Coordinates: 46°58′N 32°0′E / 46.967°N 32°E
| Mykolaiv (Миколаїв) Nikolayev (Николаев) |
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  Mykolaiv (Миколаїв)
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| Coordinates: 46°58′0″N 32°00′0″E / 46.966667°N 32°E | |||
| Country Oblast Raion |
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 (Ukrainian: Миколаїв), also known as Nikolayev (from Russian Николаев), is a major city in southern Ukraine.
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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. In 1920 Nikolaev government decided to rename the city in Vernoleninsk, but the new name has not been approved by the Government of USSR. Nevertheless, in the German encyclopedic dictionaries in 1927 and 1932 on the map of European USSR, the city was named Vernoleninsk.
The city is located 65 kilometers (40 mi) from the Black Sea along the estuary of the Southern Buh river (where it meets the Inhul River)..
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.
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.
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.
There are several universities in Mykolaiv. These include the Mykolaiv State Agrarian University, Mykolaiv Pedagogical Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding and Petro Mohyla Mykolaiv State University.
Mykolaiv Airport, one of the largest and technically well-equipped airports in the South of Ukraine, serves the city.
Mykolaiv is represented within Ukrainian Bandy and Rink-bandy Federation.[1]
Media related to Mykolaiv at Wikimedia Commons
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Mykolayiv (ua: Миколаїв, ru: Николаев) [1] is a city in Southern Ukraine.
Mykolayiv was founded in 1789 in the aftermath of the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774 together with neighbouring cities of Kherson (1778) and later Odesa (1794). The name was given after the sailors' friend Saint Nicholas and also after the day in December 1788 when general Suvorov captured major Turkish fortress of Achikale (now Ochakov/Ochakiv, in 60 km from Mykolayiv). The first ship "St. Nicholas" was built in 1790.
From the beginning Mykolayiv became the navy shipbuilding centre of the Russian Empire. Mykolayiv was governed by a military governor until 1900. The oldest shipyard (modern name '61 Communars') was founded one year earlier than the city in 1788. Soldiers, craftsmen and free people from various areas of Russian Empire were ordered to Mykolayiv. Some streets still have numbered names according to founders' occupation: 11th Voennaya (Military) or 9th Slobodska (Free settler). The city was well planned from the beginning. Main streets are wide and were used to carry wood to the shipyards. Glamorous parks make a big portion of the city. Downtown area is located on the peninsula made by Southern Bug and Ingul rivers estuary. The Black Sea navy headquarters was located in Mykolayiv for more than 100 years until it moved to Sevastopol.
Shipbuilding is a part of Mykolayiv history. There are three shipyards in Mykolayiv and the only Shipbuilding University in Ukraine. Mykolayiv was closed to foreign visitors until the late 1980s because of large navy projects (as well as Air Force base, turbine plant and military port).
Mykolayiv was major Jewish centre of Russian Empire in 19th century. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson (the seventh leader in the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty) was born in Mykolayiv on April 18, 1902.
Today the city has a population of about 500,000. The official language is Ukrainian, but Russian is widely spoken and English is also commonly spoken.
There is an airport at Mykolayiv (Nikolaev) (IATA: NLV).Daily flights to Moscow-Vnukovo, operated by UTAir Aviation, a regional Russian airline. There are also 3 weekly flights to Kyiv, Ukraine and 2 weekly flights to Istanbul, Turkey.
The nearest major airport is Odessa. There are daily flights from/to Odessa operated by "Ukraine International Airlines", Aerosvit, Austrian Airlines, Polish Airline "LOT", Czech Airline "CSA", Hungarian Airline "Malev"
Direct trains to Moscow (26 hours), Kiev (10), Lviv (18), Odesa (5), the Crimea (8 hours) depart every day. Train departures timetable. All trains have coach cars.
Main routes to Kherson (65 km), Odesa (120), Uman' (320), Chishinau (325), the Crimea (350), Kiev (500), Kharkiv (520), Lviv (950). Usually gas is cheaper than in W.Europe, approximately the same price as in N.America. Check if you can hire a driver with a car. Be careful if you travel alone and don't forget to carry a mobile phone. Hitchhiking is not recommended. The roads are terrible and dangerous.
Direct daily connections to Kyiv (10 hours), Kharkiv (12), Odesa (2), the Crimea (6), Cishinau (7), Khmelnytsky (11), Donetsk (12), Rostov-na-Donu (17), Minsk (23). Be prepared to sleep in the bus seat if you decide to take night coach. Bus to Hamburg, Germany (42-hour trip) departs twice a week.
Even though Mykolayiv has a major Ukrainian commercial sea port (5 mln.t in 2004), there are no regular passenger lines.
Coach buses (marshrutka) can take you almost anywhere in the city for less than half a dollar. Taxi service is also inexpensive. Mykolayiv local transportation system consists of buses, trams, trolley buses and boats.
'Shtorm' bowling (Sadova 2), also a nightclub on a second level.
'Delerium' is an upscale nightclub. Open Tuesday-Sunday 21:00-05:00 (9 p.m. - 5 a.m.)
Walk around. Mykolayiv is a safe town with lots of cool stuff to see.
National Shipbuilding University; Pedagogical University; Agrarian University; Petro Mohyla Humanitarian University
Western shopper will be surprised by affordability of fashion European clothing in Mykolayiv. Pedestrian Radyanska (Sovetskaya) and adjacent streets make local shopping district. Western-style supermarkets accept major credit cards. Don't forget to buy local wines (Radsad or Koblevo brands) as a souvenirs. Prepare to pay 1-3% to local banks for ATM machines ('bankomat') withdrawals. Watch your pockets at crowded public markets.
Local meat product labels usually don't say 'organic' but mostly they are. Dairy products are delicious, especially ice cream. Even McDonalds used to mention "We use Ukrainian ingredients" in TV commercials. Vegetables are mostly seasonal. Fish is delicious but can have small bones when served in restaurant. Ready-to-go homemade food can be found in local stores.
Any clean cafe can offer hearty inexpensive dish of local food. Ask for 'borsch' (beet soup), 'bliny' (crêpes - thin stuffed pancakes), 'zharkoe' (meat with potatoes and mushrooms in a clay pot). You must sure try out the chicken. Ukraine is a country of the chicken. It is cheap and you will get a lot on your plate.
Celentano pizza (#1 on Faleevska/Lenina and #2 on Spaska/Lyagina), Bocas del Torro (Radyanska between Potemkinska and Shevchenka: try every salad in the salad bar!), Bliny Don't forget to try out the rest of the food of Pizza Celentano. The service is good so is the atmosphere very cozy.
Blindage (Radyanska/Velyka Mors'ka which is like an armory museum - waitress in military uniform will offer you a triple shot of vodka in real bullet casings and weapons of Soviet and German WWII armies)
McDonalds (Radyanska)
Coliseum (Radyanska/Shevchenko), Malakhit (Moskovska/Spaska)
Astoria - Great Food, Good Service, Good prices for American visitors
Try local wines from Radsad winery - white: Chardonnay, Aligote, red: Merlot, Cabernet. Wines with alcohol content of more than 15% are artificially fortified with sugar, avoid them. Buy vodka or cognac in stores only. Western brands are very expensive bars commonly water them down. Local brewery Yantar (Amber) belongs to InBev beer group (brands Stella Artois, Taller, etc.) and makes 10% of Ukrainian beer production. Try out the Ukraine milkshake at Pizza Celentano. You won't believe that it is only very cold milk with sugar. The texture is amazingly creamy but it's not too sweet. I went for one every day when I was in Ukraine last July.
For long-term visits rent an apartment for $100-400 a month. Some hotels have higher rates for foreigners.
Nikolaev (Lenina 107, corner of Sadova); Parus (Sportivna 9, incredible river view, +380-512-346088)
Vladam/Piligrim (Sadova 3b, +380-512-360151, new private hotel, Christian management);
At Admirala Makarova, located only 1/2 block from McDonalds at Lyagina St. 18, +380(512)47-93-99, email: Mykolaiv_hotel@ukr.net, modern, comfortable beds, AC, 15 rooms, friendly staff, accepts credit cards, June 2007 rate $60/night.
Ingul (Admiralska 34, +380-512-355557, 5-star price for 3-star service); Metalurg (20 km from downtown in satellite city district of Zhovtneve, prospekt Oktyabrskiy 319a, +380-512-634056)
Important numbers: 102-police; 103-medical emergency. Purchase a mobile phone or SIM card from MTS or Kyivstar GSM 900/1800 providers to stay connected. Avoid drunk people and don't drink with people that you don't know. Avoid buying cut-rate liquor from public markets. It's too often counterfeit and potentially dangerous. Avoid staying out after midnight, and if you do, call a taxi service (067). TB and Hepatitis immunization is recommended.
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From Ukrainian Миколаїв (Mykoláïv) = Russian Николаев (Nikoláev), from Николай (Nikólaj), “‘Nicholas’”), commemorating the fall of the Turkish fortress of Ochakiv on St Nicholas’ day, December 6, 1789. Compare Ukrainian Миколай (Mykoláj), “‘Nicholas’”).
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Mykolaiv (Ukrainian: Миколаїв, Russian: Никола́ев, translit. Nikolayev; also referred to as or Mykolayiv, Nikolaev, or Nikolayev; Polish: Mikołajów) is a major city in southern Ukraine.
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 46°58′N 32°0′E. Population 514,000 (as of 2001 Ukrainian Census).
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It is the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast (province), as well as of both the Mykolaivsky and Zhovtnevy raions (districts) within the oblast. However, Mykolaiv is a city of oblast subordinance, thus being subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed in the city itself.
The town was founded in 1789 by the Russian 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 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.
The only Russian Navy aircraft carrier currently in commission, Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, was built in Mykolaiv.
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.
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