Novomoskovsk
Новомосковськ
City
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Flag of Novomoskovsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Novomoskovsk
Coat of arms
Novomoskovsk is located in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Novomoskovsk
Novomoskovsk
Location of Novomoskovsk
Novomoskovsk is located in Ukraine
Novomoskovsk
Novomoskovsk
Novomoskovsk (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°38′N 35°13′E / 48.633°N 35.217°E / 48.633; 35.217
Country Ukraine
Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Raion Novomoskovsk Raion
Founded1672
City status1784
Area
 • Total36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation
62 m (203 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total69,855
 • Density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Postal code
51200-51214
Area code+380-5693

Novomoskovsk is a city and municipality in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Novomoskovsk Raion within the oblast. Novomoskovsk is located predominantly on the right bank of the Samara River, a left tributary of the Dnieper River. The city is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the administrative center of the oblast, Dnipro. As of January 2022, Novomoskovsk's population was approximately 69,855.[1]

History

The city has existed from the end of the 17th century.[2] It was then known as Samara.[2][3] In 18th century documents the city is also named Samarchyk, Novoselitsa or Palanka.[2] The town was the administrative center of the Samara Palanka (province) of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.[2] The Cossacks abandoned the town in 1688 when Russia built the Bogoroditsky Fortress in the city.[2]

In 1777 a town named Yekaterinoslav (the glory of Catherine (Russian empress Catherine II)),[4] was built on the location. The site was badly chosen – spring waters transformed the city into a bog.[5][6] The surviving settlement was in 1794 renamed Novomoskovsk.[2][7][8] The city name Yekaterinoslav was given to current Dnipro.[6]

The city is famous for the Holy-Trinity Cathedral, built in 1778 by Yakym Pohrybniak from wood without any nails. A novel dedicated to the cathedral by Ukrainian writer Oles Honchar became a classic of 20th-century Ukrainian literature.

In 1917 the Ukrainian People's Republic tried to rename Novomoskovsk to Samara.[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Novomoskovsk was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Novomoskovsk Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven, the city of Novomoskovsk was merged into Novomoskovsk Raion.[9][10]

As part of the derussification campaign following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Novomoskovsk is also set to change its name in the near future.[2][11] On 3 November 2023 voting online and in person started for the new name of the city.[12] The local residents options were: Novosamarsk, Novoselytsia and Samar.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Far from Moscow. How to rename the city of Novomoskovsk in the Dnipropetrovsk region?". Radio Free Europe (in Ukrainian). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Mikhail Levchenko. Hanshchyna (Ганьщина Україна). Opyt russko-ukrainskago slovari︠a︡. Tip. Gubernskago upravlenii︠a︡, 1874.
  4. ↑ Cybriwsky, Roman (2018). Along Ukraine's River: A Social and Environmental History of the Dnipro. Central European University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9789633862049.
  5. ↑ "www.eugene.com.ua Dnepropetrovsk History". Eugene.com.ua. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 Establishment and development of the Dnipropetrovsk city (Виникнення і розвиток міста Дніпропетровськ). The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR.
  7. ↑ (in Ukrainian) New Kodak, Museum Of Dnipro City History (26 March 2022)
  8. ↑ S. S. Montefiore: Prince of Princes – The Life of Potemkin
  9. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  10. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
  11. ↑ Sofia Skoryk (29 July 2023). "Renaming Novomoskovsk: how it will happen and what names are proposed". Informator (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Novomoskovsk is voting for a new city name - there are three options". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 3 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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