Melitopol

Melitopol (Ukrainian Мелітополь; Russian Мелитополь ) is the center of Rajons same name in the Zaporizhia Oblast in Ukraine with 157,000 inhabitants ( 2012). The city is an important industrial center in the south of the oblast, and is located about 60 km north of the Azov Sea, 110 km south of Zaporizhia and 120 km west of Berdyansk.

History

1816 a settlement called Nowoalexandrowka was established at this location. 1842 and received its charter and was renamed in Melitopol.

In Melitopol the POW camp consisted of 424 German prisoners of war of World War II. It was moved here from Nalchik.

Population Development

The population developed as follows:

Sources: 1939: 1959: 1979: 1989 to 2012:

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Mikhail Lifshits (1905-1983), Marxist literary critic and philosopher of art
  • Vladimir Pronichev (* 1953), Officer
  • Grigori Tschuchrai (1921-2001), film director and screenwriter

Twin Cities

Melitopol is twinned following cities and areas:

  • France Brive- la -Gaillarde, France
  • Russia Akademichesky Rajon ( to Moscow ), Russia
  • Belarus Borisov, Belarus
  • Belarus Pukhavichy Raion, Belarus
  • Kėdainiai Lithuania, Lithuania
  • Bulgaria Sliven, Bulgaria

Rajon

The managed from Melitopol Melitopol from Rajon has an area of 1780 km ² and a population of 50 329 inhabitants ( 2012). The population density is 28 inhabitants per km ².

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