Travel information about Dnipropetrovsk

Dnepropetrovsk - the original name of LOTS (1776-1797 gg., 1802-1926 gg.) In 1797-1802 years. - Novorossiysk modern name consists of the name of the river, on which the city and the name of the Soviet party and state leader. Situated on the steep banks of the Dnieper River in the confluence of the largest left tributary - p. Samara.
Dnepropetrovsk - the regional center of Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. The fourth most populous city in Ukraine after Kiev, Kharkov and Odessa.

Population: On November 1, 2011 resident population of Dnepropetrovsk was 1,002,492 people

History: LOTS (name Dnepropetrovsk to 1929. In honor of Catherine II) refers to the city that occurred during the colonization of the Russian Empire of the South Ukrainian lands.
Dnipropetrovsk was founded in 1777 by G. Potemkin. the confluence of the Samara and Kilcheni (around present Loc) as the provincial capital. Formally, the city was founded in 1787. Catherine II and Austrian Emperor Joseph II.
After the death of Catherine II in 1797. her son Paul I renamed LOTS to Novorossiysk. But in 1802, the city was returned to the original name and it became the center of the largest Ekaterinoslav province.
In 1926 LOTS renamed Dnipropetrovsk - in honor of the Soviet party leader Petrovsky (1878-1958 gg.)

Administrative-territorial division of the Dnipropetrovsk city consists of 8 districts
Districts
Amur Nizhnedneprovskiy (IDA)
Babushkinskiy
Zhovtnevyi
Industrial
Kirov
Red Guard
Leninist
Samara

Transport: intracity transportation is represented trolleybus and tram lines, and extensive network of taxis.
From December 29, 1995, to Dnipropetrovsk subway when she was commissioned Phase 1 of 6 stations: Kommunarovskaya, Liberty Avenue, factory, metallurgy, Metrostroitelei, Vokzalnaya. Currently under construction on the 1 subway line from the main station to the city center are two stations: Theatre and Central.
Also located in Dnepropetrovsk, two passenger railway station (Central and South), the international airport, river and bus stations (central bus station and the bus station The new center).

Attractions:
Monastic Island
The longest promenade in Europe. Along the right bank of the Dnieper, length - more than 23 km.
Scythian women
Golden Rose Synagogue
Bryansk Nicholas Church
Nicholas Church
Transfiguration Cathedral
Palace Potyomkin
Our Lady fortress
Diorama of Battle of the Dnieper
Light and music fountain at the Opera and Ballet Theatre
Swan Fountain at the New Bridge
Children's Railway in the Park. Globa
Dnepropetrovsk State Circus