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==Number of Jews left in Dnepropetrovsk==

During the German occupation ... but soon after the Nazis conquered the city on October 12, 1941, 11,000 were shot; in the end only 15 Jews of Dnipropetrovsk survived at the end of the war.

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I phonetically spelled out this word [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dnipropetrovsk&diff=43331921&oldid=43245144] because not everyone has a browser that can read the IPA script, not to mention many are not going to learn IPA anyway. The insertion I used was from the New Oxford American Dictionary. --[[User:LibraryLion|LibraryLion]] 22:53, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:Sorry, I mistyped in my summary. I reverted you simply because this contradicts what we are using in other articles, so it breaks consistensy. If you think it is importnat, I, personally, don't have a problem with that if it is fine with others. It just looked strange. Nothing personal against your edit. --[[User:Irpen|Irpen]] 23:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

==The Correct Name of DNK in English==

The correct name should be the one used by the majority of population of the city. That name is "Dnepropetrovsk" or even simply "Dnepr" because that is what majority of people use in the city. That is what most natives use in English as well. By naming the article "Dnipropetrovsk" you are catering to a very very small minority who want to push down an incorrect name down the throats of the natives.

If you think about it, the city was created by Russian decree and it is approximately inhabited by 90% Russian speaking population. Transliterating the name from Ukrainian doesn't make sense. Just like the Wikipedias section on Donetsk is transliterated from Russian and not from Ukrainian. I am from Dnepropetrovsk and it makes me sad that these so called "Ukrainian patriots" change the name of my lovely city. If anything it should be simply named "Dnepr" since that is what majority call it on the streets now days.

Naming the city with "Dnipro" is a farce.