Samar, Dnipro

Samar (Ukrainian: Самар, Ukrainian: Стара Самара, Old Samara) is a city neighborhood of the Samarskyi District (urban district) of the Dnipro Municipality in southern Ukraine. It is located at the mouth of Samara River on its right bank where the river enters Dnieper.

Samar Самар
neighborhood (old Cossack city)
Samar Location of Samar within the city of Dnipro Samar Samar (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°30′02″N 35°09′48″E
Country	Ukraine
Municipality	Dnipro Municipality
Urban district	Samarskyi District
First mentioned	1576
Fortress liquidated	1783
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The exact year of foundation of the city is still researched. Archeologic founds suggest that the town existed in 1524.[1] In 2011 The Ukrainian Week stated that archaeologists of the Dnipro National University discovered artifacts dated around 1520s.[2]

The earliest mentioning of Samar as a settlement in Lower Dnieper region is a royal edict of the King of Poland Stephen Báthory in 1576. It was a river port administrated by local Cossacks.

In 1668 at its location was built Novobohorodytska (Bohorodytska) fortress with an area of 70 hectares (170 acres).[3][1]

In 2001 the Cabinet of Ukraine recognized the fortress as a historical landmark of national significance.[3]

References

1. (in Ukrainian) Dnipro: pages of the city's history. The first page is Cossack, dnipro.libr.dp.ua (21 September 2017)
2. (in Ukrainian) Iryna Reva, Oleh Rypan. The Old Samar (Cтара Cамар). The Ukrainian Week. 18 July 2011
3. (in Ukrainian) Yulia Ratsybarska. "Dnipro is a city of three fortresses", not a "City of Sovok" («Дніпро – місто трьох фортець», а не «місто совка»). Radio Liberty. 28 September 2016

External links

• Iryna Shovkovets. Cossacks' city on Samara (Козацьке місто на Самарі). Ukrayina Moloda. 31 October 2008. (in Ukrainian)
• The city of Dnipro is 250 years older and it was considered, historians (Місто Дніпро на 250 років старіше, ніж вважалось - історики). UNIAN. 1 June 2017 (in Ukrainian)