History Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

1648 map of beauplan dzikie pole identified in upper portion of map.

at beginning of 15th century, tatar tribes inhabiting right bank of dnieper driven away grand duchy of lithuania. however, mid-15th century, nogai (who lived north of sea of azov) , crimean khanate invaded these lands. grand duchy of lithuania , crimean khanate agreed border along dnieper, , farther east along samara river, i.e. through today city of dnipro. in time there appeared new force–the cossacks, armed freemen not subject feudal lord– dominate region . later became known zaporozhian cossacks, zaporizhia–the lands south of prydniprovye– translates land beyond weirs [rapids] ). period of raids , fighting causing considerable devastation , depopulation in area; area became known wilderness .

in 1635, polish government built kodak fortress above dnieper rapids @ kodaky, partly result of rivalry in region between poland, turkey , crimean khanate, , partly maintain control on cossack activity (i.e. suppress cossack raiders , prevent peasants moving out of area). on night of 3 or 4 august 1635, cossacks of ivan sulyma captured fort surprise, burning down , butchering garrison of 200 west european mercenaries under jean marion. fort rebuilt french engineer guillaume le vasseur de beauplan polish government in 1638, , had mercenary garrison. kodak captured zaporozhian cossacks on 1 october 1648, , garrisoned cossacks until demolition in accordance treaty of pruth in 1711.

under treaty of pereyaslav of 1654, territory became part of russian empire. in 1774 prince grigori potemkin appointed governor of novorossiysk governorate, , after destruction of zaporozhian sich, started founding cities in region , encouraging foreign settlers. city of yekaterinoslav founded in 1776, not in current location, @ confluence of river samara river kil chen @ loshakivka, north of dnieper. on may 8, 1775, after end of russian-turkish war, russian authorities opened postal station , track linked kremenchuk, kinburn foreland , ochakov, locations of imperial russian army.

in december 1796, paul reestablished novorossiysk governorate, land former yekaterinoslav viceroyalty. in 1802, province divided nikolayev governorate (known kherson governorate 1803), yekaterinoslav governorate, , taurida governorate. capital city of yekaterinoslav (modern dnipro) created in 1802 out yekaterinoslav vice-regency. located within former lands of zaporizhian sich. government bordered north kharkov governorate , poltava governorate, west , southwest kherson governorate, south taurida governorate , sea of azov, , east don host oblast.

olexander paul discovered , initiated iron ore investigation , production, , in turn caused formation of mining district. in 1874 alexander ii initiated founding project of railway, running 505 kilometres (314 mi). enabled transportation directly nearest factories , sped development of region.

on 1 august 1925, yekaterinoslav governorate administration discontinued, , in 1926 city of yekterinoslav renamed dnipropetrovsk in honor of communist leader grigory petrovsky. before introduction of oblasts in 1932, ukraine comprised 40 okrugs, had replaced former russian imperial guberniya (governorate) subdivisions. in 1932 territory of ukrainian ssr re-established based on oblasts. first oblasts vinnytsia oblast, kiev oblast, odessa oblast, kharkiv oblast, , dnipropetrovsk oblast. after in summer of 1932 donetsk oblast formed out of eastern parts of kharkiv , dnipropetrovsk.

during 1991 referendum, 90.36% of votes in dnipropetrovsk oblast in favor of declaration of independence of ukraine. survey conducted in december 2014 kyiv international institute of sociology found 2.2% of oblast s population supported region joining russia, 89.9% did not support idea, , rest undecided or did not respond.