Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine

Dnepropetrovsk is the city with the population over million people, the third city in Ukraine after Kiev and Kharkov according to the population size. It is one of the most beautiful cities in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the 20th century and till nowadays Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine is the important center of the metallurgy industry and machine building, aerospace industry and rocket production.

In this industrial city are combined the old buildings and the new tall houses. One of the oldest but rebuilt buildings is Potemkinsk Palace 1790 and three old fortresses of the 17th century: Kodakskaia, Novobogorodizkaia and New Kaidaky. In the times of Russian Empire in 1786 according to the building plan of Ekaterina the Second there was founded Transfiguration Cathedral, which should have exceeded the dimensions of the roman cathedral of Peter and Paul – more than 150 m in length and 139 m in height. And nowadays there is built the largest synagogue with the museum of Holocaust in the world.

The city is famed also for its skyscrapers. For that moment in Dnepropetrovsk city is built the complex “Brama” with altitude more than 200 m (about 50 stores). The length of the longest apartment in the city is 830 m. To get from one end of the house to another the dwellers need to pass two trolleybus stations.

In the city along the right riverside of the Dnepr there is spread the longest embankment in Europe. Its length is over 23 km. On the embankment in 2005 there was set the fountain-swan. Its singularity is that it can change working modes, wave with the wings and turn round. With the full power the altitude of its central stream can reach 50 m! There are 5 bridges over the Dnepr in Dnepropetrovsk city. The longest one is Kaidakskiy (1732 m).

In spite of the grand buildings in Dnipropetrovsk, its subway is one of the shortest subways in the world: 6 stations, the length of the line is 7,8 km.

The number of tourists is attracted by the Monastic Island – the historically legendary place of Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine. Among the historical sights the separate attention belongs to the Scythian women – here is the largest collection of them in Ukraine.

Many famous historical and contemporary persons had lived in the city of Dnepropetrovsk in different times. Alexander Pushkin, the world known Russian poet, was here in exile. And in 1978 in the kindergarten № 27 was brought up the famous American actress Mila Iovovitsch.

Dnepropetrovsk Travel Guide will help you to explore this wonderful city.

Dnepropetrovsk Photos

Sightseeing of Dnepropetrovsk
Dnepropetrovsk at night
Churches of Dnepropetrovsk
Sunset in Dnepropetrovsk