Synelnykove

It was created as a settlement in Yekaterinoslav Governorate in the 19th century on a private territory that was given as a gift to the Russian governor Ivan Sinelnikov by the Russian Imperial government. August 1868 is considered to be the official date of establishment, Synelnykove was then nothing more than a train station. It was named in honor of the noble Synelnikov family, who owned these lands until the end of the 18th century. In 1896, the train station was connected to the Kursk-Kharkiv-Sevastopol railways and was officially opened on 15 November 1873. With the development of the railway Synelnykove became an important transport hub. Industry and trade began to develop in the city.

In 1917, Synelnykove became a district center of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate. In 1932, it received the status of a city.

During World War II, since October 1941 until September 1943 it was occupied by German troops.

Since 1979 and until 18 July 2020, Synelnykove was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Synelnykove Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven, the city of Synelnykove was merged into Synelnykove Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}[http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=de&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=498009552 Bevölkerungszahlen]{{dead link|date=July 2021}}{{cbignore}} at World Gazetteer

Due to the law "On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy" (in April 2023 signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) the city needs to be renamed.{{cite web |author=Olena Burseva|title=Novomoskovsk, Pavlograd, Sinelnikove: what else will be renamed in the Dnipropetrovsk region in half a year|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/novomoskovsk-pavlograd-sinelnikove-shcho-shche-pereymenuyut-u-dnipropetrovskiy-oblasti-za-piv-roku|date=4 August 2023|access-date=1 January 2024|lang=Ukrainian|work=Informator}} According to law this renaming has to take place before 27 January 2024. On 1 January 2024, five (new) name options were offered to a public discussions would last until 20 January 2024.{{cite web |author=Sophia Skorik|title=Renaming Sinelnikov: how to call the city in the Dnipropetrovsk region|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/pereymenuvannya-sinelnikovogo-yak-proponuyut-nazvati-misto-u-dnipropetrovskiy-oblasti|date=1 January 2024|access-date=1 January 2024|lang=Ukrainian|work=Informator}}

On 20 March 2024, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the organization of state power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and urban planning decided to propose the name Ridnopillia.{{Cite web|url=https://babel.ua/news/105145-komitet-radi-pidtrimav-pereymenuvannya-p-yati-mist-ta-104-sela-i-selishcha|title=Комітет Ради підтримав перейменування пʼяти великих міст України|author=Телішевська|date=2024-03-20|website=babel.ua|language=uk|access-date=2024-03-20|first=Софія}} On 9 October 2024, the proposed name Ridnopillia did not get enough votes in the Verkhovna Rada.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=uk:Проект Постанови про перейменування міста Синельникове Синельниківського району Дніпропетровської області на місто Ріднопілля та Синельниківського району Дніпропетровської області на Ріднопільський район |trans-title=Draft resolution on renaming the city of Synelnykove, Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the city of Ridnopillia and the Synelnykove Raion to the Ridnopillia Raion |url=https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/44953 |website=Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine}}

In January 1989, the population was 37 807 people[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]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the city's population was 32,302. Ukrainians accounted for 84.5% of the population and Russians for 12.5%.{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }} Ukrainian was the native language for 78% of the population, and Russian for 20.2%.{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/languages-cities | title=Мовний склад міст }}

In January 2013, the population was 31 568 people.{{Cite web |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |title=Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.47 |access-date=2019-10-03 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013028/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |url-status=dead }} At the end of 2024, the population was 27,259 people.[https://consult.e-dem.ua/uploads/consultation/files/1076/аналітичний_звіт_Синельникове.pdf аналітичний звіт Синельникове]

File:Локомотивное депо Синельниково-1 3362782.jpg|Synelnykove-1 train depot

File:Синельникове-2.1.JPG|Synelnykove 2nd railway station

File:Памятник комсомольцам-подпольщикам 2966210.jpg|Downtown

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130522132913/http://rada.sinelnikovo.net/storja.html Website of the local council] {{in lang|uk}}

• [http://sinelnikove.com.ua/ City portal]
• [http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=412 The murder of the Jews of Synelnykove] during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

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