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This is a list of all current crossings of the river Dnieper (or Dnipro) from its source in Russia, through Belarus, to its river delta near the Dnieper Estuary at Kherson, Ukraine. Russia [ edit ]
In the southwest, the catchment area of the Dnieper borders on the Southern Bug Basin, [4] which attaches laterally to the catchment area of the Dnieper. To the west is a small border with the Dniester Basin, as well as the Vistula Basin. In the northwest, the Dnieper River basin borders the Neman Basin and the Daugava Basin.
The term Dnieper Ukraine [1] (Ukrainian: Наддніпрянщина, romanized: Naddniprianshchyna, lit. 'over Dnieper land'), usually refers to territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River. The Ukrainian name derives from nad‑ (prefix: "above, over") + Dnipró ("Dnieper") + ‑shchyna (suffix denoting a geographic ...
The Dnieper campaign is a series of clashes that are occurring along the river Dnieper (Dnipro) in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, as part of the fighting in the southern theater of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Specifically, this campaign refers to clashes along the river between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian Armed Forces during and after ...
Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin (Ukrainian: Острів Великий Потьомкін, lit. 'Big Potemkin Island'; Russian: Остров Большой Потёмкин, romanized: Ostrov Bolshoy Potyomkin), also known as Potemkin Island, [1] [2] is a river island located within the Dnieper River in the Kherson urban hromada of Kherson Raion of Kherson oblast of Ukraine.
Dnieper Rapids Between Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro) and Aleksandrovsk (now Zaporizhzhia)The Dnieper rapids (Ukrainian: Дніпрові пороги, romanized: Dniprovi porohy) also known as cataracts of the Dnieper were the historical rapids on the Dnieper river in Ukraine, caused by outcrops of granites, gneisses and other types of bedrock of the Ukrainian Shield.
The estuary was a naval battleground in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792.A key event in that war was the Siege of Ochakov, while naval battles – which involved the Russian Dnieper Flotilla, [1] John Paul Jones deep-water fleet [2] [3] and the Ottoman Navy – included the First Battle of the Liman on June 7, 1788 and the Second Battle of the Liman on June 16 and 17.
Right-bank Ukraine [a] is a historical and territorial name for a part of modern Ukraine on the right (west) bank of the Dnieper River, corresponding to the modern-day oblasts of Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, as well as the western parts of Kyiv and Cherkasy. It was separated from the left bank during the Ruin.