About Zaporizhzhia by Nataliia Gutaruk

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Famous people

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Leonid Ivanovich Jabotinsky is a Soviet athlete, weightlifter, two-time absolute Olympic champion in weightlifting and two-time European champion. He lived in Zaporozhye for a long time and now calls it his hometown.

The modern city of Zaporizhzhia dates back to the founding of the Aleksandrovsk city, which is associated with the construction of a complex of fortresses, the new Dnieper Defense Line. The decree on its creation was signed by Catherine II in May 1770.

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Геннадій

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Alexander Tsfasman
 In 1906, the future famous composer, arranger, conductor, one of the founders of Soviet radio and jazz was born in Oleksandrivsk in the family of hairdresser Naum (Nohim-Itzhok) Wolfovich Tsfasman and Polina Izrailovna Tsfasman (nee Hochgillernt). ).

From the age of 7 Alexander studied violin and piano. At the age of 12, he entered the piano department of the Nizhny Novgorod Music School, where the family moved during the Civil War to escape the Jewish pogroms. The boy was able to develop his unique style of piano.

Holidays ans Traditions

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City Day: in Zaporozhye this holiday is celebrated on 1 October. On this day we usually go to the city center. There is a lot of entertainment in the city center on this day.

The Historical and Cultural Complex “Zaporizhia Sich”, located in the north-east of the island of Khortytsia in Zaporizhia, is a reconstruction of the Cossack fortress of the 16th-18th centuries, recreating the image of the Cossack capital and the atmosphere of the time.This picturesque town-museum, officially opened in 2009

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Dam

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Khortytsia

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геннадій

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Flag of the Cossacks

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History

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The construction of the dam began in 1927, and in 1932 the first hydraulic unit started working. And in 1939 all nine worked. Surprisingly, the technical supervision of the construction was carried out by Colonel Hugh Lincoln Cooper of the United States Corps of Engineers, and most of the parts were supplied by the American companies NNS and General Electric.

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But when the Dnieper HydroElectric Power Station the Dneproges was built here it was renamed. And since that time on the Dneproges is one of the places of interest of our city.