Dnipropetrovsk - Nomenclature

Nomenclature

Over time Dnipropetrovsk has been known by a number of names:

• Yekaterinoslav 1776–1782, reestablished 1783–1797
• Novorossiysk 1797–1802
• Yekaterinoslav 1802–1917
• Sicheslav 1917–1918
• Yekaterinoslav 1918–1926
• Dnepropetrovsk/Dnipropetrovsk 1926–present

It is also referred to as Katerynoslav, also Catharinoslav on maps of the Nineteenth century.