text: Renamed Dnipropetrovsk in 1926 after the Ukrainian Communist Party leader Grigory Petrovsky, it became a focus for the Stalinist commitment to the rapid development of heavy industry. After World War II, this included nuclear, arms, and space industries whose strategic importance led to Dnipropetrovsk's designation as a closed city.
  Following the Euromaidan events of 2014, the city politically shifted away from pro-Russian parties and figures towards those favoring closer ties with the European Union. As a result of decommunization, the city was renamed Dnipro in 2016. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Dnipro rapidly developed as a logistical hub for humanitarian aid and a reception point for people fleeing the various battle fronts.
  Name
  Current name
  Former names
  Novyi Kodak 1645–1784
  Yekaterinoslav (also spelled Ekaterinoslav; ) or Katerynoslav ( ) 1784–1796
  Novorossiysk (, Ukrainian:  ) 1796–1802, briefly renamed during the reign of Catherine II's hated son, tsar Paul I; however, the previous name was restored by tsar Alexander I after he had his father assassinated
  Yekaterinoslav 1802–1918, called Catharinoslav on some nineteenth-century maps.
  Sicheslav ( ) 1918–1921 (unofficial name)
  Yekaterinoslav/Katerynoslav 1918–1926
  Dnipropetrovsk ( , also Dnipropetrovske () according to the Kharkiv orthography 1926–2016. The word originates from Ukrainian Дніпропетровськ, from Дніпро (Dnipro, "Dnieper River") + Петровський (Petrovsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary  / Dnepropetrovsk ())