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In the XIX century the population of the city continued to increase and in 1853 it was already more than 13 thousand people; in 1862 there were 315 stone houses in the city, 3060 wooden houses and, in addition to a cloth factory, there were various factories - iron foundry, brick, candle, soap, salotop and leather factories. In 1873, a railway line was laid on the left bank from Kharkov through Sinelnikovo to Nizhnedneprovsk, and 11 years later a bridge was built across the Dnieper and a railway station was opened in Yekaterinoslav itself on the right bank. The Catherine Railway connected the coal mines of Donbass with the iron ore of Kryvbass, which gave a powerful impetus to the development of the provincial town and the region as a whole. The locomotive depot of Yekaterinoslav became the largest in the south of the Russian Empire.

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The successor of Catherine II on the throne, Emperor Paul I, renamed Yekaterinoslav Novorossiysk by his decree, and soon ordered: "to stop all buildings in the entire province." The only large enterprise that they managed to open was a cloth manufactory. On the outskirts of the city, colonies were formed in which visiting foreign workers lived.
By the end of the 18th century, there were 11 stone houses in the city, including the Potemkin Palace, and 185 wooden houses, and the population was about 6 thousand people.

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Yekaterinoslav was supposed to occupy an area of 20 miles in length, 15 miles in width, only 300 square meters. versts It was assumed that the main streets of the city would be 60-80 meters wide. However, the grandiose plans were not destined to come true - in 1787 another Russian-Turkish war began, and the lion's share of the money intended for the provincial city was sent to the needs of the front. Soon Potemkin passed away, and 5 years after him - and Catherine the Great. In addition, the location of the center of the new city (on a hill) was again not very successful, there were difficulties with the water supply. The development of the city has slowed down.

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The main organizer of the city was Prince GA Potemkin, according to his plans in Yekaterinoslav it was planned to build “a courtroom like the ancient basilicas, semicircular benches like the Propylaea or the Athenian entrance with a stock exchange and a theater in the middle. The chambers of the state, where the governor also live, in the taste of Greek and Roman buildings, with a magnificent and spacious shade in the middle ... Cloth and silk factories. The university is bought with a music academy or a conservatory. "

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New Yekaterinoslav was officially founded during the visit of Catherine II, who on May 9 (20), 1787 laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Transfiguration Cathedral [23] (this date was considered the date of the foundation of the city in the Russian Empire - in 1887 the 100th anniversary was celebrated since the founding of the city). The city was originally conceived as the third capital of Russia, after St. Petersburg and Moscow.

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However, due to the unfortunate location on the marshland and, as a result, frequent floods, diseases among the population, Yekaterinoslav existed here for only a few years (1776-1783), after which a decree was issued on the transfer of the city to a new place - to the high bank of the Dnieper opposite the mouth of Samara ... The original Yekaterinoslav was renamed into the district town of Novomoskovsk (which was also transferred from here - up the Samara River in 1794). Then the liberated lands were given to the German colonists of Josefstahl and Krongarten.

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In connection with the development of the annexed lands, a new administrative center was required, which it was decided to establish at the mouth of the Kilchen River at the confluence of the Samara River. The new city was founded in 1776 and named Yekaterinoslav in honor of Empress Catherine II. There is another version - in those days it was not customary to name cities in honor of living persons, therefore, in order to please the ruler, the city was named in honor of the holy Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria.

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The Dnieper is located in the eastern part of Ukraine on both banks of the middle Dnieper in the steppe zone. The right-bank part is located on the spurs of the Dnieper Upland - mainly on four hills, delimited by gullies (yars) with streams. The relief of the elevated right bank of the Dnieper on the territory of the city is characterized by a developed dense gully-ravine network, which has a total length of more than 120 km, covers an area of about 5 thousand hectares and is formed by 15 ravines and more than 40 ravines. The left-bank part is low-lying, in the west it is indented by elongated lakes - the remains of ancient Protovcha. Within the city limits, the Orel (channel) and Samara rivers flow into the Dnieper.

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On May 19, 2016, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as part of the decommunization process, renamed the city of Dnepropetrovsk to Dnepr (Ukrainian Dnipropetrovsk in Ukrainian Dnipro) after the name of the river [12], and on June 3 the decision came into forceDue to the renaming of the city, there was uncertainty regarding the transfer of the new name in other languages. So, scientists of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory considered that this name should be pronounced in the same way in Ukrainian, Russian and English: "Dnipro", "Dnipro", "Dnipro" [14].

In September 2018, the media published the answer of the Institute of Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine signed by Pavel Hrytsenko, where, to the request of the officials of the Dnipro City Council, the answer was given that it was Dnipro that would be correct in Russian. The letter also states that the issue of transferring proper names in Russian is within the competence of the linguists of Russia.

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The original name is Yekaterinoslav, in honor of Saint Catherine, the heavenly patroness of Empress Catherine II, at the suggestion of GA Potemkin [source not specified 676 days]; the city was called so in 1776-1796 and 1802-1926.
In written sources, the name "Yekaterinoslav" was first mentioned on April 23, 1776 in the report of the Azov governor V.A. plan, profiles, facades and with estimates ”. The city was located on the left bank of the Dnieper until 1784. Then the construction was officially moved to the right bank. The decree of Catherine II of January 22, 1784 says: "The provincial city called Yekaterinoslav should be on the right side of the Dnieper River near Kaidak for the best convenience ..." (meaning New Kodak).

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One of the largest industrial centers in Ukraine; ferrous metallurgy, metalworking, machine building and other branches of heavy industry are especially developed. Dnieper was one of the key centers of the defense and space industry of the Soviet period; the Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy of the Ukrainian SSR was located in the city. Due to the developed military industry, Dnipro was closed to foreigners by the city until the 1990s.

As of January 1, 2020, 990,724 people lived in the city, within the boundaries of the city council - including the urban-type settlement Aviatorskoye - 993,220 people [8]. In 1976-2011, the population of Dnipro exceeded 1 million people (the same happened in late 2017 - early 2018)

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Dnipro (Dnipro [5] [6], Ukrainian. Dnipro) is a city in the eastern part of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Dnieper region and the Dnieper city community, as well as the center of the Dnieper agglomeration. Located on the Dnieper and Samara rivers. The fourth most populous city in Ukraine after Kiev, Kharkov and Odessa.
Until 1796 and from 1802 to 1926 the city was called Yekaterinoslav, from 1796 to 1802 - Novorossiysk, and from 1926 to 2016 - Dnepropetrovsk.

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