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Encyclopedia > Zaporizhzhia

Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, Zaporizhzhia; Russian: Запорожье, Zaporozh'ye) is a city in south-eastern Ukraine, the capital of Zaporizhia Oblast. It lies on the banks of the Dnieper river. It was originally named Alexandrovsk, after the commander of the first Russian Army, Prince Alexander Golitsyn. Sydney, Australia at Night. ... Zaporizhia Oblast (Запорізька область, Zaporizka oblast’ or Запоріжщина, Zaporizhchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. ... The Dnieper River (also: Dnepr, Dniapro, or Dnipro) is a river (2,290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus and then Ukraine. ...


Zaporizhia has 900,000 inhabitants (2004).


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

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 (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ) is the main automobile-manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhya. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ...

History

The Khortytsia Island in the middle of modern Zaporizhia 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. Zaporizhian Sich or Zaporozhian Sech (Ukrainian: Запорозька Січ, 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 an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey. ... It has been suggested that The republican form of government be merged into this article or section. ...



 
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Zaporizhzhia (region) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (395 words)
Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, Zaporizhzhia; Polish: Zaporoże or Dzikie Pola (Wild Fields or Savage Steppe), Russian: Запоро́жье, Zaporozhye) is a historical region of Ukraine.
It is situated about the Dnieper River, below the Dnieper rapids (porohy, poroża), hence the name, translated as "territory beyond the rapids".
Zaporizhzhia was the name of the territory of the Cossack state, the Zaporozhian Host, whose fortified capital was the Zaporizhian Sich.
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