DNIPRODZERZHYNSK

Russian Dneprodzerzhinsk, formerly (until 1936) Kamenskoye, city, Dnipropetrovsk oblast (province), southern Ukraine, along the Dnieper River. Founded about 1750 as the Cossack settlement of Kamenskoye, the town grew after 1889 with the developing metallurgical industry. The Soviets renamed it Dneprodzerzhinsk in 1936. A large, modern iron and steel plant produces high-grade steels; there are also rolling-stock, cement, coke-chemical, and nitrate-fertilizer plants. In 1964 a dam and hydroelectric station were completed on the Dnieper just above Dniprodzerzhynsk. Most of the largest factories are in the central parts of the city, but there is also recent industrial and residential development to the south and southwest. There are a metallurgical institute and several technical schools. Pop. (1993 est.) 287,000.