Dnipropetrovsk

"Dnipropetrovsk (en ucraniano, ; en ruso, , Dniepropetrovsk), también conocida en el pasado por la denominación de Yekaterinoslav o Ekaterinoslav (), es una ciudad de Ucrania situada a orillas del río Dniéper, capital del óblast de Dnipropetrovsk. En 2016 la Rada ucraniana aprobó una ley de descomunistización por la cual la ciudad sería renombrada Dnipró (), cambio que todavía está pendiente de llevarse a cabo. Por extensión, se trata de la tercera ciudad del país y es un importante centro comercial, industrial y económico de Ucrania. Posee un gran desarrollo tecnológico en el sector de la metalurgia, de armamento y de la construcción de maquinaria. También es conocida como el principal centro aeronáutico del país."

"Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: [dniprptrwsk], officially Dnipro, ) or Dnepropetrovsk (Russian: [dnprptrofsk]), is Ukraine's fourth largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is 391 kilometres (243 mi) southeast of the capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central part of Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance, the centre of Dnipropetrovsk municipality and extraterritorial administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Raion. Population: 997,754(2013 est.). Known as Ekaterinoslav (Russian: [jktrnslaf], Ukrainian: , translit. Katerynoslav) until 1925, the city was formally inaugurated by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative centre of the newly acquired vast territories of imperial New Russia, including those ceded to Russia by the Ottoman Empire under the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774). The city was originally envisioned as the Russian Empire's third capital city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. A vital industrial centre of Soviet Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk was one of the key centres of the nuclear, arms, and space industries of the Soviet Union. In particular, it is home to the Yuzhmash, a major space and ballistic missile design bureau and manufacturer. Because of its military industry, Dnipropetrovsk was a closed city until the 1990s. On 19 May 2016 the official name of the city was changed to Dnipro. Dnipropetrovsk is a powerhouse of Ukraine's business and politics as the native city for many of the country's most important figures. Ukraine's politics are still defined by the legacies of Leonid Kuchma, Pavlo Lazarenko and Yuliya Tymoshenko whose intermingled careers started in Dnipropetrovsk."