Mykolaiv
46°58′N 32°0′E / 46.967°N 32.000°E
Mykolaiv
Миколаїв | |
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.jpg) Lenin Avenue in Mykolaiv. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: City of shipbuilders | |
 Map of Ukraine with Mykolaiv highlighted | |
| Country Oblast Raion | Ukraine Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv City Municipality |
| Founded | 1789 |
| City rights | 1789 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Volodymyr Chaika |
| Area | |
| • Total | 259.83 km2 (100.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 505,900 |
| • Density | 1,959/km2 (5,070/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 54000 |
| Area code | +380 512 |
| Licence plate | BE |
| Website | mykolayiv.osp-ua.info |
Mykolaiv (Ukrainian: Миколаїв), also known as Nikolayev (from Russian Николаев), is a major city in southern Ukraine.
Name of city
There are several variations of the city's name. In Ukrainian, the city is named Микола́їв, for which the transliteration is Mykolaiv, or, more rarely, Mykolayiv. The Russian name is Никола́ев, which transliterates as Nikolaev or Nikolayev.
Geographical position
The city is located Template:Km to mi from the Black Sea along the estuary of the Southern Buh river (where it meets the Inhul River)..
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 shipbuilding center of Ukraine (as, earlier, of the whole Soviet Union) and an important riverport. The city has three major shipyards one of which is 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, Prince Grigori 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 the city's birth date. The shipyard was to undertake the repair of naval ships in the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). Later Potemkin ordered the shipyard to be named Nikolaev to commemorate the date when Ochakov fell 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 calendar.
The history of the city has always been closely connected to ship building. Captain Georgy Brusilov of the ill-fated Arctic ship St Anna was born in Mykolaiv in 1884.
The Lubavicher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was born in Mykolaiv in 1902.
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.
Transportation
Mykolaiv Airport, one of the largest and technically well-equipped airports in the South of Ukraine, serves the city.
Sports
Mykolaiv is represented within Ukrainian Bandy and Rink-bandy Federation.[1]
See also
- Black Sea Shipyard
- 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
- Okean Shipyard (Oktyabrskoye)
References
- Notes
External links
Media related to Mykolaiv at Wikimedia Commons- 0512.com.ua - city site of Mykolaiv.
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