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Coordinates: 47°50′0″N, 35°10′0″E Zaporizhzhia, Zaporozhzhia, Zaporozhye may refer to: The city of Zaporizhia, Ukraine, a center of Zaporizhia Oblast (province) Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant See also Zaporizhian Sich Zaporizhian Host Zaporozhets - car Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Zaporizhia
Запоріжжя
The dam of the DneproGES power plant as it's seen from Khortytsia.
Official coat of arms of Zaporizhia
Coat of arms
Location
Template:Map caption
Map of Ukraine with Zaporizhia highlighted.
Government
Country
Oblast
Raion
Ukraine
Zaporizhia Oblast
Zaporizhia City Municipality
Founded 1770
Mayor Yevgeny Kartashov
Geographical characteristics
Area
 - City

358 km²
Population
 - City (2003)
   - Density

806,5
  2,253/km²
http://www.meria.zp.ua/?page=city/m1_1
Coordinates 47°50′0″N, 35°10′0″E
Elevation 86 m
Other Information
Postal Code 69000-
Dialing Code +380 61
Sister cities Oberhausen, Linz
Website: www.meria.zp.ua

Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, translit. Zaporizhzhja, Russian: Запорожье, translit. Zaporozh'ie) is a city in south-central Ukraine, which rests on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zaporizkyi Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is directly subordinate to the oblast, and is located approximately 70 km from the city of Dnipropetrovsk. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x640, 170 KB) Summary The dam of the DneproGES power plant as its seen from Khortitsa. ... Khortytsya view from space. ... Image File history File links Sap-COA.PNG‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Zaporizhia ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1200x798, 79 KB) Description = Zaporizhia geographical position Source = own work, Skluesener Date = 15. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ... Zaporizhia Oblast (Запорізька область, Zaporizka oblast’ or Запоріжщина, Zaporizhchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. ... Battle of Chesma, by Ivan Aivazovsky. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Ukrainian postal codes consist of five digits. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ... Oberhausen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Map of Austria, locating Linz Linz is a city and Statutarstadt in northeast Austria, on the Danube river. ... Romanization or Latinization of Ukrainian denotes a system for representing the Ukrainian language in Latin letters. ... There exist many possible systems for transliterating the Cyrillic alphabet of the Russian language to English or the Latin alphabet. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... The Dnieper River (also: Dnepr, Dniapro, or Dnipro) is a river (2,290 km length) which flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, ending its flow in the Black Sea. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Zaporizhia Oblast (Запорізька область, Zaporizka oblast’ or Запоріжщина, Zaporizhchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ... Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is Ukraines third largest city with 1. ...


Zaporizhia was formerly referred to as Aleksandrovsk (Russian: Александровск), after the commander of the first Russian Army, Prince Alexander Golitsyn, but was renamed in 1921 to Zaporizhia (literally, "behind the cataracts", referring to the Dnieper cataracts near Khortytsia). It is currently the sixth largest city in the Ukraine and has a current estimated population of 900,000 (as of 2004). In russian, word army means armed forces in general. ... Peter I permitted the Galitzines to take an emblem of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as their coat of arms Galitzine, more correctly Golitsyn (Russian: Голицын), is one of the largest and noblest princely houses of Russia. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Khortytsya view from space. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Zaporizhia is an important industrial center of Ukraine, particularly a home for:

The city was very much an 'engineering city' during Soviet times, with all the consequences in terms of pollution that might be expected. The move to market economy since the independence of Ukraine has seen the demise of some of these concerns. This has improved the air quality. Although Zaporizhia is not regarded as a particularly attractive city, Dnieper River cruise ships make it one of their scheduled stops in order to visit Khortytsia Island. Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... DnieproGES dam, 1947 DnieproGES today, seen from Khortitsia island DnieproGES (Russian: , Ukrainian: ) is the first hydropower plant on the Dnieper river, located in Zaporizhzhia. ... ZAZ or Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ, Запорізький автомобілебудівельний завод) is the main automobile-manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhya. ... Car redirects here. ... Motor Sich is an airline based in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. ... An Airbus A380, currently the worlds largest airliner An aircraft is any vehicle or craft capable of atmospheric flight. ... An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ... Khortytsya view from space. ...

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History

Archaeological finds in the area suggest that the Scythian nomads were living here about 2 to 3 thousand years ago. In XV-XVII centuries this place was famous of cossac's fortress Zaporizka Sich. In 1770, Russian government established new fortress at the Dnieper River, named Aleksandrovsk. Until the beginning of the 20th century Aleksandrovsk was a small town. The city was named Aleksandrovsk until 1921 when the city's name was changed to Zaporizhia. During and after the World War II years, the city was the location of prisoner-of-war camps. Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by an Indo-Aryans known as the Scythians. ... Battle of Chesma, by Ivan Aivazovsky. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

View of Aleksandrovsk in the end of the 19th century.
View of Aleksandrovsk in the end of the 19th century.

The city's Khortytsia Island which faces modern Zaporizhia across the Dnieper River, was one of the historic locations for the Zaporizhian Sich - the main fortress capital of the Cossack state (the Zaporozhian Host) and the Cossack Hetmanate republic. Image File history File links Aleksandrovsk. ... Image File history File links Aleksandrovsk. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zaporizhian Sich or Zaporozhian Sech (Ukrainian: ,Zaporozka Sich) original Slavonic name Zaporizhska Sich was the center of the Cossacks of Zaporizhzhia. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey. ... In a broad definition, a republic is a state or country that is led by people whose political power is based on principles that are not beyond the control of the people of that state or country. ...


Economy and transport

Industry

After the end of the Russian Revolution, the city became an important industrial center. The presence of cheap labor and the proximity of deposits of coal, iron ore, and manganese created favorable conditions for large-scale enterprises of the iron and mechanical engineering industry. Today Zaporizhia is an important industrial centre of the region with heavy industry (particularly metallurgy), aluminium, and chemical industry. In the city cars, avia motors, radioelectronics are manufactured. The port of Zaporizhia is an important place of transshipment for goods from the Donbass. Zaporizhstal, Ukraine's fourth largest steel maker, ranks 54th in the world and is based in the city. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the system of autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal Provisional Government (Duma), resulting in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Ukraine | Ukrainian historical regions ... Zaporizhstal, is Ukraines fourth largest steel maker with an annual capacity of 4. ...

Power Plant named Lenin in Zaporizhia.

Image File history File links Україна_Дніпрогес_(Леніна)_Запоріжжя_(1). ... Image File history File links Україна_Дніпрогес_(Леніна)_Запоріжжя_(1). ... Lenin redirects here. ...

Electricity generation

Zaporizhia also has a big electricity generating complex fueled by industrial demand. The biggest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, as well as the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station are located near the city, in addition to fossil fuel power plants. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power plant not only in Ukraine but also in Europe. ... The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (or DnieproGES) is the largest hydroelectric power station in Ukraine and one of the largest in Europe. ...


Transport

Public transport is provided by buses, tramway, river transport, and railway. The city's sole airport operates both domestic and international flight. A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ...


Sister cities

Zaporizhia is currently twinned with: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

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Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Map of Austria, locating Linz Linz is a city and Statutarstadt in northeast Austria, on the Danube river. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Oberhausen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Belfort is a town and commune of northeastern France, préfecture (capital) of the Territoire de Belfort département in the Franche-Comté région. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Location within Finland Lahti (Lahtis in Swedish) is a Finnish city of 100,049 inhabitants (2006), bordering the Vesijärvi lake. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...

External links

  • meria.zp.ua - Zaporizhia City Administration website (Ukrainian)
  • ukrtelecom.ua - Ukrtelecom webcam in Zaporizhia (English)


Logo of Ukrtelekom Ukrtelecom (Ukrainian: ) is Ukraines monopolist government-owned telephone company, also active on other telecommunications markets like Internet service providing. ...

COA of Zaporizhia Oblast Administrative divisions of Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine Flag of Ukraine

Raions: Berdianskyi | Chernihivskyi | Huliaipilskyi | Kamyansko-Dniprovskyi | Kuibyshevskyi | Melitopolskyi | Mykhailivskyi | Novomykolaivskyi | Orikhivskyi | Polohivskyi | Pryazovskyi | Prymorskyi | Rozivskyi | Tokmatskyi | Vasylivskyi | Velykobilozerskyi | Veselivskyi | Vilnianskyi | Zaporizkyi Image File history File links Saporischja-oblast. ... Zaporizhia Oblast (Запорізька область, Zaporizka oblast’ or Запоріжщина, Zaporizhchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...

Cities: Berdiansk | Dniprorudne | Huliaipole | Enerhodar | Kamianka-Dniprovska | Melitopol | Molochansk | Orikhiv | Polohy | Prymorsk | Tokmak | Vasylivka | Vilniansk | Zaporizhia Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and two cities with special status (singular місто зі спеціальним статусом, misto zi spetsialnym statusom). ... Berdiansk (Ukrainian: , Berdians’k; Russian: , Berdyansk) is a port city in southeastern Ukraine within the Zaporizhia Oblast (province). ... Dniprorudne (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Huliaipole (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Enerhodar coat of arms Enerhodar (Ukrainian: ) is the city in north-west part of Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Kamianka-Dniprovska (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Melitopol (Ukrainian: , translit. ... Molochansk (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Orikhiv (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Polohy (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Prymorsk (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Tokmak (Ukrainian: ) is a city in the Zaporizhia Oblast (province) of south-central Ukraine. ... Vasylivka (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ... Vilniansk (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. ...

Urban-type settlements: Andriivka | Balabyne | Chernihivka | Kamiane | Komysh-Zoria | Kuibysheve | Kumyshuvakha | Kushhum | Kyrylivka | Malokaterynivka | Mukhailivka | Myrne | Novomykolaivka | Novovasulivka | Pryazovske | Pryshyb | Rozivka | Stepnohirsk | Teplychne | Ternuvate | Vesele | Yakymivka | Zaliznychne | more... Urban-type settlement (Russian: , posyolok gorodskogo tipa; Ukrainian: , selyshche miskoho typu; abbreviated as in Russian and as in Ukrainian) is an official designation for a certain type of urban settlements used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union. ... As of January 1, 2006 there are 886 urban-type settlements (Ukrainian: , translit. ...

Villages: Velyka Bilozerka | more... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...


Coat of arms of Ukraine Ukraine Flag of Ukraine
Administrative divisions of Ukraine:
Cherkasy Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast | Autonomous Republic of Crimea | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Donetsk Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast | Kherson Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Kiev City | Kiev Oblast | Kirovohrad Oblast | Luhansk Oblast | Lviv Oblast | Mykolaiv Oblast | Odessa Oblast | Poltava Oblast | Rivne Oblast | Sevastopol City | Sumy Oblast | Ternopil Oblast | Vinnytsia Oblast | Volyn Oblast | Zakarpattia Oblast | Zaporizhia Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast
Administrative centers of subdivision units:
Cherkasy | Chernihiv | Chernivtsi | Dnipropetrovsk | Donetsk | Ivano-Frankivsk | Kharkiv | Kherson | Khmelnytskyi | Kiev | Kirovohrad | Luhansk | Lutsk | Lviv | Mykolaiv | Odessa | Poltava | Rivne | Sevastopol | Simferopol | Sumy | Ternopil | Uzhhorod | Vinnytsia | Zaporizhia | Zhytomyr

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