Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city

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Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city overview

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city coat of arms

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city flag

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) is a city and administrative center of Nikolaev oblast (region), southern Ukraine, on the estuary of the Yuzhny Bug River, about 40 miles (65 km) from the Black Sea.

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city map location

City of Nikolaev is a big transportation junction (sea port, commercial port, river port, highway and railway junction, airport).

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city at night time

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city Central (Lenin) square

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city population - 506,000 (2008).
Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city land area - 260 sq.km.
Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city phone code - +380-512.
Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city postal codes - 54xxx.

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city sunset

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city history

City of Nikolaev was founded in 1788 during the Russian-Turkish war of 1787-1791 as a naval base after the Russian annexation of the Black Sea coast, near the site of the ancient Greek Olbia. Nikolaev city was a shipyard from where the town developed and which was named Nikolaev in 1789.

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city picture

Till 1862 Nikolaev was a military port only. In 1862 a commercial harbor was opened and in 1873 a railway was built to the port. Soviet power was established in Nikolaev in 1918.

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city Fleet boulevard

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city view from Fleet boulevard

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city economy

City of Nikolaev is now one of the most important Ukrainian Black Sea ports, serving the Krivoy Rog area and extensive steppe grain lands. Nikolaev is one of the biggest shipbuilding centers of the Ukraine.

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city winter morning

The city also has a wide range of other engineering and consumer-goods industries. An alumina-processing plant utilizing imported bauxite was built in the 1970s in the northern suburb of Zhovtnevoye in city of Nikolaev.

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city Yacht club

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city Black sea shore line

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city evening lights

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city port

Nikolaev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine city main attractions

Nikolaev is a modern city in appearance, laid out on a gridiron pattern of broad streets. City of Nikolaev is an important cultural center. Nikolaev has ship-building and teacher-training institutes.

Nikolaev city cathedrals photos

Nikolaev city architecture features are various cathedrals and churches, Black Sea fleet Observatory, Yacht-Club, Vladimir Shuhov hyperboloid water tower and more.

Nikolaev city Saint Nikolas church photos

Nikolaev city monuments photos

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