Nikolaev Ukraine

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 Nikolaev. Today Nikolaev is a major ship building center of Ukraine (as, earlier, of the whole Soviet Union) and an important riverport. The city [...]

Nikolaev is a major city in southern Ukraine, Eastern Europe.. It is the administrative center of the Nikolaev Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of both the Mykolaivsky and Zhovtnevy Raions (districts) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is located 65 kilometers [...]