Zaporizhzhia
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Zaporizhzhia, until 1921 known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of 710,052.
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Image: Zaporizhzhya Muz Dram Teatr Magara Lenina 41 04 (YDS 6939)
Image: Zhovtneva square, Zaporizhzhia at night (Vladimir Yaitskiy, 2013)
Zaporizhstal
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Zaporizhstal is Ukraine's fourth-largest steel maker with an annual capacity of 4.5 million tonnes of steel, 3.3 million tonnes of pig iron, and 4.1 million of finished steel products, and ranks 54th in the world. The company is Ukraine's only manufacturer of cold-rolled sheets, used in car manufacturing, as well as tinplates and polished stainless and alloyed steel. Zaporizhstal is located in the city of Zaporizhzhia, in a region with the highest per capita electricity output in Ukraine, close to raw material suppliers and steel consumers. The company was founded in 1933.
The company's headquarters in Zaporizhzhia
The 1958 post stamp "Pioneers of the Soviet Industry"