Popular Culture
- The river is one of the symbols of Ukrainian statehood.
- Some of the cities on its banks -- Dnipropetrovsk, Dniprorudne, Kamianka-Dniprovska -- are named after the river.
- The Zaporozhian Cossacks lived on the lower Dniepr and their name refers to their location "beyond the cataracts."
- Folk metal band Turisas have a song called "The Dnieper Rapids" on their 2007 album The Varangian Way.
- Leon Bolier featured a track called "Dnipro" in his debut 2CD album Pictures. The track is said to be inspired by his visit to Kiev in May 2008.
- The river is described in the works of Taras Shevchenko as Dnipro (He roars and groans the Dnipro wide) and mentioned in the National anthem of Ukraine.
- The river is referred to as Dnipro, in the song Hey, Dnipro, Dnipro.
- Briefly mentioned in the Sci-Fi/Adventure novel The Crisis Pendant by Charlie Patterson.
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