Kamianske
Kamianske (Ukrainian: Кам'янське) is an industrial ceety in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast o Ukraine, an a port on the Dnieper River.
Kamianske Кам'янське | |
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Ceety | |
Prometheus in Kamjanske | |
Eik-name(s): Dniprodym | |
Coordinates: 48°31′00″N 34°37′00″E / 48.51667°N 34.61667°E | |
Kintra | Ukraine |
Oblast | Dnipro |
Foondit | 1750 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Stanislav Safronov |
Area | |
• Total | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) |
Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
Population (01.11.2008[1]) | |
• Total | 252,100 |
• Density | 1831/km2 (4,740/sq mi) |
Postal code | 51900 |
Area code(s) | +380-5692 |
Website | http://www.dndz.gov.ua/ |
History
eeditThe first written evidence o dounset in the territory o Kamianske appeared in 1750. At that time, the veelages o Romankovo an Kamianske, that mak the modren ceety, wis pairt o the Nova (New) Sich o the Zaporizhian cossacks. The ceety wis kent as Kamianske, Stany Place Ukrainian: Кам'янське) till 1936 whan it wis renamit.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev wis born an raised in Kamianske.
On 2 Julie 1996 a notorious traffeck accident happened in Kamianske. An owercroudit tram that wis muivin alang a brent brae on Get'mana Doroshenka began tae scly swith doun the brae (acause o a brake failyie), hinderly derailin an rinnin intae a schuil.[2] A tot o some 30 fowk dee'd an mair nor a 100 wis skaithed as a result o that accident. Follaein a govrenment inquiry intae the causes o the accident the then mayor, Sergiy Shershnev, an his deputy, Ihor Laktionov, resigned.[2][3]
Economy
eeditThe economic base o Kamianske is naur alanerly centred on hivy industry, wi ferrous metallurgie bein the rigbane o the local economy. Aroond 57% o the hale industrial production is metallurgie an metal wirkin. The chemical industry comes seicont wi ca. 17% share o the hale industrial ootput.[4] While the exceedingly industrialisit natur o the local economy ensurs a raither heich employment rate (as o 01.11.2007, offeecial unemployment stuid at 1,40%),[5] it contributes tae excessive pollution an radiation levels in the ceety an aw.[6]
Cultur
eeditSeveral Eastren Orthodox kirks, the lairgest bein the Orthodox Kirk o Saunt Nicholas, that dates frae 1894,[7] serve the faithful o the ceety. Bi 2008, thare wur 14 pairishes o Ukrainian Orthodox Kirk in Kamjans'ke.
The Roman Catholic Kirk o Saunt Nicholas[8] biggit bi the ceety's Pols commonty at the end o the nineteent century, haes acome ane o the centres o Roman Catholicism in Eastren Ukraine. The Catholic Pairish o Saunt Nicholas includes a monastery run bi the Order o Friars Minor Capuchin an aw.[8]
The toun haes a active Jewish commonty wi a new synagogue an commonty centre.[9]
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — Sister ceeties
eeditKamjans'ke is twinned wi:
Gallery
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Orthodox Kirk o Saunt Nicholas
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Roman Catholic Kirk o Saunt Nicholas
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Theatre
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Museum
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Metalurh Stadium
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Monument Prometheus
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Monument Taras Shevchenko
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Train station
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Tram in Kamjans'ke
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The brig athort the Dnieper
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Hydroelectric pouer plant
References
eedit- ↑ "City News" (in Ukrainian). Dniprodzerzhynsk City Council hame page. Archived frae the original on 25 Februar 2012. Retrieved 21 Julie 2009.
- ↑ a b Pshenichniy, Stanislav (7 Julie 2006). "Sad Anniversary in Kamjans'ke". Dneprovska Pravda (in Russian). Archived frae the original on 24 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2008.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Interfax-Ukraine (19 Februar 2007). "В Днепродзержинске трамвай сошел с рельсов, 5 человек ранены" (in Russian). Podrobnosti. Retrieved 30 December 2008.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "General Characteristics" (in Ukrainian). Kamjans'ke City Council hame page. Archived frae the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 20 Januar 2009.
- ↑ "Statistics" (in Ukrainian). Kamjans'ke City Council hame page. Archived frae the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 20 Januar 2009.
- ↑ Belitskaia, EN (Mey–Juin 1996). "Belitskaia EN". Likarska sprava (5–6): 74–8. PMID 9377406.
- ↑ "Возрожденный храм металлургов". Zverda Rozhdestva (in Russian). Orthodox Eparchy of Kryvyi Rih. №34. 27 Juin 2004. Retrieved 18 Mairch 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ a b "Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vice Province of Ukraine". Archived frae the original on 19 Februar 2012. Retrieved 29 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Mayor Lays Cornerstone for New Synagogue and Community Center in Ukraine". Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. 20 Julie 2006. Missing or empty
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