Dnipriany
Dnipriany
Дніпряни | |
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  Dnipriany Location in Kherson Oblast  Dnipriany Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 46°44′54″N 33°15′59″E / 46.74833°N 33.26639°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kherson Oblast |
| Raion |  Kakhovka Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total |  3,930 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dnipriany (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru), known as Brytany (Template:Lang-uk) before 1946, is an urban-type settlement in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Dnieper, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) downstream of the city of Nova Kakhovka. Dnipriany belongs to Nova Kakhovka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] It has a population of 3,930 (2022 estimate).[2]
History
Dnipriany was founded in 1791 under the name Brytany on the lands of a military officer by fugitive serfs from other parts of the Russian Empire, such as Poltava Governorate, Kursk Governorate, and Oryol Governorate, among others. By 1822, 335 people lived in Brytany, which had an economy based around agriculture. By 1880, there were agricultural processing plants in the village.[3] In 1886, it was located in Kakhovka Volost, Dneprovsky Uyezd, Taurida Governorate.
During World War II, Brytany was occupied by Nazi Germany between September 8, 1941 November 1, 1943. In 1946, after the end of the war, Brytany was renamed to Dnipriany. In 1956, it received urban-type settlement status.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Dnipriany belonged to Nova Kakhovka Municipality. The municipality as an administrative unit was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Nova Kakhovka Municipality was merged into Kakhovka Raion.[4][5]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022, Dnipriany was captured and occupied by Russian forces. In June 2023, the Kakhovka Dam was blown up, flooding vast areas in Kherson Oblast, including Dnipriany. Footage showed that Dnipriany was either completely or almost completely underwater on 6 June 2023.[6][7]
Economy
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Dnipriany is home to the Dnipriany River Port.
Transportation
The closest railway station, Elektromash, is located in Nova Kakhovka. It is on the railway connecting Mykolaiv via Snihurivka and Nova Kakhovka with Melitopol. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
The settlement has road access to Nova Kakhovka and further to Highway M14 connecting Kherson with Melitopol.
References
- ^ "Новокаховская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Морлок, В. П. (2008-02-01). "Дніпряни". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 8. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Satellite images show massive flooding of Ukraine's south". 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ Hird, Karolina; Bailey, Riley; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Wolkov, Nicole; Barros, George; Kagan, Fredrick W. (6 June 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 6, 2023". Retrieved 26 June 2023.
