Verkhnodniprovsk Верхньодніпровськ
Verkhnodniprovsk Location of Verkhnodniprovsk
Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E / 48.65611°N 34.32833°E / 48.65611; 34.32833Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E / 48.65611°N 34.32833°E / 48.65611; 34.32833
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine  Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Verkhnodniprovsk Raion
Founded	1779
City rights	June 5, 1806
Government
• Mayor	Gennadiy Mykolayovych Lebid'
Population (2001)
• Total	16,976
Postal code	51600
Area code(s)	+380 5658
Licence plate	АЕ
Website	http://www.vdn.dp.ua/

Verkhnodniprovsk (Ukrainian: Верхньодніпровськ; Russian: Верхнеднепровск) is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 16,976 (2001). Serving as the administrative center of the Verkhnodniprovsk Raion (district). City is located at confluence of Samotkan river into Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir at Dnieper River.

Transport [edit]

City is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhnodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Dniprodzerzhynsk, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipropetrovsk.

Famous people [edit]

Verkhnodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.

External links [edit]

• "City history" (in Russian). 
• "Verkhnodniprovsk Raion economy" (in Ukrainian). 

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