city
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in
Nikopol Raion
Nikopol Raion () is a raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Nikopol, Ukraine, Nikopol. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the nu ...
,
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in simultaneously southern, eastern and central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. It was created on February 27, 1932. Dnipropetro ...
,
Ukraine
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. The city used to be located on the right bank of the
Kakhovka Reservoir
The Kakhovka Reservoir () was a water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It was created in 1956 by construction of the Kakhovka Dam at Nova Kakhovka. It was one of several reservoirs in the Dnieper reservoir cascade.
The dam was breac ...
before the Reservoir’s destruction during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the
Dnieper River
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where the river meets one of its tributaries, the Tomakivka. Marhanets hosts the administration of
Marhanets urban hromada
Marhanets ( , ) is a city in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city used to be located on the right bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir before the Reservoir’s destruction during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Dnieper River w ...
, one of the
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s of Ukraine. Its population is approximately
It was established in 1938 in place of the village of Horodyshche, a manganese
mining town
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which was called Komintern from 1926 to 1938.
History
It is considered that next to the modern city was located the Cossack Fort "Tomakivka Sich" in the 16th century that was destroyed by Tatars soon after the Kosiński Uprising.
During
World War II
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, Marhanets was under
German
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occupation from 17 August 1941 until 5 February 1944. It was administered as a part of
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
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. The Germans operated a
forced labour
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camp in the town.
On October 12, 2010, at least 43 people died in the Marhanets train accident.
Until 18 July 2020, Marhanets was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Marhanets Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Marhanets Municipality was merged into Nikopol Raion.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On April 23, 2025, a Russian drone strike targeted a bus transporting workers in the city. The attack killed nine people and injured 49 others, according to regional governor