Kamianske Explained

Official Name:Kamianske
Native Name:Кам'янське
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:City
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Kamianske Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Kamianske urban hromada
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1750
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Andriy Bilousov
Area Total Km2:138
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:226845
Population Metro:238832
Population Density Km2:auto
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Kamianske
Elevation M:120
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:51900
Area Code:+380-5692
Website:http://kam.gov.ua/

Kamianske (Ukrainian: Кам'янське, in Ukrainian pronounced as /kɐmjɐnʲˈsʲkɛ/), previously known as Dniprodzerzhynsk from 1936 to 2016, is an industrial city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, and a port on the Dnieper River. It serves as the administrative center of Kamianske Raion. Kamianske hosts the administration of Kamianske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population:

On 19 May 2016, it was renamed back to its historical name of Kamianske.[2] Along with the city's name change, the city's hydroelectric station was renamed to Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Besides the hydroelectric station, the city houses a few other industrial enterprises: Prydniprovsky Chemical Plant (closed in 1991), Bahley Coke Factory and Dnieper Metallurgical Combine.

History

The first written evidence of settlement in the territory of Kamianske appeared in 1750. At that time the villages of Romankove and Kamianske, which make up the modern city, formed a part of the Nova ("New") Sich of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The city was known as Kamianske (Ukrainian: Кам'янське; Russian: link=no|Каменское|Kamenskoye,) until 1936,[3] when it was renamed to Dniprodzerzhynsk – the name honored the Dnieper River and the Bolshevik leader Felix Dzerzhynsky (1877–1926), the founder of the Soviet secret police, the Cheka.

On 11 August 1979, two Aeroflot passenger jets, collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.

On 15 May 2015, the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, signed a bill into law that started a six-month period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with names related to communism.[4] The following year, on 19 May 2016, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Dniprodzerzhynsk, which reverted to using its historic name Kamianske.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Kamianske was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Kamianske Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Kamianske Municipality was merged into newly established Kamianske Raion.[6] [7]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 8 April 2022, almost 12,000 people from the surrounding areas were temporarily evacuated to the city due to active hostilities.[8] By 1 September, the number had increased to 35,000 people.[9]

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[10]

LanguagePercentage
Ukrainian64.85%
Russian34.47%
other/undecided0.68%

Geography

While mostly located on right bank of Dnieper, Kamianske stretches over the hydroelectric station onto the left bank where the portion of city is known as "Livyi bereh" neighborhood (literally Left bank). The neighborhood arches to the west of the Kamianske's suburb of Kurylivka.

To the east Kamianske municipality borders Dnipro city creating an urban sprawl.

Kamianske is a city with a very difficult environmental conditions. The city is on the top 10 of the most air-polluted cities of Ukraine.[11] There have been suggestions to assign the status of the ecological disaster city. Right-bank part of the city is mostly polluted, where the metallurgical, chemical industrial enterprises are located.

In 2008, an interdepartmental commission for solving environmental problems was created.[12]

Climate

The climate is moderately continental, dry.[13] The amount of precipitation per year is about 400 mm. The average daily temperature is -6°C in January, + 21°C in July.[14]

Administrative divisions

Kamianske is divided into three urban districts.

Economy

The economic base of Kamianske is almost exclusively centered on heavy industry, with ferrous metallurgy being the backbone of the local economy. Around 57% of the total industrial production is metallurgy and metal working. The chemical industry comes second with a 17% share of the total industrial output.[17] While the exceedingly industrialized nature of the local economy ensures a rather high employment rate (as of 1 November 2007, official unemployment stood at 1.40%),[18] it also contributes to excessive pollution and radiation levels in the city.[19]

Culture

Several Eastern Orthodox churches, the largest being the Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, which dates from 1894,[20] serve the faithful of the city. By 2018, there were 22 parishes of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kamianske.[21]

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas[22] built by the city's Polish community at the end of the nineteenth century, has become one of the centers of Roman Catholicism in Eastern Ukraine. The Catholic Parish of Saint Nicholas also includes a monastery run by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.[22]

The city has an active Jewish community with a large synagogue and a charity center.[23]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kamianske is twinned with:

Notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Каменская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru . 7 May 2021 . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507175443/https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/kamjanska/ . live .
  2. Web site: Dniprodzerzhynsk renamed Kamianske . www.unian.info . 30 December 2018 . 29 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161229134453/http://www.unian.info/politics/1349753-dniprodzerzhynsk-renamed-kamianske.html . live .
  3. Dniprodzerzhinsk and several more cities got new names. Ukrayinska Pravda. 19 May 2016
  4. Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization . Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
    Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
    Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
  5. News: http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1572273-rada-pereymenuvala-dniprodzerzhinsk-na-kamyanske-dopovneno . uk:Рада перейменувала Дніпродзержинськ на Кам'янське . 19 May 2016 . Українські Національні Новини . uk . 19 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160519213554/http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1572273-rada-pereymenuvala-dniprodzerzhinsk-na-kamyanske-dopovneno . 19 May 2016 .
  6. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. . 3 October 2020 . 18 July 2020 . Голос України . uk . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709121303/http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 . live .
  7. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . 17 July 2020 . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian . 7 May 2021 . 25 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220225102502/https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ . live .
  8. News: До Кам'янського району прибули понад 12 000 переселенців . 4 September 2023 . mis.dp.ua . uk . 14 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240814014643/https://mis.dp.ua/news-ua/do-kamyanskogo-rajonu-prybuly-ponad-12-000-pereselencziv . live .
  9. News: Майже 35 тисяч переселенців оселилися у Кам'янському районі . 4 September 2023 . sobitie.com.ua . uk . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905031742/https://sobitie.com.ua/novini/mayzhe-35-tysyach-pereselentsiv-oselylysya-u-kamyanskomu-rayoni-259233/ . live .
  10. Web site: Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України . 18 September 2023 . 7 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054318/https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ . live .
  11. Web site: Найбрудніші міста України . 10 March 2019 . 28 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140928184501/http://life.pravda.com.ua/technology/2010/06/10/50439/ . live .
  12. Web site: Розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України від 11.08.2010 . 10 March 2019 . 14 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240814014753/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1628-2010-%F0#Text . live .
  13. Чугай Н. С. Климат и климатические ресурсы Днепропетровщины. — Днепропетровск: Изд-во Днепропетровского отделения географического общества, 1973. — с.11-18.
  14. Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3х т.- К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» ім. М. П. Бажана,1989. — Т.1: А-Ж. — с.335
  15. Web site: 8 June 2021 . Information about the city . Kamianske City Council . 30 December 2023 . 29 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231229035215/https://kam.gov.ua/informatsiya_pro_misto . live .
  16. Web site: Веб-камери Південний район . 29 December 2023 . Андрій Бiлоусов . uk . 29 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231229035218/https://bilousov.dp.ua/cams-pivdennyi . live .
  17. Web site: General Characteristics . Dniprodzerzhynsk City Council home page . uk . 20 January 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915085915/http://www.miskrada.dp.ua/?pid=28 . 15 September 2008 .
  18. Web site: Statistics . Dniprodzerzhynsk City Council home page . uk . 20 January 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915085832/http://www.miskrada.dp.ua/?pid=17 . 15 September 2008 .
  19. [The characteristics of the air pollution of an industrial region] . Likarska Sprava . May–Jun 1996 . 9377406 . 5–6 . 74–8 . Belitskaia . EN .
  20. Web site: Каменская епархия УПЦ Официальный сайт - Свято-Николаевский Кафедральный собор УПЦ, г. Каменское . www.eparhia.net . 30 December 2018 . 15 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190115051548/http://www.eparhia.net/index/0-55 . live .
  21. Web site: Каменская епархия УПЦ Официальный сайт - Днепродзержинский благочинный округ . www.eparhia.net . 30 December 2018 . 15 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190115051802/http://www.eparhia.net/index/0-21 . live .
  22. Web site: Roman Catholic Parish in Kamianske . 4 December 2018 . 5 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003244/http://www.snicola.net/parafiya/istoriya-parafi%d1%97/ . live .
  23. Web site: 770.com.ua - Днепродзержинская еврейская община . 770.com.ua - Еврейская община Каменского . 30 December 2018 . 30 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230130509/http://770.com.ua/ . live .
  24. Web site: Kamianske . encyclopediaofukraine.com . 4 May 2022 . 10 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231010173201/https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CA%5CKamianske.htm . live .

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