Mykolaiv

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This article is about shipbuilding port and administrative center of Mykolaiv Oblast, in southern Ukraine. For the smaller town in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, see Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast.

Coordinates: 46°58′0″N, 32°00′0″E

Mykolaiv
Миколаїв

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Mykolayiv, view of Namyv microdistrict.

Coat of arms

Location

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Map of Ukraine with Mykolaiv highlighted.

Government

Country
Oblast
Raion

Ukraine
Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv City Municipality

Founded

1789

City rights

1789

Mayor

Geographical characteristics

Area
- City

259.83 km²

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

509,900
1,959/km²

Other Information

54000

+380 512

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.

It is the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of both the Mykolaivsky and Zhovtnevy Raions (districts) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and 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.

The current estimated population is 514,000 (as of 2001).

[edit] History

The town was founded in 1789 by the 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.

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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 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

mykolayiv.osp-ua.info - Mykolaiv City Administration website (Ukrainian)
nikportal.net - NikolaevCity portal (Russian)
Wikimapia - Satellite map of Mykolaiv at Wikimapia

Image:Mykolajiw-oblast-COA.png	Subdivisions of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg

	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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	Subdivisions of Ukraine: Cherkasy Oblast \| Chernihiv Oblast \| Chernivtsi Oblast \| Autonomous Republic of Crimea \| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast \| Donetsk Oblast \| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast \| Kharkiv Oblast \| Kherson Oblast \| Khmelnytskyi Oblast \| Kiev City \| Kiev Oblast \| Kirovohrad Oblast \| Luhansk Oblast \| Lviv Oblast \| Mykolaiv Oblast \| Odessa Oblast \| Poltava Oblast \| Rivne Oblast \| Sevastopol City \| Sumy Oblast \| Ternopil Oblast \| Vinnytsia Oblast \| Volyn Oblast \| Zakarpattia Oblast \| Zaporizhia Oblast \| Zhytomyr Oblast
	Administrative centers of subdivision units: Cherkasy \| Chernihiv \| Chernivtsi \| Dnipropetrovsk \| Donetsk \| Ivano-Frankivsk \| Kharkiv \| Kherson \| Khmelnytskyi \| Kiev \| Kirovohrad \| Luhansk \| Lutsk \| Lviv \| Mykolaiv \| Odessa \| Poltava \| Rivne \| Sevastopol \| Simferopol \| Sumy \| Ternopil \| Uzhhorod \| Vinnytsia \| Zaporizhia \| Zhytomyr