Apostolove (Ukrainian: Апостолове, IPA: [ɐˈpɔstɔɫɔʋe] ; Russian: Апо́столово) is a city in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Apostolove urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 13,069 (2022 estimate).[2] In 2001, the population was 16,439.
Apostolove
Апостолове | |
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 Central part of Apostolove | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Apostolove Location of Apostolove .svg) Apostolove Apostolove (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°39′34″N 33°43′00″E / 47.65944°N 33.71667°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kryvyi Rih Raion |
| Hromada | Apostolove urban hromada |
| Area | |
• Total | 15 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 16,356 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
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Until the raion was abolished on 18 July 2020,[3][4] Apostolove was the administrative center of Apostolove Raion. After that date the town became part of Kryvyi Rih Raion.
Names
edit- until 1824 Voshyve (after the local stream)[5]
- 1824—1933 Pokrovske (after the temple of the Intercession of the Theotokos (Pokrova))
- 1933—1936 Apostolove (after the local train station)
- 1936—1938 Kosiorove (after Stanislav Kosior)
- 1938—1939 Yezhovsk[6] (after Nikolai Yezhov)
Demographics
editEthnic composition of the town as of 2001:[7]
Gallery
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Apostolove railway station -
Apostolove city hall -
City park -
Stela at the entrance to the city -
War Memorial in Central Park -
District sports and technical club -
Entrance to the Central Park
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Historical and local history museum -
Bus station
References
edit- ^ "Апостоловская 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Апостолівський район. Частина 1. Історія від початку часів до кінця XIX ст.. www.dnipro.libr.dp.ua
- ^ Апостолівський район. Частина 2. Історія від початку XX ст. до 1941. www.dnipro.libr.dp.ua
- ^ "Національний склад міст".
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Apostolove.
- The murder of the Jews of Apostolove during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.