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Dniprorudne

Coordinates: 47°23′10.8″N 34°59′49.3″E / 47.386333°N 34.997028°E / 47.386333; 34.997028
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Dniprorudne
Дніпрорудне
Steelworkers' monument in Dniprorudne
Steelworkers' monument in Dniprorudne
Flag of Dniprorudne
Coat of arms of Dniprorudne
Dniprorudne is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Dniprorudne
Dniprorudne
Location of Dniprorudne
Dniprorudne is located in Ukraine
Dniprorudne
Dniprorudne
Dniprorudne (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 47°23′10.8″N 34°59′49.3″E / 47.386333°N 34.997028°E / 47.386333; 34.997028
Country Ukraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionVasylivka Raion
HromadaDniprorudne urban hromada
Founded1961
Incorporated1970
Government
 • MayorMykola Pastushenko (de facto)[1]
Area
 • Total
7.784 km2 (3.005 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
17,736
Postal code
71630
Area code+380 6175
ClimateDfa
Website[1]
Map

Dniprorudne (Ukrainian: Дніпрорудне, pronounced [d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iproˈrudne]) is a city in Vasylivka Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. The population is 17,736 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

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Dniprorudne has had city status since 1970.[3][4]

During the first weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the city was captured by the Russian army.[5] On 13 March 2022 the Ukrainian government accused the Russian military of abducting Dniprorudne's mayor Yevhen Matvieyev, who protested along local residents against the Russian occupation of the city, including participating in a 27 February protest preventing Russian tanks from entering the town.[6][7] On 4 December 2024, the Ukrainian government reported that he died in Russian captivity, having been tortured, and that his body had been returned to Ukraine.[8]

Demographics

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The city had 22,773 inhabitants in January 1989.[9][4] As of the 2001, the city had a population of 21,271. The majority of the population are Ukrainians, while Russians form the biggest minority. The town is almost equally Russo and Ukrainophone.[10][11]

Ethnic groups in Dniprorudne
percent
Ukrainians
60.82%
Russians
36.64%
Belarusians
0.74%
Armenians
0.31%
Bulgarians
0.21%
Tatars
0.21%
Germans
0.16%
Azerbaijanis
0.08%
Native languages in Dniprorudne
Languages percent
Russian
53.5%
Ukrainian
45.9%
Armenian
0.2%
Belarusian
0.1%
others
0.2%


Transport

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The city has an inland port.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Fedorov, Ivan (14 March 2023). "Mykola Pastushenko, a traitor to Ukraine and at the same time a "colleague" of the Gauleiter of the Zaporizhia region Yevgeny Balytskyi, will go behind bars for 10 years". Telegram. Retrieved 16 March 2023. Instead of a legitimate mayor, the occupiers installed Mykola Pastushenko as a puppet of the Kremlin.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Днепрорудное // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.
  4. ^ a b Днепрорудное // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.399
  5. ^ War in Ukraine: Russian forces accused of abducting second mayor, BBC News (13 March 2022)
  6. ^ Olga Okhrimenko (2022-03-13). "Окупанти викрали мера міста Дніпрорудного". Fakty i Kommentarii (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  7. ^ "На Запоріжжі мер із містянами зупинили російський танк (відео)". 27 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Ukrainian Mayor Tortured to Death in Russian Captivity". UNITED24 Media. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  10. ^ "Національний склад міст".
  11. ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".