Synelnykove (, ) is a city and

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. It is the largest city in the south-eastern part of the region. It serves as the administrative center of

Synelnykove Raion Synelnykove Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Synelnykove. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrai ...

within the oblast. It is named after the Russian governor Ivan Sinelnikov. Population:

History

It was created as a settlement in

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in the 19th century on a private territory that was given as a gift to the Russian governor Ivan Sinelnikov by the Russian Imperial government. August 1868 is considered to be the official date of establishment, Synelnykove was then nothing more than a train station. It was named in honor of the noble Synelnikov family, who owned these lands until the end of the

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. In 1896, the train station was connected to the

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railways and was officially opened on 15 November 1873. With the development of the railway Synelnykove became an important transport hub. Industry and trade began to develop in the city. In 1917, Synelnykove became a district center of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate. In 1932, it received the status of a city. During

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, since October 1941 until September 1943 it was occupied by German troops. Since 1979 and until 18 July 2020, Synelnykove was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Synelnykove Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven, the city of Synelnykove was merged into Synelnykove Raion. Due to the law "

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" (in April 2023 signed by

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) the city needs to be renamed. According to law this renaming has to take place before 27 January 2024. On 1 January 2024, five (new) name options were offered to a public discussions would last until 20 January 2024. On 20 March 2024, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the organization of state power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and urban planning decided to propose the name Ridnopillia. On 9 October 2024, the proposed name Ridnopillia did not get enough votes in the Verkhovna Rada.

Population

In January 1989, the population was 37 807 people According to the

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accounted for 84.5% of the population and Russians for 12.5%. Ukrainian was the native language for 78% of the population, and Russian for 20.2%. In January 2013, the population was 31 568 people. At the end of 2024, the population was 27,259 people.аналітичний звіт Синельникове
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Gallery

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References

External links

City portalThe murder of the Jews of Synelnykove
during

, at

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