Dniprorudne

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| native_name = Дніпрорудне

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| image_caption = Steelworkers' monument in Dniprorudne

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1961

| established_title1 = Incorporated

| established_date1 = 1970

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name =

Mykola Pastushenko (de facto){{cite web |url=https://t.me/ivan_fedorov_melitopol/1511 |title=Mykola Pastushenko, a traitor to Ukraine and at the same time a "colleague" of the Gauleiter of the Zaporizhia region Yevgeny Balytskyi, will go behind bars for 10 years.|last=Fedorov |first=Ivan |date=14 March 2023 |website=Telegram|access-date=16 March 2023|quote="Instead of a legitimate mayor, the occupiers installed Mykola Pastushenko as a puppet of the Kremlin."}}

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| population_total = 17736

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| postal_code = 71630

| area_code = +380 6175

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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast

| subdivision_type3 = Hromada

| subdivision_type2 = Raion

| subdivision_name1 = Zaporizhzhia Oblast

| subdivision_name2 = Vasylivka Raion

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Dniprorudne ({{langx|uk|Дніпрорудне}}, {{IPA|uk|d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iproˈrudne|pron}}) is a city in Vasylivka Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. The population is {{Ua-pop-est2022|17,736|punct=.}}

History

Dniprorudne has had city status since 1970.Днепрорудное // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.Днепрорудное // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.399

During the first weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the city was captured by the Russian army.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60725962 War in Ukraine: Russian forces accused of abducting second mayor], BBC News (13 March 2022) On 13 March 2022 the Ukrainian government accused the Russian military of abducting Dniprorudne's mayor Yevhen Matvieyev, who protested along local residents against the Russian occupation of the city, including participating in a 27 February protest preventing Russian tanks from entering the town.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-13 |title=Окупанти викрали мера міста Дніпрорудного |url=https://fakty.ua/398200-okkupanty-pohitili-mera-goroda-dneprorudnogo |author=Olga Okhrimenko |work=Fakty i Kommentarii |access-date=2022-03-13 |language=uk |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313100106/https://ukrainenews.fakty.ua/398200-okkupanty-pohitili-mera-goroda-dneprorudnogo |url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://glavcom.ua/news/na-zaporizhzhi-mer-iz-mistyanami-zupinili-rosiyskiy-tank-video-825578.html | title=На Запоріжжі мер із містянами зупинили російський танк (відео) | date=27 February 2022 }} On 4 December 2024, the Ukrainian government reported that he died in Russian captivity, having been tortured, and that his body had been returned to Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-04 |title=Ukrainian Mayor Tortured to Death in Russian Captivity |url=https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukrainian-mayor-tortured-to-death-in-russian-captivity-4211 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=UNITED24 Media |language=en}}

Demographics

The city had 22,773 inhabitants in January 1989.[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу]

As of the 2001, the city had a population of 21,271. The majority of the population are Ukrainians, while Russians form the biggest minority. The town is almost equally Russo and Ukrainophone.{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}{{cite web | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України }}

{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Dniprorudne|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|60.82}}

{{bar percent|Azerbaijanis|black|0.08}}}}

{{bar box|title=Native languages in Dniprorudne|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Languages|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Russian|purple|53.5}}

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