How and when was shipping restored on the Dnieper?
Active shipping on the Dnieper dates from the beginning of the XIX century, the beginning of the industrial revolution - the purchase and construction of steam engines, as well as their use in shipping.
In 1823, the first ship called the Bee was launched to the Dnieper, and in 1838 the Dnieper Shipping Company was opened. This huge river gradually became the main artery of supplying agricultural goods and industry to Ukrainian cities. This continued until the first five-year period of the Stalinist industrialization.
After the construction of the Dnieper in Zaporozhye, shipping was almost stopped. The dam of the Dnieper hydroelectric station was blown up by the NKVD on August 18, 1941. This happened after its breakthrough by German troops.
During the explosion, there was a hole length of 135 meters. A multi-meter wave rushed to the shore and claimed the lives of 1,500 Germans. Victims among the Red Army men and the civilian population are estimated in numbers from 20,000 to 80,000-120,000 people. After the German occupation of Zaporozhye, they were able to partially restore part of the destroyed dam.
Shipping on the Dnieper was restored on June 8, 1947. It was then that the last gateway at the Dneprovskaya HPP was commissioned. The restoration of the gateway destroyed during the war began in 1944.
The dam of this Europe’s largest hydroelectric station blocked the Dnieper in 1932. The famous Dnieper rapids were flooded, which complicated the movement along the main waterway of Ukraine. Through navigation on the Dnieper carried out using the gateway.
In 1823, the first ship called the Bee was launched to the Dnieper, and in 1838 the Dnieper Shipping Company was opened. This huge river gradually became the main artery of supplying agricultural goods and industry to Ukrainian cities. This continued until the first five-year period of the Stalinist industrialization.
After the construction of the Dnieper in Zaporozhye, shipping was almost stopped. The dam of the Dnieper hydroelectric station was blown up by the NKVD on August 18, 1941. This happened after its breakthrough by German troops.
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During the explosion, there was a hole length of 135 meters. A multi-meter wave rushed to the shore and claimed the lives of 1,500 Germans. Victims among the Red Army men and the civilian population are estimated in numbers from 20,000 to 80,000-120,000 people. After the German occupation of Zaporozhye, they were able to partially restore part of the destroyed dam.
Shipping on the Dnieper was restored on June 8, 1947. It was then that the last gateway at the Dneprovskaya HPP was commissioned. The restoration of the gateway destroyed during the war began in 1944.
The dam of this Europe’s largest hydroelectric station blocked the Dnieper in 1932. The famous Dnieper rapids were flooded, which complicated the movement along the main waterway of Ukraine. Through navigation on the Dnieper carried out using the gateway.
