Mykolaiv

Ukraine / Mykolayivska / Mykolayiv /
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Mykolaiv (in Ukrainian - Mykolaiv, but much more wide known as Nikolaev) is a major city in southern Ukraine. The town was founded in 1789 by the Russian Governor General of Novorossiya Knyaz Potemkin initially as a shipyard called simply a New Shipyard on the Ingul river. Knyaz Potyomkin signed an order to construct a shipyard on August 27, 1789, which is considered to be a city birth date. The shipyard was to serve for the repair of the Russian Navy ships in the Russo-Turkish war. Later Potyomkin ordered the shipyard to be named Nikolaev to commemorate the date of fall of Ochakov (Turkish: Achi-Kale) to the Russian troops under his command on December 6, 1788, close to the day of Saint Nicholas (Nikolay) December 19, in the Russian Orthodox Church. The history of the city has always been closely connected to the shipbuilding as the city has three shipbuilding plants.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykolaiv
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Coordinates:   46°55'58"N   32°0'31"E
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  • nikolaev is a very nice place to visit my advice is to rent an apartment when you go to nikolaev there are many places to visit and see taxis are very cheap foods not expensive and drinks are the same. the vodka is very strong so be wary shopping is good. supermarkets are plentyfull and is an experience many goods you dont see in the uk fresh fish in the fox supermarket many good eating establishments if you vist the english bar in nikolaev say hello to ramon and shasha the bar man although they only speak russian i found them to be very friendly people the japaneese eating house is well worth the visit cinema's are very comfortable as an upgrade when seating you will find the weather in summer very hot the fun fair is a small fun park not much in the way of other fun parks and the beaches are also open to the eye so do not expect beaches like we know them try the russian german pub in the centrum that is well worth a vist from the world wars much history there the ladies are also very beautiful many speak english i always believe that when you are in the country you visit always try to do what they do and eat you will find that the experience is great a taxi from nikolaev to odessa will cost you around $70/100 u.s dollars the uk has just introduced the new £20 note and when i was there in june 2007 they would not take the currency the rates are normally un changed the uk pound £=9.05 grievna's the u.s dollar $=5.0 the euro= 6.0 the road infrastructure is not like europe and trams are another experience but take many pictures and enjoy your stay ive been to nikoleave 2 times now and have met my fianc'e but do not try to lure ukraine ladies into being used for sex because they do have respect and are not easily lead be trusting but be aware enjoy your stay
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