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Kherson (Ukrainian and Russian Херсон) is a city in southern Ukraine, the capital of Kherson Oblast, with 303,900 inhabitants (2004). It is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, also a home to major ship-building industry. Coat of Arms and Flag of Kherson Region File links The following pages link to this file: Kherson Khersonska oblast Categories: Images with unknown source ... City lights from space. ... Kherson Oblast (Ð¥ÐµÑ€ÑÐ¾Ð½ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Khersonsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð¥ÐµÑ€ÑÐ¾Ð½Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Khersonshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Length 2,290 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge 1670 mÂ³/s Area watershed 516,300 kmÂ² Origin Russia Mouth Black Sea Basin countries Russia, Belarus, Ukraine The Dnieper River (Russian: Ð”Ð½ÐµÐ¿Ñ€/Dnepr; Belarusian: Ð”Ð½ÑÐ¿Ñ€Ð¾/Dnyapro; Ukrainian: Ð”Ð½Ñ–Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾/Dnipro) is a river (2,290 km length) which flows from Russia through... Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ...

History

Kherson was founded in 1778 by Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin who executed the order of Russian Empress Catherine the Great. The city was built on place of a small fortress Aleksandr-Shants. 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin (Russian: Григорий Александрович Потемкин) (September 13, 1739 (NS: September 24) – October 5, 1791 (NS: October 16)) was a Russian general-field marshal, statesman, and favorite of Catherine II the Great. ... H.I.M. Ekaterina II Aleksejevna the Great, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias Catherine II (Ð•ÐºÐ°Ñ‚ÐµÑ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° II ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÐµÐ²Ð½Ð°: YekateriÌna II AlekseÌyevna, April 21, 1729 - November 6, 1796 (O.S.)), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka, known as Catherine the Great, reigned as empress of Russia from June 28, 1762, to...

Constructions

Kherson TV Tower is a 200 metre high lattice steel TV Tower in Kherson, Ukraine. ...

Places of Interest

Categories: Ukraine geography stubs | Cities in Ukraine | Transportation in Ukraine Large flag of Ukraine Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and two cities with special status (singular місто зі спеціальним статусом, misto zi spetsialnym statusom). ... Cherkasy Oblast (Ð§ÐµÑ€ÐºÐ°ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Cherkasâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð§ÐµÑ€ÐºÐ°Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Cherkashchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of central Ukraine. ... Chernihiv Oblast (Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð³Ñ–Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Chernihivsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð³Ñ–Ð²Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Chernihivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. ... Chernivtsi Oblast (Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð²ÐµÑ‚ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Chernivetsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð²ÐµÑ‡Ñ‡Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Chernivechchyna in Ukrainian, Districtul CernÄƒuÅ£i in Romanian) is an oblast in southwestern Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. ... The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian transliteration: Avtonomna Respublika Krym, Ukrainian: Автономна Республіка Крим, Russian: Автономная Республика Крым, pronounced cry-MEE-ah in English) is a peninsula and an Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea. ... Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Ð”Ð½Ñ–Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¿ÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Dnipropetrovsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð”Ð½Ñ–Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¿ÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Dnipropetrovshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of northern Ukraine. ... Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Ð†Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾-Ð¤Ñ€Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ–Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Ivano-Frankivsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð†Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾-Ð¤Ñ€Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ–Ð²Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Ivano-Frankivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of Ukraine. ... Kharkiv Oblast (Харківська область, Kharkivs’ka oblast’ or Харківщина, Kharkivshchyna in Ukrainian; Харьковская область, Khar’kovskaya oblast’ in Russian) is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. ... Kherson Oblast (Ð¥ÐµÑ€ÑÐ¾Ð½ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Khersonsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð¥ÐµÑ€ÑÐ¾Ð½Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Khersonshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. ... Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ð¥Ð¼ÐµÐ»ÑŒÐ½Ð¸Ñ†ÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Khmelâ€™nytsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð¥Ð¼ÐµÐ»ÑŒÐ½Ð¸Ñ‡Ñ‡Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Khmelnychchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Kiev Oblast (ÐšÐ¸Ñ—Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Kyivsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or ÐšÐ¸Ñ—Ð²Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Kyivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. ... Kirovohrad Oblast (ÐšÑ–Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¾Ð³Ñ€Ð°Ð´ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Kirovohradsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or ÐšÑ–Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¾Ð³Ñ€Ð°Ð´Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Kirovohradshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Luhansk Oblast (Луганська область, Luhans’ka oblast’ or Луганщина, Luhanshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... Lviv Oblast (Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ñ–Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Lâ€™vivsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ñ–Ð²Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Lâ€™vivshchyna in Ukrainian, LwÃ³w in Polish, Lemberg in German) is an oblast of western Ukraine, created on December 4, 1939. ... Mykolayiv Oblast (Миколаївська область, Mykolaivs’ka oblast’ or Миколаївщина, Mykolaivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of Ukraine. ... Odessa Oblast (Ukrainian: ÐžÐ´ÐµÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Odesâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or ÐžÐ´ÐµÑ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Odeshchyna) is an oblast of south-western Ukraine. ... Poltava Oblast (ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ñ‚Ð°Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Poltavsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ñ‚Ð°Ð²Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Poltavshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. ... Rivne Oblast (Ð Ñ–Ð²Ð½ÐµÐ½ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Rivnensâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð Ñ–Ð²Ð½ÐµÐ½Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Rivnenshchyna in Ukrainian; Rowno in Polish) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Sumy Oblast (Ð¡ÑƒÐ¼ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Sumsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð¡ÑƒÐ¼Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Sumshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of northern Ukraine. ... Ternopil Oblast (Ð¢ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð¾Ð¿Ñ–Ð»ÑŒÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Ternopilâ€™sâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð¢ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð¾Ð¿Ñ–Ð»ÑŒÑ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Ternopilâ€™shchyna in Ukrainian; Tarnopol in Polish; Ternopol in Russian) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Vinnytsia Oblast (Ukrainian: ) is an oblast of Ukraine. ... Volyn Oblast or Volhynia (Ð’Ð¾Ð»Ð¸Ð½ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Volynsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð’Ð¾Ð»Ð¸Ð½ÑŒ, Volynâ€™ in Ukrainian) is the most north-western oblast (province) of Ukraine, bordering Belarus to the north and Poland to the west. ... Districts of Zakarpattia Oblast House of the Council of Zakarpattia Oblast in Uzhhorod with Taras Shevchenko Monument Zakarpattia Oblast or Transcarpathian Oblast (Ukrainian: ; KÃ¡rpÃ¡talja in Hungarian) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Zaporizhia Oblast (Запорізька область, Zaporizka oblast’ or Запоріжщина, Zaporizhchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. ... Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast Coat of Arms of Zhyomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast (Ð–Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¾Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Zhytomyrsâ€™ka oblastâ€™ or Ð–Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¾Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€Ñ‰Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Zhytomyrshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. ... // By the administrative subdivisions Subdivisions A to C Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ÐÐ²Ñ‚Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð¼Ð½Ð° Ð ÐµÑÐ¿ÑƒÐ±Ð»Ñ–ÐºÐ° ÐšÑ€Ð¸Ð¼, Avtonomna Respublika Krym) Feodosiia (Ð¤ÐµÐ¾Ð´Ð¾ÑÑ–Ñ) Kerch (ÐšÐµÑ€Ñ‡) Simferopol (Ð¡Ñ–Ð¼Ñ„ÐµÑ€Ð¾Ð¿Ð¾Ð»ÑŒ) Yalta (Ð¯Ð»Ñ‚Ð°) Yevpatoriya (Ð„Ð²Ð¿Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾Ñ€Ñ–Ñ) Cherkasy Oblast (Ð§ÐµÑ€ÐºÐ°ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Cherkasâ€™ka oblastâ€™) Cherkasy (Ð§ÐµÑ€ÐºÐ°ÑÐ¸) Smila (Ð¡Ð¼Ñ–Ð»Ð°) Uman (Ð£Ð¼Ð°Ð½ÑŒ) Chernihiv Oblast (Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð³Ñ–Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Chernihivsâ€™ka oblastâ€™) Chernihiv (Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð³Ñ–Ð²) Nizhyn (ÐÑ–Ð¶Ð¸Ð½) Pryluky (ÐŸÑ€Ð¸Ð»ÑƒÐºÐ¸) Chernivtsi Oblast (Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð²ÐµÑ†ÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Chernivetsâ€™ka oblastâ€™) Chernivtsi (Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ–Ð²Ñ†Ñ–) Subdivisons D to I Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Ð”Ð½Ñ–Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¿ÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²ÑÑŒÐºÐ° Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Dnipropetrovsâ€™ka... Cherkasy (Ukrainian Ð§ÐµÑ€ÐºÐ°ÑÐ¸, Rus. ... Chernihiv (Ukrainian: ), often called by the Russian name Chernigov (Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð¸Ð³Ð¾Ð²) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the capital of Chernihiv Oblast (province). ... Monument to the victims of the Massacre of Khotin (1919) Chernivtsi (Ukrainian: ; Romanian: CernÄƒuÅ£i; German: Czernowitz or Tschernowitz; Polish: Czerniowce; Hungarian: Csernovic; Yiddish: Tshernovits; Russian: , Chernovtsy) is a city in Northern Bukovina, Ukraine, capital of the Chernivtsi Oblast. ... Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Ð”Ð½Ñ–Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¿ÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²ÑÑŒÐº, Dnipropetrovsâ€™k; Russian: Ð”Ð½ÐµÐ¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¿ÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾ÌÐ²ÑÐº, Dnepropetrovsk, formerly Ð•ÐºÐ°Ñ‚ÐµÑ€Ð¸Ð½Ð¾ÑÐ»Ð°ÌÐ², Yekaterinoslav) is Ukraines third largest city with 1. ... Donetsk heavy industry Donetsk (Ukrainian: , Donetsk; Russian: ) is a city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. ... Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian: Ð†Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾-Ð¤Ñ€Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ–Ð²ÑÑŒÐº/Ivano-Frankivsk; Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¸ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ñ–Ð²/Stanyslaviv before 1962; Polish: StanisÅ‚awÃ³w 14th century - 1939; Russian: Ivano-Frankovsk; German: Stanislau (before World War I); Yiddish: ×¡×˜×Ö·× ×™×¡×œ×•×•/Stanislev) is a city in Ukraine, center of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in the west of the country. ... Vintage view of Kharkov in the 1890s. ... The name, transliterated from the Ukrainian language may refer to Bohdan Khmelnytsky Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, a city in Ukraine (erroneously) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A monument to St. ... Kirovohrad emblem Kirovohrad flag Kirovohrad (Кіровоград) is a city in Ukraine, population 239,400 (2004). ... Luhansk (Ukrainian: Луганськ) is a city in eastern Ukraine. ... Lutsk (Ð›ÑƒÑ†ÑŒÐº in Ukrainian, Ð›ÑƒÑ†Ðº in Russian) is the capital of the Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. ... Lviv or Lviv (Ukrainian: ; Polish: LwÃ³w; German: Lemberg; Latin: Leopolis; Russian: ; see also Cities alternative names) is a city in western Ukraine with 830,000 inhabitants (an additional 200,000 commute daily from suburbs). ... Mykolaiv or Mykolayiv (Ukrainian: ), also known by its Russian name ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°ÌÐµÐ² (Nikolaev or Nikolayev) is a city in Southern Ukraine with the population of 514,000 (2001 estimation). ... Odessa (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is a city in the southwestern Ukraine, major port on the Black Sea and the administrative center of countrys Odessa Oblast (province). ... Poltava (Ukrainian: ) is a city and oblast center in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine with some 313,400 inhabitants (2004). ... Rivne (Ukrainian Ð Ñ–Ð²Ð½Ðµ , Russian Ð Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð¾) - city in Ukraine, capital of Rivnenska oblast, with 249,900 inhabitants (2004). ... Sevastopol (Ð¡ÐµÐ²Ð°ÑÑ‚Ð¾Ð¿Ð¾Ð»ÑŒ, Sevastopolâ€™ in Russian and Ukrainian; Aqyar in Crimean Tatar), formerly known as Sebastopol, is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of Crimean peninsula. ... Simferopol (Ukrainian, Ð¡Ñ–Ð¼Ñ„ÐµÑ€Ð¾Ð¿Ð¾Ð»ÑŒ; Russian, Ð¡Ð¸Ð¼Ñ„ÐµÑ€Ð¾Ð¿Ð¾Ð»ÑŒ; Greek, Î£Ï…Î¼Ï†ÎµÏÏŒÏ€Î¿Î»Î¹Ï‚; Tatar, Aqmescit) is the capital city of Crimea, in Ukraine. ... Sumy is a town in the Ukraine Sumy region. ... Ternopil (Тернопіль, Ternopil’ in Ukrainian, Ternopol in Russian) is a city in Western Ukraine, located at the banks of the Seret river. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Vinnytsia, or Vinnytsya (Ukrainian Ð’Ñ–Ð½Ð½Ð¸Ñ†Ñ, Polish: Winnica) is a city in central Ukraine, located on the banks of Pivdennyi Buh River in 270 km far from the capital Kyiv. ... Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: , Zaporizhzhia; Russian: , Zaporozhye) is a city in south-eastern Ukraine, the capital of Zaporizhia Oblast. ... Zhytomyr (Ukrainian, Russian Ð–Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¾Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€, Polish: Å»ytomierz) is the capital of the Zhytomyrska oblast in Ukraine. ...