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Southern Ukraine

Southern Ukraine refers, generally, to the territories in the South of . The territory usually corresponds with the Soviet economical district, the Southern Economical District of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Odesa and Kherson.

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, is a seaport on the Black Sea coast of . The city is home to over a million people. Its chief attraction to visitors is the graceful old town, laid out on a grid pattern in the early 19th century, with its many churches, galleries and museums.

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is a major sea harbour town in Southern Ukraine. It sits in the river delta of the Dniepr river, where it mounts into the Black Sea. {{cautionbox|Much of the information below has not been updated since the city was occupied by Russian troops, and recovered by the Ukrainian army.| lastedit=2025-09-04}…

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is a city in Southern Ukraine. 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.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.

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is a historic town near the Danube river in the Odesa Oblast of Southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Izmailsky Raion, the city is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.

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, historically known as Aq Kirmān or by other names, is a port city in , southwestern . It is situated on the right bank of the leading to the , in the historical region of Budjak.

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, also known as Ochakov and Alektor, is a small city in , of southern . It hosts the administration of urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

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is a small city located in the Ukrainian part of the , at utmost southwest of , on the border with . Administratively, it is part of of .

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is a town in Southern Ukraine, near . It was planned as the support town of a double reactor nuclear heat and power plant. Plans to build the plant were abandoned after the accident in 1986.

Southern Ukraine

Latitude of center
46.72° or 46° 43′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
31.79° or 31° 47′ 24″ east
Population
12,100,000
Wiki­data ID
Q2641546
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Satellite Map

Discover Southern Ukraine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Southern Ukraine” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Украіна”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Ўкраіна”
  • Catalan: “Ucraïna Meridional”
  • Chinese: “南乌克兰”
  • Chinese: “南烏克蘭”
  • Czech: “jih Ukrajiny”
  • Czech: “jižní Ukrajina”
  • Danish: “sydlige Ukraine”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ukrayna Veroci”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Oekraïne”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Ukrainio”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Ukraina”
  • French: “Ukraine du Sud”
  • French: “Ukraine méridionale”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი უკრაინა”
  • German: “Südukraine”
  • Greek: “Νότια Ουκρανία”
  • Hebrew: “דרום אוקראינה”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Ukrajna”
  • Italian: “Ucraina meridionale”
  • Japanese: “ウクライナ南部”
  • Japanese: “南ウクライナ”
  • Japanese: “南部ウクライナ”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidukraina”
  • Malay: “Ukraine selatan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Ukraina”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Украинæ”
  • Polish: “południowa Ukraina”
  • Romanian: “Ucraina de sud”
  • Russian: “Юг Украины”
  • Russian: “Южная Украина”
  • Russian: “Южные регионы Украины”
  • Slovenian: “južna Ukrajina”
  • Spanish: “region sur de Ucrania”
  • Spanish: “región sur de Ucrania”
  • Spanish: “Ucrania meridional”
  • Swedish: “Södra Ukraina”
  • Turkish: “Güney Ukrayna”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Україна”
  • Ukrainian: “Південь України”
  • Venetian: “Ucràina meridionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Ukraina”

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