A city of southern European U.S.S.R. on the Dnieper River south-southwest of Kharkov. Founded in1787 on the site of a Cossack village, it has a huge iron and steel industry. Population, 1, 153, 000.

• 第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克位于第聂伯河畔的苏联南欧部分城市。哈尔科夫西南偏南，1787年在一个哥萨克村落上建城，有庞大钢铁工业。人口153，000