Knowra Dnipro Dnipro Dnipro is a major city in central Ukraine on the Dnipro River. Formerly called Dnipropetrovsk, it is a major industrial, transport, and cultural center.
Cossack Hetmanate : A Cossack state that governed parts of present-day Ukraine from the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. Cossack settlements preceded the Russian imperial city in the surrounding region.
Dnipro River : A major river flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. The river gives the city its current name and shapes its setting.
Ukrainian space industry : Ukraine's aerospace sector, built around aircraft, launch vehicles, satellites, and related engineering. Dnipro's Yuzhmash plant made the city a center of rocket production.
Dmytro Yavornytsky National Historical Museum : A history museum in Dnipro founded in 1849 and named for historian Dmytro Yavornytsky. Its collections trace the city's regional and Cossack history.
Russian Empire : A Eurasian empire ruled by the Romanov dynasty from 1721 until 1917. The empire founded Katerynoslav, the city that became Dnipro.
Central Ukraine : The central region of Ukraine, organized around the country's central river valleys and plains. Dnipro is one of the region's largest cities and transport hubs.
Yuzhmash : A major Ukrainian manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and agricultural machinery based in Dnipro. Its large industrial complex has shaped the city's workforce and economy.
Dnipro Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet : A professional opera and ballet company based in Dnipro. The theater is a major institution in the city's performing arts.
Katerynoslav : The former name of the city of Dnipro, used from its founding in the Russian Empire until 1926. The city's imperial-era identity began under this name.
Right-bank Ukraine : The historical and geographic region of Ukraine west of the Dnipro River. Dnipro spans both banks, linking areas historically described by the river's two sides.
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