A city of south-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea east-northeast of Odessa. It was founded in 1778 as a naval base. Population: 319,000.
Kherson
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A city of south-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea east-northeast of Odessa. It was founded in 1778 as a naval base. Population: 319,000.
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Kherson (khĕrsôn'), city (1989 pop. 355,000), capital of Kherson region, S Ukraine, on the Dnieper River near its mouth on the Black Sea. It is a rail junction and a sea and river port, exporting grain, timber, and manganese ore and importing oil from the Caucasus. Kherson has one of Ukraine's largest cotton textile mills; the city's other industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, and food processing. Kherson was founded in 1778 by Potemkin as a naval station, fortress, and shipbuilding center. Its name derives from its location on the probable site of the Greek colony Chersonesus Heracleotica. The city became the administrative and defense center for Russia's newly acquired holdings along the Black Sea. By the late 19th cent. it was an important export center. The dredging of a deepwater canal along an arm of the Dnieper to the sea in 1901 further stimulated Kherson's growth as a port. The city's importance was enhanced still more with the building of the Dniprohes power station in 1932 and the development of navigation on the Dnieper. Kherson's landmarks include the fortress with earthen ramparts and stone gates and the 18th-century cathedral that contains Potemkin's tomb.
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For the Greek colony, see Cherson.
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| Coordinates: 46°38′0″N 32°35′0″E / 46.633333°N 32.583333°E | |||
| Country Oblast Municipality City Rayons |
Ukraine Kherson Oblast Kherson City Dneprovski rayon Suvorovski rayon Komsomolski rayon |
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| Founded | June 18, 1778 | ||
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| - Mayor City Council Chairman City council City Council Seats City Rayon Council Chairman CityRayon council CityRayon Council |
Volodymyr Saldo | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 135.7 km2 (52.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - Total | 358,000 | ||
| - Density | 2,651/km2 (6,866.1/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 73000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 552 | ||
| Website | www.city.kherson.ua | ||
Kherson (Ukrainian and Russian: Херсон) is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast (province), and is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry.
The current estimated population is 329,000 (as of 2007).
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History
Until 1774, the region belonged to the Crimean Khanate. Kherson was founded in 1778 by Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, on the orders of Catherine the Great. The city was built on the site of a small fortress called Aleksandr-Shants. The name Kherson is a contraction of Chersonesos, an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2500 years ago in the southwestern part of Crimea.
The last tarpan was caught near Kherson in 1866.
Demographics
As of Ukrainian National Census (2001), the ethnic groups living within Kherson are:
- Ukrainians - 76.6%
- Russians - 20.0%
- Other - 3.4%
Population
| Year | Population |
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| 1790 | 24,000 |
| 1926 | 58,000 |
| 1939 | 97,000 |
| 1959 | 158,000 |
| 1981 | 361,000 |
| 2004 | 354,000 |
| 2007 | 329.000 |
Administrative divisions
There are three city raions. Two of them still carry mark of a colonial city of Russia.
- Dnipro Raion, named after Dnieper river.
- Komsomol Raion, named after the Russian Communist youth organization, Komsomol.
- Suvorov Raion, named after the Russian General Suvorov.
Education
- Kherson state agrarian university
- Kherson state university
- Kherson national technical university
Architectural monuments
- Kherson TV Tower — is a famous construction located in the city.
- Spaskiy Cathedral (1781)
- Adziogol Lighthouse, hyperboloid structure designed by V.G.Shukhov, 1911
Famous people from Kherson
- Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet, Ukrainian-born film director, screenwriter, and actor.
- Evgeny Kucherevsky, Ukrainian football coach of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (died 2006)
- Larissa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals
- Tatiana Lysenko, a Soviet and Ukrainian gymnast who won the gold medal on the balance beam at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
- Moshe Sharett, the second Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
- Sergei Stanishev, Ex-Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, a Romanian politician, writer, and jurist
- John Howard (died in Kherson in 1790)
- Salomon Rosenblum, later known as Lieutenant Sidney Reilly, a secret agent and international adventurer and playboy who was at one time employed by the British Secret Intelligence Service. He is reputed to be the real inspiration for Ian Fleming's spy character, James Bond.
- Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist.
- Jefim (Jef) Golyscheff (1897-1970) Painter and composer associated with the Dada movement in Berlin..
- Nikolai Grinko, Ukrainian Soviet-era film actor
- Vladimir Nikolaevich Kravchenko (b.07.07.1947,Kherson city), Ukrainian painter. Мистецтво України, 1997 — С. 331.
- Abram Petrovich Gannibal
- Alexander Suvorov, founder of the city
- Grigory Potyomkin, founder of the city
Places of interest
 Saint Catherine Cathedral |
 Memorial of first ship Slava Ekaterina (Catherine's Glory) |
 The Dnieper near Kherson |
 Old Kherson |
 Kherson Suvorov street |
 Kherson Church |
 Kherson Pharmacy |
 Kherson library |
 Kherson Synagogue |
 Kherson Potemkin |
 Kherson Church Zabalka |
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- 0552.com.ua - city site of Kherson.
- Kherson city administration website (Ukrainian)
- Kherson patriots (Ukrainian)
- Kherson info&shopping (Ukrainian)
- List of cities of Ukraine by population
- List of cities of Ukraine by subdivisions
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