporozhets, a Ukrainian automobile series {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
