Kamianka-Dniprovska ( uk, Ка́м'янка-Дніпро́вська, ; russian: Каменка-Днепровская) is a city in

Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast ( uk, Запорі́зька о́бласть, translit=Zaporizka oblast), also referred to as Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запорі́жжя, links=no), is an oblast (province) of southeast Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhzhia. The ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. It served as the administrative center of

Kamianka-Dniprovska Raion Kamianka-Dniprovska Raion ( uk, Кам'янсько-Дніпровський район) was one of raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast ( uk, Запорі́зька о́бласть, translit=Zaporizka oblast), also ...

until that raion was absorbed into Vasylivka Raion in 2020. Population: It is located on the south bank of a west-flowing part of the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine an ...

. On the north bank is the town of

Nikopol, Ukraine Nikopol ( uk, Ні́кополь ; from grc, Νικόπολις, lit=City of Victory) is a city and municipality (hromada) in Nikopol District in the south of Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnipro River, about 63 km south-east of Kry ...

. About 15km east is the power plant at

Enerhodar Enerhodar (; uk, Енергода́р, translit=Enerhodár, , ; russian: Энергодар, translit=Energodar, literally 'energy giver') is a city and municipality in the north-western part of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine, currently unde ...

. The river is now part of the

Kakhovka Reservoir The Kakhovka Reservoir (, ''Kakhovs′ke vodoskhovyshche'') is a water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It was created in 1956, when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built. It is one of several reservoirs in the Dnieper reserv ...

. The landscape of the area is flat and steppe-like.

History

In 1701 Russia built a fort here called Kammeny Zaton ("Stoney Backwater"). It interacted with the Cossack settlements on the north side of the river. City since 1957.Каменка-Днепровская // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 11. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.Каменка-Днепровская // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.532 In 1972 the population was 16 900 people. In January 1989 the population was 17 906 people. In January 2013 the population was 13 495 people. The city is home to the Kamianka-Dniprovska District Historical and Archeological Museum. An archeological site near Kamianka-Dniprovska gives evidence suggesting that the city was once the capital of the ancient Scythian Kingdom.

Gallery

File:Kam'yanka Dniprovs'ka Budynok Bazovkina 01 Yozhikova 110 (YDS 8755).JPG, Historic residence in Kamianka-Dniprovska File:Kam'yanka Dniprovs'ka Aleya Geroyiv-Zemlyakiv 03 (YDS 8794).JPG, Alley of Fallen Heroes File:Kam'yanka Dniprovs'ka Usacheva 88 Biblioteka 01 (YDS 8766).JPG, City library

References

Cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast Taurida Governorate Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine Populated places of Kakhovka Reservoir 1957 establishments in the Soviet Union {{Zaporizhia-geo-stub