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Novomoskovsk (Ukrainian: Самар) is a city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine and a center of Novomoskovsk Raion (district). As of 2021, the city's population is 70,230.
The city is located predominantly on the right bank of Samara River, which is one of the left confluence of the Dnieper River. Until 1782, when the city got its name as Novomoskovsk, it was known as Samar, Samara, or Samarchyk. The city is located 27 kilometers from the oblast capital, Dnipro. Its original name has been restored in 2024/
The city is famous for the Sviato-Troitskyi Cathedral, built in 1778 by Yakym Pohrybniak from wood without any nails.
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