Resorts in the Kherson region

With its natural and climatic conditions Kherson region belongs to the best territories in the world. Kherson region has access to the Black Sea, accounting for more than two hundred kilometers of the Sun Coast with beautiful beaches and a well-developed resort infrastructure. The picturesque backwaters of the Dnieper, forest land has long been to the liking of hunters and fishermen, the supporters of sailing and just travelers.
Activities in the Kherson region an opportunity to get into a legend, a living legend of music and beauty, sports and entertainment, which is an annual international festival of Tavria games. By combining different types and genres of the performing arts, sports, recreation, Tavria games are colorful, sparkling celebration of carnivals and fireworks in which there are pop stars from different countries, prominent Ukrainian politicians, managers, beauties who take part in the competition for the title of Queen of Ukraine . In Skadovsk are all sorts of children's festivals.
Therefore, Kherson extremely generous fruit and vegetables, melon and grapes. Local giant watermelons in its taste and medicinal qualities known almost all over the world.
Generous southern sun pours sweet juice hundreds of diverse fruits, ranging from the usual cherries, strawberries and ending elitist grapes. Numerous reservoirs, both natural and artificial, are rich in fish, crabs, children are trafficked along the roads. You can verify this by choosing holidays in the Kherson region.

Seaside Village Iron Port is located in one of the cozy seats of the Black Sea coast. To the west of it originates Black Sea State Reserve, on the east - resort area about 100 kilometers in length.
Activities in the Iron port pleasant and useful because of the warm sea, beautiful beaches, curative mud of salt lakes nearby. The abundance of fruit and fish make it a unique place for recreation and health promotion.
Town Azure is a seaside resort in the area Skadovsk. Here, about 30 bases and camps. Very clear azure sea. The beaches here on the composition and structure of the sand, the slope of the coast did not yield the beaches of the most high-ranking Bulgarian resorts. Holidays in Alpes very quiet with virtually no night life. But for lovers of fun spending time there are many bars, and all along the coast.
Pearl on the banks of the Lower Dnieper exactly styled New Kakhovka.
New Kakhovka - the youngest city in the Kherson region.
The development of the city is connected with the construction of Kakhovska gidroelektrostintsii.
Nobody can remain indifferent to cozy shady streets, pine forest, a large landscaped park on the picturesque Dnieper.
Skadovsk famous resort of Ukraine in the Kherson region. Rest in Skadovsk specialized - is a children's resort. There are children's camps and resorts. Like specifically for children here the sea is very shallow, warm and safe, at a distance of 50 meters and even more depth to the entire zone for an adult. Rest in Skadovsk very useful due to the air, which is saturated with ions of bromine and iodine.
Kherson - industrial and cultural center of the region, one of the greenest cities in the south of Ukraine. Founded in 1778 by Prince Potemkin, Kherson borrowed its name from the ancient Greek city Chersonesos.
Kherson - the edge of Cossack's liberty.
The pearl of a city's architecture, its central part, is the street Suvorov. The list of outstanding cultural and historical sites is a definite place and the Park of Glory Alley of Heroes.
The city has a botanical garden, dendroparks and other sights of nature.

Ochakov in Nikolayev region.

Ochakov— city in the Nikolaev area of Ukraine, administrative centre of Ochakovsky area. It is located at coast of Black sea, near to mouth of Dnepr. Seaport on Dneprovsky estuary.

History of Ochakov. Ochakov has been put in 1492 by the Crimean khan Mengli of I Gireem, on place of the Lithuanian fortress Dashev, and originally was called the Penalty-kermen.

In 1493 Bogdan Fedorovich Glinsky at the head of the Cherkassk Cossacks has grasped just building the Crimean Tatars fortress Ochakov.

In 1526 the fortress has taken over osmanli Turks (Silistria) and was called round. Özi (Achi-Kale).

In 1737 the army of the Russian empire has besieged Ochakov, considering it as the main advanced post at northern coast of Black sea. Ochakov was is taken by marshal Hristofor Minihom, but year has been left later and passed Turkey.

The second siege of Ochakov has occurred in 1788 and has been sung in Derzhavin's ode. By then the city garrison totaled 20 thousand soldiers. The fortress was defended by 300 guns. In the western suburbs the lock settled down Gassan-plough (Cape battery).

During two-day battle 17 — on June, 18th, 1788 near Ochakov the ships of Russian flotilla and Suvorov's coastal batteries have been burnt by brandskugel and are sunk 3 64-gun ships, 2 40-gun and 3 32-gun frigates, 5 small courts. 1 ship (renamed in «Leonty the Martyr», it took part in battle at cape Kaliakrija in 1791) is grasped. 1673 persons are taken prisoner. Turks have lost more than 5 thousand persons the killed. Losses of Russian party: 2 officers and 16 bottom ranks are killed, 10 officers and 57 bottom ranks wounded.

After defeat of Turkish squadron not received the support, the fortress besieged and blocked from the sea Ochakov was storm is taken by G.A.Potyomkin's armies.

In 1792 Ochakov became Russian fortress.

In 1855 Ochakov has been grasped by the English-French armies, but then returned Russia.

In Soviet period in city the naval and military helicopter base settled down.

C 1991 — the Ukrainian city, resort and naval base.

Museums. Military-historical museum of name And. V.Suvorov

The museum of name of P.P.Schmidt is destroyed (part of exhibits has been transferred to the former Palace of Pioneers)

History of Nikolayev.

Under the decree of prince Grigory Potyomkin in mouth of the river Ingul under the direction of colonel Michael Faleev in 1788 the shipyard round which the city has started to grow has been put.

The city name is known from the warrant № to 1065 Faleev from August, 27th (on September, 7th) 1789: Summer residence by Faber to call Spassky, and Vitovka — Bogojavlensky, new erected shipyard on Ingul— the city of Nikolaev …

The city has received the name in memory gained in 1788 Russian armies to victory — capture of Turkish fortress Ochakov in day of sacred Nikolay, the patron of seamen. The first ship, 46-gun frigate lowered from shipyard in 1790, was as is named by "Sacred Nikolay». The construction beginning in Nikolaev the large sailing military ships was necessary to them and the basic branch of city — shipbuilding is defined.

Nikolaev was under construction according to plan, made by Ivan Starovym — with direct Nikolayev streets and quarters of the correct form.

In 1798 the first educational institution of city – the Black Sea mate school has been based.

Long time the staff of the Black Sea fleet was deployed in Nikolaev. During the Crimean war it became the main rear base. The majority of the enterprises which were created in city, concerned military-industrial complex and in this connection Nikolaev many decades have been closed for visiting by foreigners.

In 1862 in city the commercial port that was an incitement to transformation of Nikolaev Ukraine to the big trading port has been opened. Already in the end of XIX-th century the Nikolaev port took the third place after Petersburg and Odessa on volume of trade with abroad, and on the grain export steppe provinces — the first place in the country were which suppliers. Nikolaev became the big industrial centre in the south of Ukraine.

In 1918 Nikolaev has endured for the first time occupation by foreign armies. In 1920 the Soviet power here has affirmed.

With the Great Patriotic War beginning Nikolaev has been occupied on August, 16th. During occupation in Nikolaev the underground diversionary group «Nikolaev centre» operated. On March, 28th, 1944 the city has been released, in particular, thanks to actions of 68 seamen-commandoes under Konstantin Olshansky's command.

In 1949-1955 in Nikolaev the building of regional committee of the CPSU has been constructed. On area opposite side in Square of commandoes the memorial complex of heroes-commandoes — to Heroes of Soviet Union has been built.

In post-war time Nikolaev became one of the centres of shipbuilding of the USSR. Vessels let out three ship-building factories — the Black Sea ship-building factory, factory of name of 61 Communard and factory "Ocean".