Dniprorudne (, ) is a

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in Vasylivka Raion of

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. The population is

History

Dniprorudne has had city status since 1970.Днепрорудное // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.Днепрорудное // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.399 During the first weeks of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

the city was captured by the

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.War in Ukraine: Russian forces accused of abducting second mayor

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(13 March 2022) On 13 March 2022 the

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accused the Russian military of abducting Dniprorudne's mayor Yevhen Matvieyev, who protested along local residents against the Russian occupation of the city, including participating in a 27 February protest preventing Russian tanks from entering the town. On 4 December 2024, the Ukrainian government reported that he died in Russian captivity, having been tortured, and that his body had been returned to Ukraine.

Demographics

The city had 22,773 inhabitants in January 1989. As of the 2001, the city had a population of 21,271. The majority of the population are

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, while

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form the biggest minority. The town is almost equally

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and Ukrainophone.

Transport

The city has an

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Gallery

2011 - panoramio (269).jpg, Church of the Dormition Центральная аллея - panoramio (1).jpg, Central alley Dniprorudne Bus Station.JPG, Bus station База Горняк.jpg, Recreation centre Индустриальный техникум - panoramio (1).jpg, Industrial college

References

Cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine Populated places of Kakhovka Reservoir 1961 establishments in the Soviet Union {{Zaporizhzhia-geo-stub