 On 19 May 2016, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada changed the official name of the city from Dnipropetrovsk to "Dnipro".Dnipro is a powerhouse of Ukraine's business and politics and is the native city of many of the country's most important figures.Much of Ukrainian politics continues to be defined by the legacies of Leonid Kuchma, Pavlo Lazarenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, whose intermingled political careers started in Dnipropetrovsk.