Ukraine: Nikolayev, Mykolayiv, Koblevo, Ochakiv, Berezan

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Nikolayev
Naval fleet and the city on the coast Bug estuary, with vpadenii district. Ingul. Founded in 1789 on the orders of the book. Potemkin-Tavricheskogo on the ground of Russian fortress Novo Grigoryevskaya (1774) and dockyard (1788). The name was in honor of taking Ochakova Zaporozhye Cossacks in the Spring Fest. Nicholas. In 1794 there was located headquarters and the Office of the Chief Commander of Black Sea Fleet. After the defeat in the Crimean War Admiralty was closed, stopped construction of warships by the end of the XIX century. Nikolayev has become a trading port. In the Soviet period it became the largest military shipbuilding center of the Soviet Union, closed to tourists. There have been launched battleship "Potemkin" space ship "Akademik Korolyov," aircraft carrier "Kiev" and powerful ship Navy cruiser-Russia aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov". Open for visits since 1991 Tourist centers - a pedestrian street. The Soviet (partially preserved old buildings, there are plenty of cafes and bars), Children's Village "Tale."

Naval Boulevard pedestrian embankment of the river. Ingul. Commemorative Medal in honor of the founding of the city - an old gun, a monument to town planners M. Faleevu. The headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet (1794), st. Admiralska, 4. In the style of Russian classicism. Now - Museum sudostroitelstva and navy. The exhibition demonstrates the development of shipbuilding in the Northern Black Sea from ancient times to modern times - more than 100 models of ships. Front - Alley flotovodtsev (busts Ushakov, Lazarev, Bellingshausen, Nakhimov, etc.) The complex of buildings navy (1848), st. Quay. Gates and walls ship, and two corps staroflotskih barracks. Officer Assembly (1824), st. Artillery, 7. Now - House officers fleet. Nicholas Church (1813-17 biennium.) St. Faleevskaya, 4. In the classical style. There ornaments and paintings. The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1800), st. Lyagina, 10. Church of St. Joseph (1886), st. Decembrists, 32 Nicholas Observatory (1827), st. Observatornaya 1a. There is a meridian in the international astronomical atlas. Stored unique collection of astronomical instruments. Men's Gymnasium (1805), st. First Slobodskaya, 2. Now - Nicholas Construction College. Water Tower (XIX century). Str. Ryumin. Museum Vereshchagin, st. B. Marine, 47. The building is an architectural monument of XIX century. The total number of the museum collection of ten thousand works. National History Museum, st. Decembrists, 32. The exhibition, in particular, the items found during the archaeological research Olbia. Nicholas Zoo (1901), etc. Zhovtnevy, 2. It is considered one of the best in Europe. The collection includes 370 species of animals. Yacht Club, on the opposite side of the embankment of the river. Ingul. The building yacht club built in the XIX century. in Art Nouveau style.

Voznesensk
City of the merger of the river. Southern Bug and Mertvovod founded by decree of Empress Catherine II in. in 1795, some time was provincial town. The park them. Ostrovsky survived Altanka (1837). Works History Museum and Art Museum. E. Kibrika (str Lenin, 14).

Koblevo
The resort on the northern Black Sea coast with steppe climate. About 80 guest and the bases of rest, with varying degrees of comfort, rastyanutyh strip along the Sea of 6 km. Private, residential and industrial sectors in the spa area are not available. Every year the festival is held on the shores of a great holiday "Koble-In."

Ochakiv
It was founded Khan Mengli-Gireem in 1492 as a fortress of Kara-Kermen (Black Fortress), probably in place of Lithuanian fortress Dashev (1415) and even earlier ancient Greek, Sarmatskoye and Slavic settlements. Later renamed in Achi Turk-Calais. To storm Zaporozhye Cossacks in 1788 during the conquest of Northern Russia Black (barely survived). The city was an important defense importance after the defeat of Russia in the Crimean War - was built castle, and the middle estuary created an artificial island fortress of May (now deployed military unit). At the present time - fishing center and spa.

Pervomaysk
The city on the river. Southern Bug founded in 1676 as a Cossack fortress Orlik. In 1769 was destroyed by Tatars, in its place emerged a settlement Olviopol, Bogopol, Gault, from 1919 - Pervomaysk. Preserved Pokrovskaya Church (1805) with the bell tower (1839). Works History Museum (str Dzerzhinsky, 10). In the vicinity - Landscape Park Granitno-steppe Pobuzhe. " In Soviet times with. Pivdennyj under Pervomayskom deployed base of intercontinental ballistic missiles, 46 th raketnoy division. Disbanded in the elimination of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, at its base opened Museum of Strategic Rocket Forces.

Berezan
The small island at the entrance to the estuary Dneprovsky described Pushkin in "The Tale of the Tsar Saltan as Buyan (in Slavic mythology - fabulous paradise island). At the end of VII. BC (until sea level rises a peninsula) is the first in the Northern Black Sea ancient settlement Borisfen or Borisfenida based mixed city of Miletus ioniyskogo. Later, a stronghold Rusich on the road "from the Varangians to the Greeks." Retained The Turkish strengthen the XVIII century., Reinforced concrete fortress in 1910, the battery from the Second World War, a chapel and memorial on the spot shooting Lieutenant Schmidt (1906). Included in the National Park Olbia, visit limited way archaeological research.

Kinburnskaya Spit
Western tip of the peninsula separating Dneprovsky estuary of the Black Sea. In the XV-XVIII centuries. Here, by contrast Ochakova, there was a Turkish stronghold Kinburn. Now - a regional landscape park. In the territory observed about 60 species of animals listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. It breeds about 240 species of birds: swans, pink pelicans, geese, pheasant, herons, erne and others attract tourists empty and clean beaches.

Olbia
Ruins of ancient Greek city on the southern outskirts with. Parutyne, on the shores Bug estuary. Olbia Pontiyskaya was one of the four greatest ancient policyholders in the Northern Black Sea, existed for thousands of years - with VI in. BC to IV century. AD It was founded by settlers from the city of Miletus, trans-shipment point for whom served on. Borisfen (Berezan). Mentioned in the "Stories" Gerodota. The most flourishing reached in the Hellenic period (until I century AD.), Then a Roman province until it disappeared under the onslaught Huns. Found main altar (temenos), the central square (agora), fundamety temples and homes, fragments of the citadel, defensive walls and gates, roads, etc. Now - National Archaeological Reserve Olbia, working museum.

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