Dnipriany ( uk, Дніпряни, russian: Днепряны, Dnepryany), known as Brytany ( uk, Британи) before 1946, is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

Kakhovka Raion Kakhovka Raion ( uk, Каховський район) is one of the administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Nova Kakhovka. Population: On 18 July 2020, a ...

, Kherson Oblast, southern

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. It is located on the left bank of the

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, about downstream of the city of

Nova Kakhovka Nova Kakhovka ( uk, Нова́ Кахо́вка, ; russian: Новая Каховка) is a city in the central Kakhovka Raion region of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine currently under Russian occupation. Nova Kakhovka is an important p ...

. Dnipriany belongs to

Nova Kakhovka urban hromada Nova Kakhovka urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast. Its administrative center is the city of Nova Kakhovka. The hromada contains eleven populated places: city and administrative center Nova Kakhovka ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of

History

Russian Empire

Dnipriany was founded in 1791 under the name ''Brytany'' on the lands of a military officer by fugitive serfs from other parts of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

, such as

Poltava Governorate The Poltava Governorate (russian: Полтавская губерния, Poltavskaya guberniya; ua, Полтавська Губернія, translit=Poltavska huberniia) or Poltavshchyna was a gubernia (also called a province or government) in ...

Kursk Governorate Kursk Governorate ( rus, Ку́рская губе́рния, r=Kúrskaya gubérniya) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, located in European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1928; its seat was in the city of ...

, and

Oryol Governorate Oryol Governorate (russian: Орловская губерния, ''Orlovskaya guberniya'') or the Government of Oryol, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1 ...

, among others. By 1822, 335 people lived in Brytany, which had an economy based around agriculture. By 1880, there were agricultural processing plants in the village. In 1886, it was located in , Dneprovsky Uyezd,

Taurida Governorate The Taurida Governorate (russian: Тавріическая губернія, modern spelling , ; crh, script=Latn, Tavrida guberniyası, ) or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crime ...

, and had a church. In 1889, the village Osnovy ( uk, Основи) was founded nearby by settlers from the village of Shabo (today in

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administr ...

, Ukraine). The people of Osnovy planted large grape plantations and made wine, which was exported through the pier at Brytany. Many of the people of Brytany would also work on the grape fields. Also during the late 19th century, a

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was built in Brytany.

Soviet Union

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, Brytany was occupied by

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

between September 8, 1941 and November 1, 1943. In 1946, after the end of the war, Brytany was renamed to Dnipriany. In 1956, it received urban-type settlement status. In 1957, the village Osnovy was merged into Dnipriany by an edict of the Kherson Oblast regional committee. In 1965, by order of the

Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR ( Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР, tr. ''Verkhovna Rada Ukrayins'koyi RSR''; Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet ...

, Dnipriany - along with the surrounding village council - was subordinated to Nova Kakhovka Municipality.

21st century

On 2 October 2018, Dnipriany was assigned to

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Nova Kakhovka Municipality as an administrative unit was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of the former Nova Kakhovka Municipality was merged into Kakhovka Raion. During the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...

that began in 2022, Dnipriany was captured and occupied by Russian forces. In June 2023, the Kakhovka Dam was blown up, flooding vast areas in Kherson Oblast, including Dnipriany. Footage showed that Dnipriany was either completely or almost completely underwater on 6 June 2023. Until 26 January 2024, Dnipriany was designated

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 ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dnipriany became a rural settlement.

Economy

Dnipriany is home to the Dnipriany River Port.

Transportation

The closest railway station, Elektromash, is located in

. It is on the railway connecting

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver bri ...

via Snihurivka and Nova Kakhovka with

Melitopol Melitopol ( uk, Меліто́поль, translit=Melitópol’, ; russian: Мелитополь; based on el, Μελιτόπολις - "honey city") is a city and municipality in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine. Melitopol has been ...

. There is infrequent passenger traffic. The settlement has road access to Nova Kakhovka and further to Highway M14 connecting Kherson with Melitopol.

Demographics

In 2001, the settlement had a population of 4,712, most of whom were ethnic

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Or ...

References

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