[20][21] The earlier Graeco-Roman name of the river, as attested by Herodotus, was "Borysthenes" (Ancient Greek: Βορυσθενης, romanized: Borusthenēs;[21] Latin: Borysthenes, Ukrainian: Бористен, Борисфен, romanized: Borysten, Borysfen[14]) and later Δάναπρις Danapris.

This is due to the influence of the Old East Slavic epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign and its modern adaptations on Ukrainian literature.

[2] The source of the Dnieper is the sedge bogs (Akseninsky Mokh) of the Valdai Hills in central Russia, at an elevation of 220 m (720 ft).

[citation needed][33] The southernmost point in Belarus is on the Dnieper to the south of Kamaryn in Brahin Raion.

[35] The Dnieper Rapids were part of the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, first mentioned in the Kyiv Chronicle.

On the Dnieper the Varangians had to portage their ships round seven rapids, where they had to be on guard for Pecheneg nomads.

There are a number of canals connected to the Dnieper: The river is part of the quagga mussel's native range.

Nowadays the Dnieper River suffers from anthropogenic influence resulting in numerous emissions of pollutants.

Inland cruises on the rivers Danube and Dnieper have had a growing market in recent decades.

[citation needed] Upstream from Kyiv, the Dnieper receives the water of the Pripyat River.

Poor political relations between Western Europe and Belarus mean there is little likelihood of reopening this waterway in the near future.

[40] The first constructed was the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (or DniproHES) near Zaporizhzhia, built between 1927 and 1932 with an output of 558 MW.

In the adventure novel The Long Ships (also translated Red Orm), set during the Viking Age, a Scanian chieftain travels to the Dnieper Rapids to retrieve a treasure hidden there by his brother, encountering many difficulties.

Major artists with works based on the Dnieper are Arkhip Kuindzhi and Ivan Aivazovsky.

In 1983, the concert program "Song of the Dnieper" from the "Victory Salute" series was released, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Kiev from the German fascist invaders.

The program includes songs by Soviet composers, Ukrainian folk songs, and dances performed by the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kiev Military District led by A. Pustovalov, P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, Kyiv Bandurist Capella, the Military Band of the Headquarters of the Kiev Military District led by A. Kuzmenko, singers Anatoliy Mokrenko, Lyudmila Zykina, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Dmytro Hnatyuk, Mykola Hnatyuk.