Apostolove (, ; ) is a city in Kryvyi Rih Raion,

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. It hosts the administration of Apostolove urban hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population: In 2001, the population was 16,439. Until the

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was abolished on 18 July 2020, Apostolove was the administrative center of Apostolove Raion. After that date the town became part of Kryvyi Rih Raion.

Names

* until 1824 Voshyve (after the local stream) * 1824—1933 Pokrovske (after the temple of the

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(Pokrova)) * 1933—1936 Apostolove (after the local train station) * 1936—1938 Kosiorove (after Stanislav Kosior) * 1938—1939 Yezhovsk (after

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)

Demographics

Ethnic composition of the town as of 2001:

Gallery

File:Привокзальна площа. Апостолове.JPG, Apostolove railway station File:Апостолівська міськрада.JPG, Apostolove city hall File:Центральний парк. Апостолове.JPG, City park File:Апостолово - Стела при въезде в город.jpg, Stela at the entrance to the city File:Меморіал у Центральному парку. Апостолове.JPG, War Memorial in Central Park File:Районний спортивно-технічний клуб. Апостолово.JPG, District sports and technical club File:Центральний парк. Апостолове.JPG, Entrance to the Central Park File:Апостолівський історико-краєзнавчий музей.JPG, Historical and local history museum File:Австостанція. Апостолове.JPG, Bus station

References

External links

The murder of the Jews of Apostolove
during

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, at

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website. {{Authority control Cities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire Khersonsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Ukraine