Samar, Dnipro


Samar is a city neighborhood of the Samarskyi District of the Dnipro Municipality in southern Ukraine. It is located at the mouth of Samara River on its right bank where the river enters Dnieper.

History

The exact year of foundation of the city is still researched.
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 Novobohorodytska fortress with an area of.
In 2001 the Cabinet of Ukraine recognized the fortress as a historical landmark of national significance.
In 2011 The Ukrainian Week informed that archaeologists of the Dnipro National University discovered some artifacts dated around 1520s.