Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, Russian: Запорожье, Zaporozh'ye) is a city in south-eastern Ukraine, the capital of Zaporiz'ka oblast'. It lies on the banks of the Dnieper river.

Zaporizhzhia has 770,000 inhabitants (2004).

It is an important industrial center of Ukraine, particularly a home for:

• famous hydroelectric power plant earlier known as "DnieproGES";
• ZAZ, the country's main car manufacturing company;
• "Motor-Sitch" design-bureau and production company, the world-famous airplane engine manufacturer.

History

The Khortytsia Island in the middle of modern Zaporizhzhia was one of the historic locations for the Zaporiz'ka Sitch - the main fortress/capital of the Viys'ko Zaporiz'ke Cossack republic.