Today Kamianske is a river port and an important industrial center. The city was first mentioned in 1750. Kamianske owes its development to the metallurgical plant (today the Dnipro Metallurgical Complex)that was built there in 1887–9, the largest plant of its kind in the Russian Empire.
City of Kamianske in Dnipro Oblast of Ukraine was formerly known as Dniprodzerzhinsk during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period.
... historical name of Kamianske. Along with the city's name change, the city's hydroelectric station was renamed to Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant ...
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