Verkhnodniprovsk is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. Its administrative center is Dnipropetrovsk....

 (province

Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...

) of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Population is 16,976 (2001). Serving as the administrative center of the Verkhnodniprovskyi Raion

Verkhnodniprovskyi Raion

Verkhnodniprovskyi Raion is a raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Verkhnodniprovsk....

 (district

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

). City is located at confluence

Confluence (geography)

In geography, a confluence is the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where two streams flow together, merging into a single stream...

 of Samotkan river into Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir

Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir

The Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir is a water reservoir located on the lower part of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Dniprodzerzhynsk, it covers a total area of 567 square kilometres within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It was formed in 1963-1965...

 at Dnieper River

Dnieper River

The Dnieper River is one of the major rivers of Europe that flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea.The total length is and has a drainage basin of .The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations...

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Transport

City is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhnodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (15.5 mi) north-west from Dniprodzerzhynsk

Dniprodzerzhynsk

Dniprodzerzhynsk is an industrial city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine, and a port on the Dnieper River.-History:The first written evidence of settlement in the territory of Dniprodzerzhynsk appeared in 1750. At that time the villages of Romankovo and Kamianske, which make the modern city,...

, 73 km (45.4 mi) north-west from Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...

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Famous people

Verkhnodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky

Volodymyr Shcherbytsky

Volodymyr Vasylyovych Shcherbytsky was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician. He was a leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989....

(1918–90).