Founded 1672 Elevation 62 m (203 ft) Area code(s) +380-5693 Population 70,547 (2011) | City status 1784 Postal code 51200-51214 Area 36 km² Local time Monday 4:12 PM | |
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Country
Oblast
Municipality Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Novomoskovsk Weather 7°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 65% Humidity Points of interest City Beach, Pamyatnik voinam internatsionalistam Novomoskovshchiny, Baner | ||
Novomoskovsk (Ukrainian: Новомосковськ, [nɔwɔmɔsˈkɔwsʲk]; Russian: Новомосковск) is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Administratively, Novomoskovsk is incorporated as the city of oblast significance and serves as the administrative center of Novomoskovsk Raion (district) which it does not belong to. Population: 70,787 (2013 est.). In 2001, the city's population was 72,439.
Map of Novomoskovs'k, Dnipropetrovska, Ukraine
Novomoskovsk is located predominantly on the right bank of Samara River, which is one of the left confluents of Dnieper River. Until 1782, when the city has got its current name, it was known as Samar, Samara, or Samarchyk. The city is located 27 kilometres from the oblast capital, Dnipropetrovsk.
The city is famous for the Holy-Trinity Cathedral, built in 1778 by Yakym Pohrybniak from wood without any nails.