Southern Ukraine
Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv Raion

Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv is a city in . It is an important shipbuilding centre and transportation hub for Ukraine, and has a large military presence. It had a large Jewish population until the Holocaust in World War II.
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  • Type: City with 480,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Mykolaiv Oblast in southern Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Mykolayiv”, “Nikolaev”, “Nikolajew”, and “Nikolayev”
  • Historically known as: “Vernoleninsk”
  • Postal code: 54000
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Mykolaiv Regional Museum of Local History and Observatory.

Museum
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Mykolayiv Regional Museum of Local History “Staroflotski Barracks” is one of the oldest museums in . It was established on 15 December 1913.

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Mykolaiv is an astronomical in Mykolaiv, .

Museum
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The is a museum dedicated to shipbuilding located in Mykolaiv, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Varvarivka.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Mykolaiv

Latitude
46.9759° or 46° 58′ 33″ north
Longitude
31.994° or 31° 59′ 38″ east
Population
480,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
IATA airport code
NLV
United Nations Location Codes
UA NLV and UA ZUA
Open location code
8GRHXXGV+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60410873
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
700569
Wiki­data ID
Q41572
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mykolaiv” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميكولايف”
  • Armenian: “Միկոլայիվ”
  • Armenian: “Նիկոլաև”
  • Arpitan: “Mikolayiv”
  • Arpitan: “Mykolaïv”
  • Asturian: “Mykolaiv”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mikolayev”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nikolayev”
  • Bashkir: “Николаев”
  • Basque: “Mykolaiv”
  • Belarusian: “Мікалаеў”
  • Bengali: “মিকোলায়িভ”
  • Bulgarian: “Миколаив”
  • Bulgarian: “Николаев”
  • Burmese: “မီကိုလိုအက်ဗ်”
  • Catalan: “Mikolaiv”
  • Catalan: “Nikolàiev”
  • Cebuano: “Mykolaiv”
  • Cebuano: “Mykolayiv”
  • Chechen: “Николаев”
  • Chinese: “尼古拉耶夫”
  • Chinese: “米科拉伊夫”
  • Chinese: “米高拉伊夫”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Mıkolayiv”
  • Croatian: “Mikolajev”
  • Croatian: “Mikolajiv”
  • Croatian: “Nikolajev”
  • Czech: “Mykolajiv”
  • Czech: “Nikolajev”
  • Danish: “Mykolajiv”
  • Danish: “Nikolajev”
  • Dutch: “Mikolajiv”
  • Dutch: “Mykolaiv”
  • Dutch: “Mykolajiv”
  • Dutch: “Nikolajev”
  • Eastern Mari: “Николаев”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميكولايف”
  • Erzya: “Мыколаив ош”
  • Esperanto: “Mikolajevo”
  • Esperanto: “Mikolajivo”
  • Esperanto: “Nikolajev”
  • Esperanto: “Nikolajevo”
  • Estonian: “Mõkolaiv”
  • Estonian: “Mõkolajiv”
  • Estonian: “Nikolajev”
  • Finnish: “Mikolaiv”
  • Finnish: “Mykolaiv”
  • Finnish: “Mykolajiv”
  • French: “Mykolaiv”
  • French: “Mykolaïv”
  • French: “Mykolayiv”
  • French: “Nicolaëv”
  • French: “Nicolaïev”
  • French: “Nikolaïev”
  • Georgian: “მიკოლაევი”
  • Georgian: “მიკოლაივი”
  • Georgian: “ნიკოლაევი”
  • German: “Mikołajów”
  • German: “Mykolajiw”
  • Greek: “Μικολάιβ”
  • Hebrew: “מיקולאייב”
  • Hebrew: “מיקולייב”
  • Hebrew: “ניקולאייב”
  • Hebrew: “ניקולייב”
  • Hebrew: “ניקוֹלייב”
  • Hindi: “मैकोलाइव”
  • Hungarian: “Mikolajiv”
  • Icelandic: “Mykolaiv”
  • Icelandic: “Mykolajív”
  • Indonesian: “Mykolaiv”
  • Irish: “Mykolaiv”
  • Italian: “Mikolaiv”
  • Italian: “Mykolaiv”
  • Italian: “Mykolaïv”
  • Italian: “Mykolayiv”
  • Italian: “Nicolopoli” (historical)
  • Italian: “Nikolaev”
  • Italian: “Nikolajev”
  • Italian: “Nikolajew”
  • Italian: “Nikolayev”
  • Japanese: “ニコラーイェフ”
  • Japanese: “ニコラーエフ”
  • Japanese: “ニコライェフ”
  • Japanese: “ニコライエフ”
  • Japanese: “ニコラエフ”
  • Japanese: “ミコラーイウ”
  • Japanese: “ミコラーイヴ”
  • Japanese: “ミコラーイフ”
  • Japanese: “ミコライウ”
  • Japanese: “ミコライヴ”
  • Japanese: “ミコライフ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコラーイィウ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコラーイィヴ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコラーイィフ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコラーイウ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコラーイヴ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコラーイフ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコライィウ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコライィヴ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコライィフ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコライウ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコライヴ”
  • Japanese: “ムィコライフ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mykolaiv”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿಕೋಲಯೆವ್”
  • Kazakh: “Николаев”
  • Kirghiz: “Николаев”
  • Komi: “Николаев”
  • Korean: “니콜라예프”
  • Korean: “미콜라이우”
  • Kotava: “Mikolaiv”
  • Kotava: “Mikolayiv”
  • Kurdish: “Mikolayîv”
  • Ladin: “Mykolaiv”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Mykolaiv”
  • Latin: “Nicolaopolis Olbiopolitarum”
  • Latvian: “Mikolajiva”
  • Latvian: “Nikolajeva”
  • Lithuanian: “Mykolajiv”
  • Lithuanian: “Mykolajivas”
  • Lithuanian: “Nikolajev”
  • Lithuanian: “Nikolajevas”
  • Lombard: “Mykolaiv”
  • Lombard: “Mykolaïv”
  • Lombard: “Mykolajiv”
  • Lombard: “Mykolayiv”
  • Lombard: “Nikolaev”
  • Lombard: “Nikolajev”
  • Lombard: “Nikolayev”
  • Malagasy: “Mykolaiv”
  • Malay: “Mykolaiv”
  • Malayalam: “മൈക്കോളൈവ്”
  • Maltese: “Mykolaiv”
  • Mingrelian: “მიკოლაივი”
  • Moksha: “Мыколаив”
  • Mongolian: “Николаев”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mikolaijiv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mykolaiv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mykolajiv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nikolajev”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mykolaiv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mykolajiv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nikolajev”
  • Norwegian: “Mykolajiv”
  • Ossetian: “Николаев”
  • Persian: “میکولائیف”
  • Polish: “Mikołajów”
  • Polish: “Nikołajew”
  • Pontic: “Μικολάιβ”
  • Portuguese: “Mikolaiv”
  • Portuguese: “Mykolaiv”
  • Portuguese: “Nikolaev”
  • Portuguese: “Nikolayev”
  • Romanian: “Mîkolaiiv”
  • Romanian: “Mikolaiv”
  • Romanian: “Mykolaiv”
  • Romanian: “Nicolaev”
  • Russian: “Верноленинск” (historical)
  • Russian: “Город корабелов”
  • Russian: “Николаев”
  • Rusyn: “Миколаїв”
  • Scots: “Mykolaiv”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mykolaiv (Mykolaivska Oblast)”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mykolaiv”
  • Serbian: “Миколаїв”
  • Serbian: “Миколајив”
  • Serbian: “Николаев”
  • Serbian: “Николајев”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nikolajev”
  • Silesian: “Mikołajůw”
  • Silesian: “Mykołajůw”
  • Slovak: “Mykolajiv”
  • Slovenian: “Mikolajev”
  • Slovenian: “Mikolajiv”
  • Slovenian: “Nikolajev”
  • Slovenian: “Nikolajiv”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میکولائیف”
  • Spanish: “Mikoláiv”
  • Spanish: “Mykoláiv”
  • Spanish: “Nicolaev”
  • Spanish: “Nicolaiev”
  • Spanish: “Nikoláyev”
  • Swahili: “Mykolaiv”
  • Swedish: “Mykolajiv”
  • Swedish: “Nikolajev”
  • Tamil: “மைக்கோலைவ் நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “மைக்கோலைவ்”
  • Tatar: “Мыколаив”
  • Tatar: “Николаев”
  • Thai: “มือกอลายิว”
  • Turkish: “Mikolayiv”
  • Turkish: “Mıkolayiv”
  • Udmurt: “Николаев”
  • Ukrainian: “Миколаїв”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Mykolajiw”
  • Uzbek: “Mykolaiv”
  • Uzbek: “Nikolayev”
  • Veps: “Nikolajev”
  • Vietnamese: “Mykolaiv”
  • Vietnamese: “Nikolayev”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mykolaiv”
  • Welsh: “Mykolaiv”
  • Western Panjabi: “میکولائیف”
  • Wu Chinese: “尼古拉耶夫 (乌克兰)”
  • Wu Chinese: “尼古拉耶夫（乌克兰）”
  • Yakut: “Николаев”
  • Yiddish: “מיקאלייעוו”
  • Yiddish: “ניקאלאייעב”
  • Yue Chinese: “尼古拉耶夫”

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