In the southern Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnieper River near the Black and Azov Seas is a wonderful city Kherson. Luxurious realm of nature, rich history, unique cultural and architectural sights attract numerous tourists all year round, especially during the summer, promising a great holiday in Kherson. You are unable to resist the temptation to make an excursion by boat on the Dnieper River. You can hunt, fish, travel to the islands and channels, stroll along tree-lined boulevards and streets; explore the historic sites and value of Kherson. You can just sit on the waterfront, listen to the crying of gulls, white boats and enjoy the sailing ships, the waiting passengers, watch the clouds, foams rapidly change their form and shape.
Kherson in south Ukraine has had a long and difficult path from a small town (the cradle of the Black Sea Fleet) to the development of cultural and industrial center, one of the leaders in the field of shipbuilding and engineering. Today Kherson is the regional center, a major railway junction, the country's only city with a sea and river port. The total territory of Kherson is 6000 ha. This is the present. And what was the past? To find out, you will need to turn over more than one page of history, because Kherson is 232 years old. And they were not all fun, the city has experienced many difficult periods and ups and downs, but every time it survived and recovered.
Kherson territory had been inhabited since ancient times, as evidenced by archaeological III-II millennium BC In the IV-III centuries. On the steppe the Tavriyskiy Scythians nomads, who came to replace the Sarmatians. Later, during the period of Kievan Rus in the Dnieper trade route "from the Vikings to the Greeks."
The founder of a statesman and military leader, GA Potemkin. It was he who in 1778 had been instructed by Catherine II to start a building on the site of Alexander Shantz-town with the shipyard, a commercial port and fortress. The purpose of creation was to protect the southern borders of the Russian Empire.

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