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Dnepropetrovsk

British  
/ dnɪprəpɪˈtrɔfsk /

noun

  1. Former name (1787–1796, 1802–1926): Yekaterinoslav.  a city in E central Ukraine on the Dnieper River: a major centre of the metallurgical industry. Pop: 1 036 000 (2005 est)

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Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet ruler from 1964 to 1982, was born in what is now Dnepropetrovsk.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2014

Ekotechnik Praha s.r.o. of the Czech Republic plans two 42- megawatt solar parks near Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk this year.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 22, 2012

Tatyana Rychkova, a former baker from Dnepropetrovsk, is running supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets to the Ukrainian military.

From Washington Post

In those down-on-the-farm days, Khrushchev opposed building a rocket-research center near Dnepropetrovsk.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two hundred and sixty miles from there to the Dnepropetrovsk was a little more difficult, but not terribly so.

From The Foreign Hand Tie by Garrett, Randall

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