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Synelnykove (, ) is a city and municipality in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the largest city in the south-eastern part of the region. It serves as the administrative center of Synelnykove Raion within the oblast. It is named after the Russian governor Ivan Sinelnikov. Population:
In 1917, Synelnykove became a district center of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate. In 1932, it received the status of a city.
During World War II, since October 1941 until September 1943 it was occupied by Wehrmacht.
Since 1979 and until 18 July 2020, Synelnykove was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Synelnykove Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven, the city of Synelnykove was merged into Synelnykove Raion. Bevölkerungszahlen at World Gazetteer
Due to the law "On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy" (in April 2023 signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) the city needs to be renamed. According to law this renaming has to take place before 27 January 2024. On 1 January 2024, five (new) name options were offered to a public discussions would last until 20 January 2024.
On 20 March 2024, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the organization of state power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and urban planning decided to propose the name Ridnopillia. On 9 October 2024, the proposed name Ridnopillia did not get enough votes in the Verkhovna Rada.
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the city's population was 32,302. Ukrainians accounted for 84.5% of the population and Russians for 12.5%. Ukrainian was the native language for 78% of the population, and Russian for 20.2%.
In January 2013, the population was 31 568 people. At the end of 2024, the population was 27,259 people. аналітичний звіт Синельникове
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