Bozhedarivka
Bozhedarivka
Божедарівка | |
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Location in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°21′13″N 34°06′47″E / 48.35361°N 34.11306°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kamianske Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,651 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Bozhedarivka (Ukrainian: Божедарівка; Russian: Божедаровка) is a rural settlement in Kamianske Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Dnipro. From 1939 until February 2016 it was known as Shchorsk, in honor of Red Army commander Nikolay Shchors, but was renamed to comply with the Ukraine's law prohibiting names of Communist origin. Bozhedarivka hosts the administration of Bozhedarivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 2,651 (2022 estimate).