Mykolaiv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Миколаївська область, Mykolajivśka oblasť; also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna, Ukrainian: Миколаївщина), also known as Nikolaev or Nikolayev Oblast (Russian: Николаевская область, Nikoláyevskaya óblasť), is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv. Population: 1,164,342 (2015 est.)[3]

Mykolaiv Oblast Миколаївська область, Николаевская область Mykolayivs’ka oblast’
Oblast
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  Миколаївщина (Mykolayivschyna)
Coordinates: 47.43°N 31.80°E / 47.43; 31.80
Country	Ukraine
Administrative center	Mykolaiv
Government
• Governor	Oleksandr Stadnik[1]
• Oblast council	64 seats
• Chairperson	Victoria Moskalenko[2] (Petro Poroshenko Bloc[2])
Area
• Total	24,598 km^2 (9,497 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 14th
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,164,342[3]
• Rank	Ranked 18th
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	54000-56999
Area code	+380-51
ISO 3166 code	UA-48
Raions	19
Cities (total)	10
• Regional cities	5
Urban-type settlements	17
Villages	820
FIPS 10-4	UP16
Website	www.mk.gov.ua www.mk-oblrada.gov.ua

Geography

The 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.

The Mykolaiv Oblast borders upon the Odessa Oblast in the west-southwest, the Kirovohrad Oblast in the north, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the northeast, and the Kherson Oblast on the southeast.

To the south, the oblast is also bordered by the Black Sea. To Mykolaiv Oblast belong Kinburn Peninsula, Berezan Island in Black Sea, Pervomaisky Island in Dnieper Estuary.

In regards to relief, Mykolaiv Oblast is a plain that gently slopes in southern direction.[4] Bigger portion of the territory lays within Black Sea Lowland.[4] To the north there are spurs of Podolian and Dnieper uplands.[4] Among major valuable deposits and minerals there are nickel, uranium ores, granite, gneiss, quartzites.[4]

The climate is moderately continental with a mild winter of small snow amount and hot arid summer.[4]

On territory of the region are 85 rivers that belong to basin of the Black Sea.[4] Among main there are Southern Bug (Boh), Inhulets, and Berezan.[4]

Points of interest

The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine or Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine.

• Olbia, an ancient ruins of Greek colony near Ochakiv
• Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, located near Kinburn peninsula
• Granite-steppe lands of Buh, a landscape park located up north towards Podolia
• Inhul River Park, a landscape park in eastern part of the region
• Tylihul landscape park, on the administrative border with Odessa Oblast
• Dykyi Sad archaeological site (Wild Garden) in the city of Mykolaiv

Demographics

The current estimated population is 1.2 million people (as of 2005). The greater part of the oblast's population resides in urban type settlements (66%), with the remainder residing in agricultural areas. Also, almost 60% of the urban population resides in Mykolayiv, the industrial, cultural and administrative center of Mykolayiv Oblast.

The oblast's population density is one of the lowest in Ukraine – 52 people per 1 km². The oblast' is ranked 18 by the percentage of the population of Ukraine, that the Mykolaiv Oblast contain, which is 2.6%.

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.7% (male 88,668/female 83,434)

15-64 years: 70.7% (male 396,342/female 432,808)

65 years and over: 14.6% (male 56,527/female 114,987) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 39.7 years

male: 36.3 years

female: 42.9 years (2013 official)

Ethnicity, language and citizenship

The oblast has a multi-ethnic composition; people of more than 100 ethnicities (national groups) live in the oblast.[5] The most common language in the oblast is Ukrainian; the second most common language is Russian.[6] In the city of Mykolaiv the most common language is Russian.[7]

At the time of the 2001 census, the oblast had 1,269,900 permanent residents.[8] Of these:

• 1,251,100 (99.1%) had Ukrainian citizenship.[8]
• 6,400 had citizenship of CIS countries.[8]
• 10,200 had citizenship of other countries.[8]
• 4,200 were without citizenship.[8]
• 1,000 who did not specify their citizenship.[8]

Ethnicity ("Nationality")	Permanent residents 2001		Language at home 2001 [6]			Permanent residents 1989	Language at home 1989 [6]
	Number [5]	% [5]	Ukrainian	Russian		% [5]	Ukrainian	Russian
All ethnicities [8]	1,269,900	100.0%	69.2%	29.3%		100.0%	64.2%	33.8%
Ukrainian	1,034,400	81.9%	82.4%	17.5%		75.6%
Russian	177,500	14.1%	6.2%	93.7%		19.4%
Moldavian	13,200	1.0%	28.5%	16.8%		1.3%
Belarussian	8,400	0.7%	21.8%	58.5%		1.1%
Bulgarian	5,600	0.4%	16.9%	53.2%		0.5%
Armenian	4,300	0.3%	7.1%	35.8%		0.1%
Jew	3,300	0.3%	10.1%	87.4%		0.9%
Korean	1,800	0.1%	6.3%	70.8%		0.0%
Azerbaijanian	1,500	0.1%	8.1%	33.3%		0.1%
Gipsy (Roma)	1,400	0.1%	38.7%	15.2%		0.1%
Pole	1,300	0.1%	47.4%	44.1%		0.2%
Tatar	1,300	0.1%	7.3%	73.5%		0.1%
German	1,200	0.1%	26.8%	67.7%		0.1%
Other	7,700	0.7%	13.8%	37.3%		0.5%

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Mykolaiv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast formed in September 1937. It is subdivided into 19 raions (administrative districts), and 4 municipalities (misto) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government.

Name	Ukrainian Name	Area (km^2)	Population census 2015[9]	Admin.center	Urban Population Only
Mykolaiv	Миколаїв (місто)	260	493,860	Mykolaiv (city)	493,860
Pervomaisk	Первомайськ (місто)	25	66,677	Pervomaisk (city)	66,677
Voznesensk	Вознесенськ (місто)	23	35,520	Voznesensk (city)	35,520
Yuzhnoukrainsk	Южноукраїнськ (місто)	24	40,353	Yuzhnoukrainsk (city)	40,353
Arbuzynka Raion	Арбузинський (район)	969	20,198	Arbuzynka	8,543
Bashtanka Raion	Баштанський (район)	1,706	37,721	Bashtanka	12,640
Berezanka Raion	Березанський (район)	1,378	23,409	Berezanka	4,120
Bereznehuvate Raion	Березнегуватський (район)	1,264	20,387	Bereznehuvate	7,742
Bratske Raion	Братський (район)	1,129	18,037	Bratske	5,325
Domanivka Raion	Доманівський (район)	1,458	25,500	Domanivka	6,137
Kazanka Raion	Казанківський (район)	1,349	19,745	Kazanka	7,207
Kryve Ozero Raion	Кривоозерський (район)	814	24,905	Kryve Ozero	7,823
Mykolaiv Raion	Миколаївський (район)	1,430	30,448	Mykolaiv (city)	N/A *
Novyi Buh Raion	Новобузький (район)	1,243	31,199	Novyi Buh	15,566
Nova Odesa Raion	Новоодеський (район)	1,428	33,602	Nova Odesa	12,108
Ochakiv Raion	Очаківський (район)	1,500	29,949	Ochakiv	14,489
Pervomaisk Raion	Первомайський (район)	1,319	30,275	Pervomaisk (city)	N/A *
Snihurivka Raion	Снігурівський (район)	1,350	40,420	Snihurivka	12,870
Veselynove Raion	Веселинівський (район)	1,245	23,161	Veselynove	8,060
Vitovka Raion	Вітовській (район)	1,460	50,565	Mykolaiv (city)	N/A *
Voznesensk Raion	Вознесенський (район)	1,392	30,562	Voznesensk (city)	N/A *
Vradiivka Raion	Врадіївський (район)	801	17,611	Vradiivka	8,391
Yelanets Raion	Єланецький (район)	1,018	15,530	Yelanets	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:

• Settlements — 922, including:
  • Villages — 896;
  • Cities/Towns — 21, including:
    • Cities of raion subordinance — 4 (Bashtanka, Novyi Buh, Nova Odesa and Snihurivka);
    • Urban-type settlement — 17;
• Selsovets — 287.

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.

Infrastructure and economy

• Along the coast, there are several ports and the Mykolaiv International Airport.
• The region's railway network and infrastructure is part of the Odessa Railways.
• Through the region passes European route E58 and European route E95.
• The city of Mykolaiv is known for several of its shipyards that existed since the 19th century.
• South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant
• Agrarian company Nibulon
• Mykolaiv Observatory

Public opinion

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 Kiev 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.[10]

See also

• Subdivisions of Ukraine
• Kherson Governorate
• Lysa Hora
• Romanization of Ukrainian

References

1. "Zelensky appoints Stadnik head of Mykolaiv regional administration – decree". Interfax-Ukraine. September 19, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
2. https://news.pn/en/politics/149828
3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
4. Vermenych, Ya. Mykolaiv Oblast (МИКОЛАЇВСЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2009
5. National composition of population. About number and composition population of Mykolaiv Region by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001, State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 2003–2004CS1 maint: date format (link)
6. Linguistic composition of the population. About number and composition population of Mykolaiv Region by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001, State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 2003–2004CS1 maint: date format (link)
7. In a survey in 2017, 63% of the population of the city of Mykolaiv spoke Russian at home, 7% Ukrainian, and 28% spoke both Ukrainian and Russian equally.
   "Public Opinion Survey of Residents of Ukraine June 9 – July 7, 2017" (PDF). iri.org. August 2017. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2017.
8. Permanent population. About number and composition population of Mykolaiv Region by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001, State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 2003–2004CS1 maint: date format (link)
9. "Population Quantity". UkrStat (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
10. Лише 3% українців хочуть приєднання їх області до Росії [Only 3% of Ukrainians want their region to become part of Russia]. Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (in Ukrainian). 3 January 2015.

External links

• State Administration of Mykolaiv Oblast - official site (in Ukrainian, Russian, and English)
• Information Card of the Region - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine