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Dnepropetrovsk is the capital of Dnepropetrovsk region, central Ukraine. It is situated on the Dneper River.
It is a major industrial center with a huge iron and steel industry based on iron ore from the nearby Kryviy Rih mines and coal from the Donetsk Basin.
The city also has plants producing heavy machinery, chemicals, rolling stock, and food products.
Dnepropetrovsk was founded in 1787 by Potemkin on the site of a Zaporozhian Cossack village, it was named Yekaterinoslav for Catherine II.
It was called Novorossiysk from 1791 to 1802 and Katerynoslav until 1926, when it was renamed to Dnepropetrovsk.
The population greatly increased after the completion (1932) of the Dneprohes dam and power station.
There is an art museum,a historical and a zoological museums in Dnepropetrovsk.
