Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast
Mykolaiv
Миколаїв Миколаїв над Дністром Mykolaiv nad Dnistrom | |
---|---|
UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mykolaiv (Ukrainian: Миколаїв, also referred to as Mykolayiv, Polish: Mikołajów) is a city in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Mykolaiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population is approximately 14,498 (2022 estimate).[2]
To distinguish Mykolaiv from the
History
The territory of modern
In 1772, following the First Partition of Poland, the town was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, where it remained until late 1918. In the interwar period, it returned to Poland, and belonged to the Stanisławów Voivodeship. After the invasion of Poland it was under Soviet occupation from 1939 to 1941.[5] In June 1941 the NKVD murdered an unknown number of Poles and Ukrainians in a local prison.[5] After that, the town was from 1941 to 1944 under German occupation.[5] At that time, the Polish Home Army underground resistance movement operated here.[5] During the second period of Soviet occupation in 1944–1945, the Soviets deported Polish inhabitants deep into the Soviet Union.[5] After the war, in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement, it was taken from Poland and annexed by the Soviet Union, where it was included in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Until 18 July 2020, Mykolaiv was the administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Mykolaiv Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[6][7]
Population
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[8]
Language | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Ukrainian | 14 554 | 98.44% |
Russian | 204 | 1.38% |
Other or undecided | 26 | 0.18% |
Total | 14 784 | 100.00% |
Notable people
In 1837, Polish romantic writer Walery Łoziński was born here. Uliana Kravchenko a Ukrainian educator, writer, and the first Galician woman to publish a book of poetry was born here in 1860.[9]
Transport
Through the city runs European route E471 which connects Mukachevo in Zakarpattia Oblast with Lviv. The city also has a train station.
Gallery
-
Mykolaiv Cement Factory
-
Preserved old townhouse
-
Local museum
-
Mykolaiv Monument to Shevchenko
-
Church of Saint Nicholas
-
Church of Saint Nicholas (Greek Catholic)
-
Mykolaiv Tall
-
Mykolaiv monument to the potter
-
Exposition of the museum of U. Kravchinko and M. Ustyanovich
-
The old view of the city in 1908-1912
-
Mykolaiv
-
Coat of arms of the city of Mykolaiv
References
- ^ "Николаевская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "VI Книжкова толока 2012. 70 років УПА".
- ^ a b c d e f Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI, Warsaw, 1885, p. 403-404 (in Polish)
- ^ a b c d e "Mikołajów". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "Kravchenko, Uliana". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.