Kherson

Kherson
ะฅะตั€ัะพะฝ
Coat of arms of Kherson
Coat of arms
Map of Ukraine with Kherson highlighted.
Map of Ukraine with Kherson highlighted.
Kherson (Ukraine)
Kherson
Kherson
Location of Kherson
Coordinates:
Country
Oblast
Raion
Ukraine
Kherson Oblast
Kherson City Municipality
Founded June 18, 1778
Government
 - Mayor Volodymyr Saldo
Area
 - Total 135.7 kmยฒ (52.4 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 - Total 358,000
 - Density 1,081/kmยฒ (2,799.8/sq mi)
Postal code 73000
Area code(s) +380 552
Website: www.city.kherson.ua

Kherson (Ukrainian and Russian: ะฅะตั€ัะพะฝ) 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 329,000 (as of 2007).

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History

Until 1774, the region belonged to the Crimean Khanate. Kherson was founded in 1778 by Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, on the orders of Catherine the Great. The city was built on the site of a small fortress called Aleksandr-Shants. The name Kherson is a contraction of Chersonesos, an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2500 years ago in the southwestern part of Crimea.

See also Kherson history in maps, below.

Demographics

As of Ukrainian National Census (2001), the ethnic groups living within Kherson are:

Population

Year Population
1790 24 000
1926 58 000
1939 97 000
1959 158 000
1981 361 000
2004 354 000
2007 329 000

Architectural monuments

Hyperboloid Adziogol Lighthouse by V.G.Shukhov near Kherson, Ukraine, 1911

Famous people from Kherson

Places of interest

History in maps

External links