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18 unusual facts about Dnieper River


A Terrible Vengeance

Danilo and Katerina discuss the sorcerer in a boat, paddled by two men, on their way home across the Dnieper.

Among the guests are the recently married Cossack, pan Danilo Burulbash, and his wife, pani Katerina, who live just across the Dnieper River.

Georg Dörffel

In early October 1943 he flew 19 combat missions on one day against the attacking Red Army forces crossing the Dnieper River near Kiev.

History of Poland in the Middle Ages

The first waves of Slavic migration settled the area of the upper Vistula River and elsewhere in the lands of present-day southeastern Poland and southern Masovia, coming from the upper and middle regions of the Dnieper River.

Jan Ludwik Popławski

The country between the Oder and the Dnieper, between the Baltic and the Carpathians and the Black Sea, stands as a separate organic whole, a cohesive unity of territorial conditions, economic interests, and finally historical tradition.

Kiev Metro

Possibly one of the most ambitious projects, but nonetheless a very important one, the fourth line of the Kiev Metro will connect the northern Troieschyna districts of the left bank with the future business centre of Rybalskiy Island on the Dnieper River, from there it will continue into the Podil region.

Carriages were brought to the Darnytsia Railway Station, after which they were transferred onto tramlines which crossed the Dnieper River by way of the Paton Bridge, finally arriving at a railhead beneath the Dnipro metro station.

It extends the metro system southeast along the right bank of the Dnieper River before crossing it on a covered bridge and then east from there.

Loyew

The settlement is located along the right coast of the Dnieper River at its confluence with the Sozh.

Mogilev Region

Many rivers flow through the Mahilyow Voblast including the Dnieper (Dniapro), Berezina, Sozh, Druts, Pronya and Ptsich.

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

The Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Host (from 'beyond the rapids', za porohamy), inhabiting the lands around the lower Dnieper River in Ukraine, had defeated Ottoman Turkish forces in battle.

Socalled

The documentary includes footage of the first "Klezmer Cruise", in which a boatload of klezmer fans sailed down the Dnieper River in the Ukraine.

Stop consonant

Russian and other Slavic languages have words that begin with dn, which can be seen in the name of the Dnieper River.

Syretsko-Pecherska Line

Telychka is another unopened station, on the right bank of the Dnieper River, that is sealed off completely, with no illumination at most times, and has remained such since the tunnels were built back in 1990.

T-38 tank

The T-38 was rarely seen in direct combat after 1941 and mostly relegated to other roles such as artillery tractor, although it was reported to have been used in the Dnieper River crossing of 1943.

Transport in Kiev

One more unusual mode of public transportation Kiev has is the funicular, that climbs up the steep right bank of the Dnieper River.

Xavras Wyżryn

The whole Central-Eastern Europe was now known as EWZ or European War Zone, reaching as far as Constantinople in the south, Finland in the north, the Prussian border in the west and the Dnieper River in the east, with battles taking place mostly on radiated, polluted territory.

Zaporozhets za Dunayem

The story depicts the events following the destruction of the island fortress of Zaporizhian Sich, the historic stronghold of the Ukrainian Cossacks on the Dnieper River.


Baryshivka Raion

Through the raion flow the tributaries of the Dnieper: Trubizh, Krasylivka, Ilta, and the Nedra rivers.

Boryspil Raion

Other rivers that flow through the raion include: the left tributaries of the Dnieper: Pavlivka, Mlen, Ikva, and the right tributaries of the Trubizh River: Bochechky, Karan', Vohnyscha, Krasylivka, Al'ta, and Il'tytsia.

Dębowo Lock

As part of the Augustów Canal the lock was the first waterway (Summit level canal) in Central Europe to provide a direct link between the two major rivers, Vistula River and the Neman River, and it provided a link with the Black Sea to the south through the Oginski Canal, Dnieper River, Berezina Canal and Dvina River.

Dnieper–Bug Canal

The waterways from the German-Polish border (Oder River, through the Warta, Brda and Noteć rivers, Bydgoszcz Canal, Vistula River, Narew River, Bug River) once used to link the Belarus and Ukrainian inland waterways via Mukhavets River, Dnieper–Bug Canal, Pripyat River and Dnieper River), thus connecting north-western Europe with the Black Sea.

Fall of Berlin – 1945

The narrator lists the names of the rivers that the Red Army crosses as they march west: Volga, Don, Desna, Dnieper, Bug, Dvina, Neman, Vistula, and finally, Oder.

Jacob Hoeppner

They departed in the fall of 1786, sailing first to Riga, then travelling cross country, arriving at the Dnieper in late November.

Kobeliaky Raion

Important rivers within the Kobeliatskyi Raion include the Dnieper and Vorskla rivers.

New Darnytskyi Bridge

It spans across the Dnieper River connecting the left and right banks of the city, the Darnytsia and Holosiiv districts of Kiev, respectively.

Voronezh radar

The previous generation of radar was known as the Daryal (after Darial Gorge), Volga (after Volga River) and Daugava (Daugava River) and the generation before the Dnepr (Dnieper River), and Dnestr (Dniester River).