Mykolaiv
| Mykolaiv Миколаїв |
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| Nickname(s): City of shipbuilders | |||
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Ukraine Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv City Municipality |
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| Founded | 1789 | ||
| City rights | 1789 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Volodymyr Chaika | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 259.83 km² (100.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| - Total | 505,900 | ||
| - Density | 1,959/km² (5,073.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 54000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 512 | ||
| Licence plate | BE | ||
| Website: mykolayiv.osp-ua.info | |||
Mykolaiv, also known as Nikolayev, (Ukrainian: Миколаїв), (Russian: Николаев) is a major city in southern Ukraine.
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Name of city
There are several variations of the city's name. In Ukrainian, the city is named Микола́їв, for which the translation is Mykolaiv, also seldom Mykolayiv. The Russian name is Никола́ев, which translates to Nikolaev or Nikolayev.
Geographical position
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 .
Administrative status
Mykolaiv is the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast (province), as well as that of both the Mykolaivsky and Zhovtnevy raions (districts) within the oblast. However, Mykolaiv is also a city of oblast subordinance, and is thus subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed in the city itself.
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.
History
The town was founded in 1789 by the Russian Governor General of Novorossiya Kniaz Potemkin initially as a shipyard called simply a New Shipyard on the Ingul river. Kniaz Potemkin signed an order to construct a shipyard on August 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.
The history of the city has always been closely connected to the ship building. Captain Georgy Brusilov of ill-fated Arctic ship St. Anna was born in Mykolaiv in 1884.
Education
There are several universities in Mykolaiv. These include the Mykolaiv Pedagogical Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding and Petro Mohyla Mykolaiv State University.
See also
- Black Sea Shipyard
- 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
- Okean Shipyard (Oktyabr'skoye)
External links
Media related to Mykolaiv at Wikimedia Commons- Mykolaiv travel guide from Wikitravel
- Mykolaiv Yacht Club picture
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