The Dniprovskyi District (, ) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of

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, located in southern

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. Its population was 151,900 in the

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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

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