Sobornyi District () is an
urban district of the city of
Dnipro
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, in southern
Ukraine
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. It is located in the city's center on the right-bank of the
Dnieper River
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.
History
According to archeological finds, in the
Paleolithic
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period (7—3 thousand ''
Anno Domini
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'') human settlements appear on
Monastyrskyi Island; which is located in Sobornyi District.
Traces of
Cimmerian
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settlements during the
Bronze Age
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have been found near today's Sobornyi District's .
The current district Sobornyi District was created on 16 March 1936 out of the
Kirovskyi and
Fabrychno-Chechelivskyi districts.
[ In 1973, a portion of its territory was annexed to the newly created Babushkinskyi District. Before 26 November 2015 the district was named ''Zhovtnevyi'' (); on that day the district was renamed to comply with decommunization laws.]
Neighborhoods
* Nahirny
* Laherny
* Vuzivsky
* Mandrykivka
* Lotskamianka
* Peremoha
* Sokil
Gallery
File:Dnipropetrovsk view.jpg, View of a part of Sobornyi District
File:Pobeda (Peremoha).jpg, Peremoha microdistrict is a part of Sobornyi District
File:Embankment Dnipropetrovsk.jpg, Sicheslav Embankment in Sobornyi district, Dnipro
File:Komsomolsky Island, Dnipropetrovsk.jpg, Monastyrskyi Island with a church and steep cliffs
File:Вид на "Нагірну" частину міста з лівого берегу.jpg, Panorama view of neighbourhood
File:Просп. Гагарина, дом 99. - panoramio.jpg, Khrushchyovkas on
References
External links
*
Urban districts of Dnipro
States and territories established in 1936
1936 establishments in Ukraine
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