Kamianka-Dniprovska ( uk, Ка́м'янка-Дніпро́вська, ; russian: Каменка-Днепровская) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Kamianka-Dniprovska Raion until that raion was absorbed into

Vasylivka Raion Vasylivka Raion ( uk, Василівський район) is one of the five raions ( districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Vasylivka Vasylivka ( uk, Васи́лів� ...

in 2020. Population: It is located on the south bank of a west-flowing part of the Dnieper River. On the north bank is the town of Nikopol, Ukraine. About 15km east is the power plant at Enerhodar. The river is now part of the Kakhovka Reservoir. 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