Nikolaev Ukraine city

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Nikolaev Ukraine city overview

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

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

Nikolaev Ukraine city population - 506,000 (2008).
Nikolaev Ukraine city land area - 253 sq.km.
Nikolaev Ukraine city phone code - +380-512.
Nikolaev Ukraine city postal codes - 54000-54xxx.

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Nikolaev Ukraine city history

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

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

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Nikolaev city mayor's office and Lenin monument

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Nikolaev Ukraine city economy

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

Nikolaev 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.

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Nikolaev Ukraine city main attractions

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

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