Dnieper (disambiguation)

Dnieper, Dnepr from (Russian) Днепр, or Dnipro from (Ukrainian) Дніпро can mean:

Geography

  • Dnipro, formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk, a Ukrainian fourth largest city, administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
  • Dnieper River or Dnipro river, river flowing through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
    • Dnieper Rapids are the historic rapids on the Dnieper river.
    • Dnieper-Bug Estuary, estuary, or liman, of two rivers: the Dnieper and the Southern Bug.
    • Dnieper-Donets Rift, the east-west running rift in the Sarmatian Craton.
    • Dnieper Upland, southeastern European plain occupying the territory between the Dnieper and Bug rivers.
    • Dnieper–Bug Canal (alternately spelled Dnepr-Bug Canal), or the Dneprovsko-Bugsky Canal is the longest inland ship canal in Belarus.
    • Dnieper Reservoir, a water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine.
  • Dnieper Ukraine, central Ukraine under the Russian Empire.

Sports

Transportation

  • Dnipro (Kiev Metro), a Metro station in Kiev.
  • Dnepr (motorcycle)or Dnipro (Ukrainian: Дніпро), the brand name of a motorcycle produced in Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • Dnepr was the call sign of the Soviet Soyuz T-7 mission to space station Salyut 7.
  • Dnepr (rocket), a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River.

Military

  • Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II.
  • Dnestr radar (Russian: Днестр) and Dnepr radar (Russian: Днепр), both known by the NATO reporting name Hen House are the first generation of Soviet space surveillance and early warning radars.
  • Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive was a strategic offensive of Soviet Armed Forces.
  • Dnieper Flotilla, the name given to the various naval flotillas on the Dnieper River.
  • Dnipro-1 Regiment, a Special Tasks Patrol Police regiment subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
  • SS-18 Satan, the Dnepr missile.

Archaeological culture

See also

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