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
MunicipalityDnipro Municipality
Urban districtSamarskyi District
First mentioned1576
Fortress liquidated1783
Time zoneUTC+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


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