Samar, Dnipro
Samar (Ukrainian: Самар, Ukrainian: Стара Самара, Old Samara) is a city neighborhood of the Samarskyi District (urban district) of the Dnipro Municipality in southern Ukraine. It is located at the mouth of Samara River on its right bank where the river enters Dnieper.
Samar Самар | |
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neighborhood (old Cossack city) | |
.png)  Samar Location of Samar within the city of Dnipro  Samar Samar (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′02″N 35°09′48″E | |
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| Municipality | Dnipro Municipality |
| Urban district | Samarskyi District |
| First mentioned | 1576 |
| Fortress liquidated | 1783 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
The exact year of foundation of the city is still researched.
The earliest mentioning of Samar as a settlement in Lower Dnieper region is a royal edict of the King of Poland Stephen Báthory in 1576. It was a river port administrated by local Cossacks.
In 1668 at its location was built Novobohorodytska (Bohorodytska) fortress with an area of 70 hectares (170 acres).[1]
In 2001 the Cabinet of Ukraine recognized the fortress as a historical landmark of national significance.[1]
In 2011 The Ukrainian Week informed that archaeologists of the Dnipro National University discovered some artifacts dated around 1520s.[2]
References
- (in Ukrainian) Yulia Ratsybarska. "Dnipro is a city of three fortresses", not a "City of Sovok" («Дніпро – місто трьох фортець», а не «місто совка»). Radio Liberty. 28 September 2016
- (in Ukrainian) Iryna Reva, Oleh Rypan. The Old Samar (Cтара Cамар). The Ukrainian Week. 18 July 2011
External links
- Iryna Shovkovets. Cossacks' city on Samara (Козацьке місто на Самарі). Ukrayina Moloda. 31 October 2008. (in Ukrainian)
- The city of Dnipro is 250 years older and it was considered, historians (Місто Дніпро на 250 років старіше, ніж вважалось - історики). UNIAN. 1 June 2017 (in Ukrainian)
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