Mykolaiv

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Mykolaiv (Ukrainian: Миколаїв, Russian: , translit. Nikolayev; also referred to as or Mykolayiv, Nikolaev, or Nikolayev) is a major city in southern Ukraine.

It is the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of both the Mykolaivsky and Zhovtnevy Raions (districts) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is located 65 kilometers from the Black Sea along the estuary of the Southern Buh river (where it meets the Inhul River) at around [46°58′N 32°0′E].

The current estimated population is 514,000 (as of 2001).

History

The town was founded in 1789 by the Governor General of Novorossiya Knyaz Potemkin initially as a shipyard called simply a New Shipyard on the Ingul river. Knyaz Potemkin signed an order to construct a shipyard on April 27, 1789, which is considered to be a city birth date. The shipyard was to serve for the repair of the Russian Navy ships in the Russo-Turkish war. Later Potemkin ordered the shipyard to be named Nikolaev to commemorate the date of fall of Ochakov to the Russian troops under his command on December 6, 1788, close to the day of Saint Nicholas (Nikolay) December 19, in the Russian Orthodox Church.

View of the Lenin Prospekt.

The history of the city has always been closely connected to the ship building.

The only Russian Navy aircraft carrier currently in commission Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov was built in Mykolaiv.

Economy

Today Mykolaiv is a major ship building center of Ukraine (as, earlier, of the whole Soviet Union) and an important riverport. The city has 3 major shipyards some of which capable of building large navy ships. Other important industries are mechanical engineering, power engineering, metallurgy and cosmetics.

External links

[Official website]

[[wikitravel:| travel guide]] from Wikitravel

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	Subdivisions of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine

	Raions:	Arbuzynsky Raion \| Bashtansky Raion \| Berezansky Raion \| Bereznehuvatsky Raion \| Bratsky Raion \| Bradiivskyy Raion \| Domanivsky Raion \| Kazankivsky Raion \| Kryvo-ozersky Raion \| Mykolaiv City \| Mykolaivsky Raion \| Novobuzky Raion \| Novo-odesky Raion \| Ochakiv City \| Ochakivsky Raion \| Pervomaiysk City \| Pervomaisky Raion \| Snihurivsky Raion \| Veselynivsky Raion \| Voznesensk City \| Voznesensky Raion \| Vradiyivsky Raion \| Yelanetsky Raion \| Yuzhnoukrainsk City \| Zhovtnevy Raion \|
	Cities:	Bashtanka \| Mykolaiv \| Novyi Buh \| Nova Odesa \| Ochakiv \| Pervomaiysk \| Snihurivka \| Voznesensk \| Yuzhnoukrainsk
	Towns:	Arbuzynka \| Berezanka \| Bereznehuvate \| Bratske \| Domanivka \| Kazanka \| Kryve Ozero \| Veselynove \| Vradiyivka \| Yelanets

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