Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city

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• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city overview

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city coat of arms

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city flag

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia), former (until 1921) Aleksandrovsk, is a city and administrative center of Zaporozhye region (oblast), southeastern Ukraine, on the Dnepr river just below its former rapids.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city map location

Zaporozhye city is a railway junction and river port. Zaporozhye city has an airport. Zaporozhye city stretches for several miles along the Dnepr river, with a green belt separating Zaporozhye city industrial and residential sectors.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city streets

Zaporozhye Ukraine city population - 790,000 (2007).
Zaporozhye Ukraine city land area - 358 sq. km.
Zaporozhye Ukraine city phone code - +380-61(2).
Zaporozhye Ukraine city postal codes - 69xxx.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city central part view

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city railway station

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city circus

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city history

The fortress Aleksandrovsk was founded in 1770 to ensure government control over the Zaporozhye Cossacks, whose headquarters were on nearby Khoritsa Island. The settlement became a town in 1806. In 1918 Soviet power was established in Zaporozhye city. Since 1939 Zaporozhye city has been the center of the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city monuments

The growth of Zaporozhye city dates from the construction in 1927-1932 of the Dnepr hydroelectric station, then the largest in the world. In World War II the dam was destroyed, but it was subsequently reconstructed.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city views

On the left bank of the Dnepr River nearby the Dnepr hydroelectric station a new part of Zaporozhye city has come into being - so called New Zaporozhye.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city architecture

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city economy

On the basis of the power, a large metallurgical industry developed, including the Zaporozhstal iron and steel plant, factories specializing in high-grade steels made in electric hearths, ferroalloys, titanium and aluminum smelting.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city industry

Zaporozhye city has one of the largest strip-rolling mills of Ukraine. Coke by-products supply is an important chemical industry of Zaporozhye city. A range of engineering and light industries includes the manufacture of automobiles and electrical apparatus in Zaporozhye city of Ukraine.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city sunset

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city bridge over Dnepr river

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city main attractions

There are teacher-training, pharmaceutical and machine-building institutes in Zaporozhye city of Ukraine.

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city old oak

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city Lenin street

Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) Ukraine city Dnepr river hydroelectric station

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