Mykolaiv

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Coordinates: 46°58′0″N, 32°00′0″E

Mykolaiv
Миколаїв
Mykolayiv, view of Namyv microdistrict.
Mykolayiv, view of Namyv microdistrict.
Official coat of arms of Mykolaiv
Coat of arms


Location
Location of  Mykolaiv  (orange)
Map of Ukraine with Mykolaiv highlighted.
Government
Country
Oblast
Raion
Ukraine
Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv City Municipality
Founded 1789
City rights 1789
Mayor Volodymyr Chaika
Geographical characteristics
Area
 - City

259.83 km²
Population
 - City (01-01-04)
   - Density

509,900
  1,959/km²
Coordinates 46°58′0″N, 32°00′0″E
Other Information
Postal Code 54000
Dialing Code +380 512
Sister cities Rzeszów
Website: mykolayiv.osp-ua.info

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

The city 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. Population 514,000 (as of 2001 Ukrainian Census).

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[edit] Administrative status

It is the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast (province), as well as of both the Mykolaivsky and Zhovtnevy raions (districts) within the oblast. However, Mykolaiv is a city of oblast subordinance, thus being subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed in the city itself.


[edit] History

The town was founded in 1789 by the Russian 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.
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.

[edit] 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 are capable of building large navy ships. Other important industries are mechanical engineering, power engineering, metallurgy and cosmetics.

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[edit] External links

Mykolaiv travel guide from Wikitravel


COA of Mykolaiv Oblast Administrative divisions of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine Flag of Ukraine

Raions: Arbuzynskyi | Bashtanskyi | Berezanskyi | Bereznehuvatskyi | Bratskyi | Bradiivskyi | Domanivskyi | Kazankivskyi | Kryvoozerskyi | Mykolaivskyi | Novobuzkyi | Novoodeskyi | Ochakivskyi | Pervomaiskyi | Snihurivskyi | Veselynivskyi | Voznesenskyi | Vradiyivskyi | Yelanetskyi | Zhovtnevyi

Cities: Bashtanka | Mykolaiv | Novyi Buh | Nova Odesa | Ochakiv | Pervomaisk | Snihurivka | Voznesensk | Yuzhnoukrainsk

Urban-type settlements: Arbuzynka | Berezanka | Bereznehuvate | Bratske | Domanivka | Kazanka | Kostiantynivka | Kryve Ozero | Kudriavtsivka | Oleksandrivka | Olshanske | Pervomayske | Pidhorodna | Veselynove | Voskresenske | Vradiyivka | Yelanets | more...

Villages: more...



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