Mykolaivska oblast[1]
Coordinates: 47°26′N 31°48′E / 47.43°N 31.80°E / 47.43; 31.80
• Governor
64 seats
• Chairperson
Anton Tabunshchyk (acting)
• Oblast
24,598 km2 (9,497 sq mi)
• Rank
• Oblast
1,091,821
• Rank
• Density
44/km2 (110/sq mi)
750,698
341,123
• Total
₴ 124 billion
(€3.214 billion)
• Per capita
₴ 112,864
(€2,921)
• Summer (DST)
4
Cities (total)
10
5
17
Villages
820
Website
www.mk.gov.ua
www.mk-oblrada.gov.ua
Mykolaiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Миколаївська область, romanized: Mykolaivska oblast, IPA: [mɪkoˈlɑjiu̯sʲkɐ ˈɔblɐsʲtʲ]), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna (Ukrainian: Миколаївщина, IPA: [mɪkoˈlɑjiu̯ʃtʃɪnɐ]), is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv. At the most recent estimate, the population of the oblast stood at 1,091,821 (2022 estimate).[3]
Historically, at various times, the territory was ruled either entirely or partly by Scythia, ancient Greeks, Old Great Bulgaria, Khazars, Kipchaks, the Mongol Empire, Lithuania, the Crimean Khanate, the Ottoman Empire, Poland, and Russia. Historic cities of greatest importance were ancient Olbia and the late medieval port city of Ochakiv. In the late 17th and 18th centuries the tripoint of three early modern great powers, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Ottoman Empire and Russia, was located at the site of the current second-largest city of Mykolaiv Oblast, Pervomaisk, a city formed by the merger of the former Polish town of Bohopol, Russian town of Olviopol and Ottoman village of Holta.[5][6]
The oblast was established within Soviet Ukraine in 1937. During World War II, it was occupied by Germany in 1941–1944.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army invaded the province from Kherson Oblast, attacking as far northwest as Voznesensk. They were repulsed at Voznesensk, and their attempt to take Mykolaiv failed. From April 2022, almost all of the province was under Ukrainian control, apart from the extreme south-east and the Kinburn peninsula. When Russia annexed Kherson Oblast in September 2022, it incorporated the occupied areas of Mykolaiv Oblast. A Ukrainian military official announced a Russian withdrawal from Mykolaiv Oblast on 10 November 2022.[7]
On 4–5 July 2022 during an international Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2022) in Lugano, Switzerland pledged to support the rebuilding of Mykolaiv region.[8]
Mykolaiv Oblast is located in the southern half of Ukraine. Its area (24,600 km²) comprises about 4.07% of the total area of Ukraine.
Mykolaiv Oblast borders upon Odesa Oblast in the west-southwest, Kirovohrad Oblast in the north, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the northeast, and Kherson Oblast on the southeast.
To the south, the oblast is also bordered by the Black Sea. To Mykolaiv Oblast belong Kinburn Peninsula, Berezan IslandinBlack Sea, Pervomaisky Island in Dnieper Estuary.
Historically, it is located in Yedisan (central and southern parts), Zaporizhzhia (northern part) and Podolia (north-western part). Pervomaisk, the second largest city of the province, is located at the tripoint of the three historic regions.
In regards to relief, Mykolaiv Oblast is a plain that gently slopes in southern direction.[9] Bigger portion of the territory lays within Black Sea Lowland.[9] To the north there are spurs of Podolian and Dnieper uplands.[9] Among major valuable deposits and minerals there are nickel, uranium ores, granite, gneiss, quartzites.[9]
The climate is moderately continental with a mild winter of small snow amount and hot arid summer.[9]
In the territory of the region are eighty-five rivers that belong to basin of the Black Sea.[9] Among main rivers there are the Southern Bug (Boh) which splits the oblast into eastern and western parts, Inhulets, and Berezan.[9]
The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of UkraineorSeven Natural Wonders of Ukraine.
The estimated population was 1.2 million people in 2005. The greater part of the oblast's population resided in urban type settlements (66%), with the remainder residing in agricultural areas. Also, almost 60% of the urban population resided in Mykolaiv, the industrial, cultural and administrative center of Mykolaiv Oblast.
As of 2021, the total population of the oblast was estimated at 1,108,394 inhabitants, with 761,278 (68.7%) residing in urban areas and the remaining 347,116 (31.3%) living in rural areas. The city of Mykolaiv, home to 341,123 residents, constituted 68.8% of the urban population of Mykolaiv Oblast.[3]
The oblast's population density is one of the lowest in Ukraine – 45 inhabitants per square kilometre (120/sq mi). Mykolaiv Oblast contains 2.7% of the population of Ukraine, by percentage share ranking 19th among Ukrainian oblasts and territories.
(male 88,668/female 83,434)
(male 396,342/female 432,808)
(male 56,527/female 114,987) (2013 official) (2013 official)The oblast has a multi-ethnic composition; people of more than 100 ethnicities (national groups) live in the oblast.[10] The most common language in the oblast is Ukrainian; the second most common language is Russian.[11] In the city of Mykolaiv the most common language is Russian.[12]
At the time of the 2001 census, the oblast had 1,269,900 permanent residents.[13] Of these:
Ethnicity
("Nationality")
Permanent residents 2001
Mother Tongue 2001 [11]
Permanent residents 1989
Mother Tongue 1989 [11]
Number [10]
% [10]
Ukrainian
Russian
% [10]
Ukrainian
Russian
All ethnicities [13]
1,269,900
100.0%
69.2%
29.3%
100.0%
64.2%
33.8%
1,034,400
81.9%
82.4%
17.5%
75.6%
177,500
14.1%
6.2%
93.7%
19.4%
13,200
1.0%
28.5%
16.8%
1.3%
8,400
0.7%
21.8%
58.5%
1.1%
5,600
0.4%
16.9%
53.2%
0.5%
4,300
0.3%
7.1%
35.8%
0.1%
3,300
0.3%
10.1%
87.4%
0.9%
1,800
0.1%
6.3%
70.8%
0.0%
1,500
0.1%
8.1%
33.3%
0.1%
1,400
0.1%
38.7%
15.2%
0.1%
1,300
0.1%
47.4%
44.1%
0.2%
1,300
0.1%
7.3%
73.5%
0.1%
1,200
0.1%
26.8%
67.7%
0.1%
Other
7,700
0.7%
13.8%
37.3%
0.5%
Mykolaiv Oblast formed in September 1937. it is subdivided into various areas, mostly raions. The subdivisions changed in 2020.
On 18 July 2020, the number of Mykolaiv Oblast subdivisions was reduced to four raions.[14][15] These are:
Before July 2020, Mykolaiv Oblast was subdivided into 24 regions: 19 raions (administrative districts) and 5 city municipalities (mis'kradaormisto), officially known as territories governed by city councils[16] which are directly subordinate to the oblast government.
Name
Ukrainian Name
Area
(km2)
Population
census 2015[17]
Admin.center
Urban Population Only
Миколаїв (місто)
260
493,860
Mykolaiv (city)
493,860
Первомайськ (місто)
25
66,677
Pervomaisk (city)
66,677
Вознесенськ (місто)
23
35,520
Voznesensk (city)
35,520
Южноукраїнськ (місто)
24
40,353
Yuzhnoukrainsk (city)
40,353
Арбузинський (район)
969
20,198
8,543
Баштанський (район)
1,706
37,721
12,640
Березанський (район)
1,378
23,409
4,120
Березнегуватський (район)
1,264
20,387
7,742
Братський (район)
1,129
18,037
5,325
Доманівський (район)
1,458
25,500
6,137
Казанківський (район)
1,349
19,745
7,207
Кривоозерський (район)
814
24,905
7,823
Миколаївський (район)
1,430
30,448
Mykolaiv (city)
N/A *
Новобузький (район)
1,243
31,199
15,566
Новоодеський (район)
1,428
33,602
12,108
Очаківський (район)
1,500
29,949
14,489
Первомайський (район)
1,319
30,275
Pervomaisk (city)
N/A *
Снігурівський (район)
1,350
40,420
12,870
Веселинівський (район)
1,245
23,161
8,060
Вітовській (район)
1,460
50,565
Mykolaiv (city)
N/A *
Вознесенський (район)
1,392
30,562
Voznesensk (city)
N/A *
Врадіївський (район)
801
17,611
8,391
Єланецький (район)
1,018
15,530
4,912
Total Oblast
Миколаївська (Область)
24,585
1,159,634
791,227
Note: Asterisks (*) Though the administrative center of the rayon is housed in the city/town that it is named after, cities do not answer to the rayon authorities only towns do; instead they are directly subordinated to the oblast government and therefore are not counted as part of rayon statistics.
At a lower level of administration, these district-level administrations are subdivided into:
The local administration of the oblast is controlled by the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast is the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.
During the 1991 referendum, 89.45% of votes in Mykolaiv Oblast were in favor of the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine. A survey conducted in December 2014 by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found 2.1% of the oblast's population supported their region joining Russia, 95.5% did not support the idea, and the rest were undecided or did not respond.[18]
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Administrative centers
1Claimed and controlled by Russia as the RepublicofCrimea and the Federal CityofSevastopol
2Claimed and partially controlled by Russia as the Republics Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic and Zaporozhye and Kherson oblasts
3 Partially claimed and partially controlled by Russia as a part of Kherson oblast
4Partially controlled by Russia, but not claimed as its part.
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