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Line 85: |footnotes = }} '''Dnipropetrovsk''' ({{lang-uk|Дніпропетро́вськ}} {{IPA-uk|ˌdnʲiprɔpɛˈtrɔwsʲk|}}) or '''Dnepropetrovsk''' ({{lang-ru|Днепропетро́вск}} {{IPA-ru|dʲnʲɪprəpʲɪˈtrofsk|}}), originally '''Ekaterinoslav''' ({{lang-ru|Екатериносла́в}} {{IPA-ru|jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnɐˈslaf|}}, {{lang-uk|Катериносла́в}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Katerynoslav'') is [[Ukraine]]'s fourth largest [[city]], with about one million inhabitants.<ref name=Statistics_1_July_2011>[http://www.dneprstat.gov.ua/statinfo/ds/2011/ds1_m07.htm ''Dnipropetrovsk region, statistics''] {{uk icon}}</ref><ref name=Statistics2011>[http://gorod.dp.ua/inf/region/?pageid=94 gorod.dp.ua ''Dnipropetrovsk region, statistics''] {{uk icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/city/ Ukrcensus.gov.ua — City] URL accessed on 8 March 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dneprstat.gov.ua/statinfo/ds/2012/ds1_m07.htm|title=''Official statistics, 01.08.2012 (Ukrainian)''|publisher=Dneprstat.gov.ua|accessdate=28 November 2014}}</ref> It is {{convert|242|mi| The [[Russian Empire|Russian]] city of Ekaterinoslav, known by this name until 1925, was formally inaugurated by the [[List of Russian rulers|Russian Empress]] [[Catherine the Great]] in 1787 as the administrative centre of the newly acquired vast territories of [[Novorossiya|New Russia]], including those ceded to Russia by the [[Ottoman Empire]] under the [[Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca]] (1774). The city was originally envisioned as the Russian Empire's 3rd capital city,<ref>Charles Wynn. [https://books.google.de/books?id=6jYABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Ekaterinoslav+third+capital+Russia&source=bl&ots=teFQICYq38&sig=jN_OcTk6x9oYbkVEX-UFAsNHXoI&hl=de&sa=X&ei=jJcpVaDzIIPqaKf6gegL&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Ekaterinoslav%20third%20capital%20Russia&f=false Workers, Strikes, and Pogroms: The Donbass-Dnepr Bend in Late Imperial Russia, 1870-1905]</ref> after [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg]]. A vital industrial centre of [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Ukraine]], Dnipropetrovsk was one of the key centres of the [[Nuclear power|nuclear]], [[Arms industry|arms]], and [[Soviet space program|space]] industries of the [[Soviet Union]]. In particular, it is home to the [[Yuzhmash]], a major space and [[ballistic missile]] design bureau and manufacturer. Because of its military industry, Dnipropetrovsk was a [[closed city]]<ref>A [[closed city]] does not allow foreigners inside without official permission.</ref> until the 1990s. It is named in honor of [[Grigory Petrovsky]]. | |||