The Dniprovskyi District (, ) is one of seven administrative
urban districts (raions) of the city of
Zaporizhzhia
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, located in southern
Ukraine
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. Its population was 151,900 in the
2001 Ukrainian Census
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, with a small area of land on the left side of the river. It is one of only two districts with territory to the west of the Dnieper.
History
The district was founded in 1928 as ''Leninskya'' district.
Following the passage of
decommunization laws, in 2016, the district, along with numerous streets, were renamed to their current names. Some of the new street names adopted within the district include Boris Grinchenko St., Oleksandr Kuznetsov St, Sergeant Medvedev St., Gerhard Rempel St., Olga Kobylyanska St., Mykhailo Hrushevskyi St., Olena Teliga St., and Rosenthal St..
References
Dniprovskyi District, Zaporizhzhia
States and territories established in 1928
1928 establishments in Ukraine
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