Kherson
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Ukraine Kherson Oblast Kherson City Municipality |
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| Founded | June 18, 1778 | ||
| Mayor | Volodymyr Saldo | ||
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| Area - City |
68,7 km² |
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| Population - City (2004) - Density |
303,9 1,081/km² |
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| Postal Code | 73000 | ||
| Dialing Code | +380 552 | ||
| Sister cities | Rzeszów | ||
| Website: www.city.kherson.ua | |||
Kherson (Ukrainian and Russian: Херсон) is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast (province), and is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry.
The current estimated population is 303,900 (as of 2004).
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[edit] History
Until 1774, the region belonged to the Crimean Khanate. Kherson was founded in 1778 by Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, at his suggestion, on the orders of Catherine the Great. The city was built on the site of a small fortress Aleksandr-Shants.
[edit] Demographics
As of Ukrainian National Census (2001), the ethnic groups living within Kherson are:
- Ukrainians - 76.4%
- Russians - 20.0%
- Other - 3.4%
[edit] Architectural monuments
- Kherson TV Tower- is a famous construction located in the city.
- Spaskiy Cathedral (1781)
- Adziogol Lighthouse, hyperboloid structure designed by V.G.Shukhov, 1911
[edit] Famous people from Kherson
- Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet, Ukrainian-born film director, screenwriter, and actor.
- Evgeny Kucherevsky, Ukrainian football coach of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (died 2006)
- Larissa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals
- Tatiana Lysenko, a Soviet and Ukrainian gymnast who won the gold medal on the balance beam at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
- Moshe Sharett, the second Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
- Sergey Stanishev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, a Romanian politician, writer, and jurist
- John Howard (died in Kherson in 1790)
- Salomon Rosenblum, later known as Lieutenant Sidney Reilly, a secret agent and international adventurer and playboy who was at one time employed by the British Secret Intelligence Service. He is reputed to be the real inspiration for Ian Fleming's spy character, James Bond.
[edit] Places of interest
 Saint Catherine Cathedral |
 Memorial |
 The Dnieper near Kherson |
 Kherson Oblast Administration building |
[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian)/(Russian)/(English) Kherson city administration website
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Administrative divisions of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Beryslavskyi | Bilozerskyi | Chaplynskyi | Henicheskyi | Holoprystanskyi | Hornostaivskyi | Ivanivskyi | Kakhovskyi | Kalanchatskyi | Novotroitskyi | Novovorontsovskyi | Nyzhnosirohozkyi | Skadovskyi | Tsiurupynskyi | Velykolepetyskyi | Velykooleksandrivskyi | Verkhniorohachytskyi | Vysokopilskyi |
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Cities: Beryslav | Henichesk | Hola Prystan | Kakhovka | Kherson | Nova Kakhovka | Skadovsk | Tavriisk | Tsiurupynsk |
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Urban-type settlements: Bilozerka | Chaplynka | Hornostaivka | Ivanivka | Kalanchak | Novotroitske | Novovorontsovka | Nyzhni Sirohozy | Velyka Lepetykha | Velyka Oleksandrivka | Verkhniy Rohachyk | Vysokopillia | more... |
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Villages: more... |
