The Tsentralnyi District () is an

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of the city of

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, in southern

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. It is located in the city's center and on the right-bank of the

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History

The district was created in 1932 as the Tsentralnyi Nahornyi District. on 2 December 1934, after the death of

Sergei Kirov Sergei Mironovich Kirov (born Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolsheviks, Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and a member of the Bolshevik faction ...

, it was renamed as the Kirovskyi District. In 1936 the eastern part of district became the Zhovtnevyi District. In 1973 more territories of the Kirovskyi District were passed to the newly formed Babushkinskyi District. The district gained its current name, Tsentralnyi District, on 27 November 2015 when it was renamed as part of Ukraine's decommunization campaign.

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Gallery

File:Hloba Entrance.jpg, Lazar Hloba Park in Tsentralnyi District File:Hloby Park.jpg, Modern buildings in central part of Dnipro File:Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Dnipropetrovsk.jpg, National academic Theatre of opera and ballet File:Площа з висоти пташиного польоту.jpg, Dnipro railway station and surrounding buildings File:Stalinist Architecture Dnipropetrovsk.jpg,

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on the

References

External links

Tsentralnyi Raion
at the Dnipro City Council website Urban districts of Dnipro States and territories established in 1932 1932 establishments in Ukraine {{Dnipropetrovsk-geo-stub