Kamianske

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
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Eik-name(s):  Dniprodym
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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

St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Kirk in Kamianske in the late 19t century.

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

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Ukraine

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Kamjans'ke is twinned wi:

• Kielce, Poland
• Babruysk, Belaroushie
• Khimki, Roushie
• Temirtau, Kazakhstan
• Alchevsk, Ukraine

Gallery

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  Orthodox Kirk o Saunt Nicholas
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  Roman Catholic Kirk o Saunt Nicholas
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  Theatre
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  Museum
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  Metalurh Stadium
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  Monument Prometheus
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  Monument Taras Shevchenko
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  Train station
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  Tram in Kamjans'ke
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  The brig athort the Dnieper
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  Hydroelectric pouer plant
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