Description: Vintage Button Pin Dnipro DNEPROPETROVSK 200 YEARS 1976 historical curiosity rare Very good condition, light small dent in the middle, please see photos Metal 1 11/16 inches in diameter Historical Notes: In Soviet times, at the official level, it was decided to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Dnepropetrovsk in 1976 - the date of the foundation of the First Yekaterinoslav (Kilchensky). Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, after which its Ukrainian language name (Dnipro) it is named. Dnipro is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. Archeological evidence suggests the site of the present city was settled by Cossack communities from at least 1524. In written sources, the name "Ekaterinoslav" was first mentioned on April 23, 1776 in the report of the Governor of Azov V. A. Chertkov to Grigory Potemkin. The city was on the left bank of the Dnieper until 1784. The town, named Yekaterinoslav (the glory of Catherine), was established by decree of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative center of Novorossiya. From the end of the nineteenth century, the town attracted foreign capital and an international, multi-ethnic, workforce exploiting Kryvbas iron ore and Donbas coal. Renamed Dnipropetrovsk in 1926 after the Ukrainian Communist Party leader Grigory Petrovsky, it became a focus for the Stalin-era commitment to the rapid development of heavy industry. After the Second World War, this included nuclear, arms, and space industries whose strategic importance led to Dnipropetrovsk's designation as a "closed city". Following the Euromaidan events of 2014, the city shifted politically away from parties and political figures supportive of continued close ties to Russia, and toward those wishing to celebrate the achievement in 1991 of Ukrainian national statehood and to develop relations with the European Union and the West. The change has been reflected by the removal of Soviet-era symbols including, from May 2016, "Petrovsk" from the name of city. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Dnipro rapidly developed as a logistical hub for humanitarian aid and a reception point for people fleeing the various battle fronts. Over time, Dnipro has been known by a number of names: New Kodak 1645–1784 Yekaterinoslav (Russian: Екатериносла́в, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnɐˈsɫaf], Ukrainian: Катеринослав, romanized: Katerynoslav [kɐtɛrɪnoˈslɑu̯], sometimes romanized as Ekaterinoslav) 1784–1796 Novorossiysk 1796–1802, briefly renamed during the reign of Catherine II's hated son, tsar Paul I; however, the previous name was restored by tsar Alexander I after he had his father assassinated Yekaterinoslav 1802–1918 Sicheslav (Ukrainian: Січеслав) 1918–1921 (unofficial name) Yekaterinoslav / Katerynoslav 1918–1926 Dnepropetrovsk (Russian: Днепропетровск, IPA: [dʲnʲɪprəpʲɪˈtrofsk])) / Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ [ˌdn⁽ʲ⁾ipropeˈtrɔu̯sʲk], also Dnipropetrovske according to the Kharkiv orthography 1926–2016. The word originates from Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ, from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, "Dnipro river") + Петро́вський (Petróvsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. Dnipro 2016–present
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Location: Oregon House, California
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