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and

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, central

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. It hosts the administration of

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, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Its population is approximately

History

During the industrialization of the Soviet Union, the development of the mining industry intensified, Ordzhonikidze became a notable mining town in Soviet Ukraine. On 22 October 1938, Ordzhonikidze, named after

Sergo Ordzhonikidze Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze, ; (born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze; 18 February 1937) was an Old Bolshevik and a Soviet statesman. Born and raised in Georgia, in the Russian Empire, Ordzhonikidze joined the Bolsheviks at an e ...

, received the urban-type settlement status. In 1971, a large Golden Pectoral was discovered on the site of Tovsta Mohyla near Pokrov by the Ukrainian archaeologist Borys Mozolevskyi. It probably belonged to a

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chieftain of the 3rd century BC, but was likely made by

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artisans of the

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. The city was established in 1956 when several miner settlements of the Ordzhonikidze Mine were merged into a city. Previously, in 1883 a Russian engineer-geologist Valerian Domger discovered rich deposits of

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ore in a basin of the . Since that time, mining towns such as ''Prychepylivka'' (today – Hirnytske) started to appear in the area. In 1886, in place of the modern city were created Pokrovski quarries. Pokrov is located on the site of the 17th century

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. On 15 May 2015,

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signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to

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.Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization

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. 15 May 2015
Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes

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(14 April 2015) Since 2 April 2016, after it was officially renamed by the

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, the city is officially named Pokrov. Until 18 July 2020, Pokrov was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of

Pokrov Municipality Pokrov (, ), formerly Ordzhonikidze () until 2016, is a small city and mining town in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pokrov urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population i ...

. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Pokrov Municipality was merged into Nikopol Raion.

Demographics

As of the

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account for over 70% of the town's population.

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and

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constitute sizeable minorities.

Notable people

Dasha Astafieva Daria Dasha" Viktorivna Astafieva (; born 4 August 1985) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian model, singer, and actress. Formerly of the Ukrainian pop duo NikitA, Dasha Astafieva was the 2007 Playmate of the Year for Ukrainian ''Playboy'' and the 55th Annive ...

(born 1985), model and January 2009 ''Playboy'' Playmate * Mykola Fedorenko (born 1955), football coach and player * Serhiy Lavrynenko (born 1975), football player and coach *

Oleh Taran Oleh Anatolyevich Taran (; born 11 January 1960) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player. He was a prolific forward who possessed a powerful shot and was capable of dribbling quickly and precisely. In 1983, he was named the Ukrainian F ...

(born 1960), football player and coach

Gallery

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Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; ; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood o ...

monument

References

{{Authority control Cities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Mining cities and regions in Ukraine Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Nikopol Raion

History

Demographics

Notable people

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See also

References