And one last thing... how do you pronounce 'Dnepr'? Da-neepa or Neepa or Deepa or Dunpa or what?
My wife is east german, so can happily speak russian, english, french, german... I am a tragic result of Australian schooling, (ie no second language, let alone third) but I shall give it a shot.
It depends where you are, as the pronunciation is different in Russia vs Ukraine vs elsewhere!
in Russian, it sorta sounds like D-nyep-rra (I cannot role my R's!)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dneprclick on the little speaker and someone will say if for you.
That is how I have heard it spoken when tootling around Europe. Good luck with it