Kamianske
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Kamianske (Ukrainian: Кам'янське) is an industrial ceety in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast o Ukraine, an a port on the Dnieper River.
Kamianske Кам'янське | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
 Prometheus in Kamjanske | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): Dniprodym | |
 Kamianske Location o Kamjanske  Kamianske Kamianske (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′00″N 34°37′00″E | |
| Kintra | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipro |
| Foondit | 1750 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Stanislav Safronov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 248,575 |
| • Density | 1831/km2 (4,740/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 51900 |
| Area code(s) | +380-5692 |
| Website | http://www.dndz.gov.ua/ |
History
The first written evidence o dounset in the territory o Kamianske appeared in 1750. At that time, the veelages o Romankovo an Kamianske, that mak the modren ceety, wis pairt o the Nova (New) Sich o the Zaporizhian cossacks. The ceety wis kent as Kamianske, Stany Place Ukrainian: Кам'янське) till 1936 whan it wis renamit.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev wis born an raised in Kamianske.
On 2 Julie 1996 a notorious traffeck accident happened in Kamianske. An owercroudit tram that wis muivin alang a brent brae on Get'mana Doroshenka began tae scly swith doun the brae (acause o a brake failyie), hinderly derailin an rinnin intae a schuil.[2] A tot o some 30 fowk dee'd an mair nor a 100 wis skaithed as a result o that accident. Follaein a govrenment inquiry intae the causes o the accident the then mayor, Sergiy Shershnev, an his deputy, Ihor Laktionov, resigned.[2][3]
Economy
The economic base o Kamianske is naur alanerly centred on hivy industry, wi ferrous metallurgie bein the rigbane o the local economy. Aroond 57% o the hale industrial production is metallurgie an metal wirkin. The chemical industry comes seicont wi ca. 17% share o the hale industrial ootput.[4] While the exceedingly industrialisit natur o the local economy ensurs a raither heich employment rate (as o 01.11.2007, offeecial unemployment stuid at 1,40%),[5] it contributes tae excessive pollution an radiation levels in the ceety an aw.[6]
Cultur
Several Eastren Orthodox kirks, the lairgest bein the Orthodox Kirk o Saunt Nicholas, that dates frae 1894,[7] serve the faithful o the ceety. Bi 2008, thare wur 14 pairishes o Ukrainian Orthodox Kirk in Kamjans'ke.
The Roman Catholic Kirk o Saunt Nicholas[8] biggit bi the ceety's Pols commonty at the end o the nineteent century, haes acome ane o the centres o Roman Catholicism in Eastren Ukraine. The Catholic Pairish o Saunt Nicholas includes a monastery run bi the Order o Friars Minor Capuchin an aw.[8]
The toun haes a active Jewish commonty wi a new synagogue an commonty centre.[9]
Internaitional relations
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Kamjans'ke is twinned wi:
Gallery
Orthodox Kirk o Saunt Nicholas
Roman Catholic Kirk o Saunt Nicholas
Theatre
Museum
Metalurh Stadium
Monument Prometheus
Monument Taras Shevchenko
Train station
Tram in Kamjans'ke
The brig athort the Dnieper
Hydroelectric pouer plant
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References
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