Kherson

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Kherson_Oblast :: Kherson

Kherson () 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 303,900 (as of 2004).

History

Until 1774, the region belonged to the Crimean Khanate. The city Cherson 1778 of the Russian Zarin Katharina II. on suggestion of the prince Grigori A. Potjomkin beside the 1737-39 built Russian attachment plant Alexanderschanze based. 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.

Demographics

As of Ukrainian National Census (2001), the ethnic groups living within Kherson are:

Ukrainians - 76.5%
Russians - 19.9%
Other - 3.4%

Architectural monuments

Kherson TV Tower- is a famous construction located in the city.
Spaskiy Cathedral (1781)

Famous people from Kherson

Larissa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals
Moshe Sharett, the second Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
Sergey Stanishev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, a politician, writer, and jurist

Places of interest

Image:Ukraine_Cherson_2St.-Ekater.jpg|Saint Catherine Cathedral Image:Ukraine_Cherson_Memorial.jpg|Memorial Image:Ukraine_Dnepr_bei_Cherson.jpg|The Dnieper near Kherson Image:Ukraine Oblast Cherson Verwaltung.jpg|Kherson Oblast Administration building

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