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Dnepropetrovsk

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/ 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

Her childhood will shortly be folklore: her father disappeared from Dnepropetrovsk when she was two; her mother died at 36 of cancer when Oksana was 13, leaving the child without blood relations to turn to.

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