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'''Samar''' ({{lang-langx|uk|Самар}}) is a neighborhood of the [[Samarskyi District]] ([[Urban districts of Ukraine|urban district]]) of the city of [[Dnipro]] in southern [[Ukraine]]. It is located at the mouth of [[Samara River (Dnieper)|Samara River]] on its right bank where the river enters [[Dnieper]]. Samar, originally a [[Cossack]] settlement, was destroyed in 17th century and consequently rebuilt in a different ___location, and is thus sometimes called '''Old Samar''' ({{lang-langx|uk|Стара Самар}}) to distinguish it from the [[Samar, Ukraine|New Samar]].

==History==

The exact year of foundation of the city is still researched. Archeologic founds suggest that the town existed in 1524.<ref name="kozactvoSaDnipro">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.dnipro.libr.dp.ua/kraeznavstvo_istoriya_Dnepr_kozactvo Dnipro: pages of the city's history. The first page is Cossack], dnipro.libr.dp.ua (21 September 2017)</ref> In 2011 [[The Ukrainian Week]] stated that archaeologists of the [[Dnipro National University]] discovered artifacts dated around 1520s.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} Iryna Reva, Oleh Rypan. ''[https://tyzhden.ua/History/26021 The Old Samar (Cтара Cамар)]''. [[The Ukrainian Week]]. 18 July 2011</ref>

The earliest mentioning of Samar as a settlement in Lower Dnieper region is a royal edict of the [[King of Poland]] [[Stephen Báthory]] in 1576. It was a river port administrated by local [[Cossacks]].

In 1668 at its ___location was built [[Bohorodytska Fortress|Novobohorodytska (Bohorodytska) Fortress]] with an area of {{convert|70|hectare|acres|abbr=on}}.<ref name=rlratsybarska160928>{{in lang|uk}} Yulia Ratsybarska. ''[https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28017944.html "Dnipro is a city of three fortresses", not a "City of Sovok" («Дніпро – місто трьох фортець», а не «місто совка»)]''. [[Radio Liberty]]. 28 September 2016</ref><ref name="kozactvoSaDnipro"/> It is the only large settlement of the [[Zaporozhian Cossacks]] on Ukraine's [[steppe]]s which survived without significant destruction.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28017944.html "Dnipro is a city of three fortresses", not "a city of scoops"]''. [[Radio Free Europe]] (28 September 2016)</ref> The remains the fortress occupy an area of almost 70 hectares.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska"/> According to scientists, the fortress did not appear out of nowhere: more than 1,700 years ago there was a settlement of an ancient tribe.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska"/> In 2001, by a resolution of the [[Government of Ukraine]], the remains of the Novobohorodytska fortress was declared a historical monument of national importance.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska"/><ref name=rlratsybarska160928/>

==See also==

* [[Samar, Ukraine]]

==References==