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During the Great Purge, the regional administration of the NKVD killed 16,421 people in 1937.

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Dnipro

Ukraine

Country
Ukraine
Population
990.7K
Coordinates
48.46, 35.05
314th most populous city in the world

Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is the administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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