Mykolaiv Oblast
Миколаївська область
Oblast
Mykolaivska oblast[1]
Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Mykolaiv Oblast
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Миколаївщина (Mykolaivshchyna)
Pre-July 2020 boundary shown
Pre-July 2020 boundary shown
Coordinates: 47°26′N 31°48′E / 47.43°N 31.80°E / 47.43; 31.80
Country Ukraine
Administrative centerMykolaiv
Government
 • GovernorVitaliy Kim[2]
 • Oblast council64 seats
 • ChairpersonVictoria Moskalenko[3] (Petro Poroshenko Bloc[3])
Area
 • Oblast24,598 km2 (9,497 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 14th
Population
 (2022)[4]
 • Oblast1,091,821
 • RankRanked 18th
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Urban
750,698
 • Rural
341,123
Gross Regional Product
[5]
 • Total₴ 124 billion
(€3.214 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 112,864
(€2,921)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
54000-56999
Area code+380-51
ISO 3166 codeUA-48
Raions4
Cities (total)10
• Regional cities5
Urban-type settlements17
Villages820
FIPS 10-4UP16
Websitewww.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).[4]

History

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.[6]

On 4–5 July 2022 during an international Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2022) in Lugano, Switzerland pledged to support the rebuilding of Mykolaiv region.[7]

Geography

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 Island in Black Sea, Pervomaisky Island in Dnieper Estuary.

In regards to relief, Mykolaiv Oblast is a plain that gently slopes in southern direction.[8] Bigger portion of the territory lays within Black Sea Lowland.[8] To the north there are spurs of Podolian and Dnieper uplands.[8] Among major valuable deposits and minerals there are nickel, uranium ores, granite, gneiss, quartzites.[8]

The climate is moderately continental with a mild winter of small snow amount and hot arid summer.[8]

In the territory of the region are eighty-five rivers that belong to basin of the Black Sea.[8] Among main rivers there are the Southern Bug (Boh) which splits the oblast into eastern and western parts, Inhulets, and Berezan.[8]

Points of interest

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

Demographics

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.[4]

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.

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.7% Increase (male 88,668/female 83,434)
15-64 years: 70.7% Decrease (male 396,342/female 432,808)
65 years and over: 14.6% Steady (male 56,527/female 114,987) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 39.7 years Increase
male: 36.3 years Increase
female: 42.9 years Increase (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.[9] The most common language in the oblast is Ukrainian; the second most common language is Russian.[10] In the city of Mykolaiv the most common language is Russian.[11]

At the time of the 2001 census, the oblast had 1,269,900 permanent residents.[12] Of these:

  • 1,251,100 (99.1%) had Ukrainian citizenship.[12]
  • 6,400 had citizenship of CIS countries.[12]
  • 10,200 had citizenship of other countries.[12]
  • 4,200 were without citizenship.[12]
  • 1,000 who did not specify their citizenship.[12]
Ethnicity
("Nationality")		 Permanent residents 2001 Mother Tongue 2001 [10] Permanent residents 1989 Mother Tongue 1989 [10]
Number [9]  % [9] Ukrainian Russian  % [9] Ukrainian Russian
All ethnicities [12] 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%
Moldovan 13,200 1.0% 28.5% 16.8% 1.3%
Belarusian 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%
Jewish 3,300 0.3% 10.1% 87.4% 0.9%
Korean 1,800 0.1% 6.3% 70.8% 0.0%
Azerbaijani 1,500 0.1% 8.1% 33.3% 0.1%
Gypsy (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

Mykolaiv Oblast formed in September 1937. it is subdivided into various areas, mostly raions. The subdivisions changed in 2020.

Administrative divisions (18 July 2020 to present)

Current raions of Mykolaiv Oblast as of August 2020.

On 18 July 2020, the number of Mykolaiv Oblast subdivisions was reduced to four raions.[13][14] These are:

  1. Bashtanka (Баштанський район), the center is in the town of Bashtanka;
  2. Mykolaiv (Миколаївський район), the center is in the city of Mykolaiv;
  3. Pervomaisk (Первомайський район), the center is in the town of Pervomaisk;
  4. Voznesensk (Вознесенський район), the center is in the town of Voznesensk.

Administrative divisions (to 17 July 2020)

Former raions of Mykolaiv Oblast as of June 2020. The city of Mykolaiv is shown in dark blue.

Before July 2020, Mykolaiv Oblast was subdivided into 24 regions: 19 raions (administrative districts) and 5 city municipalities (mis'krada or misto), officially known as territories governed by city councils[15] which are directly subordinate to the oblast government.

NameUkrainian NameArea
(km2)		Population
census 2015[16]		Admin.centerUrban Population Only
MykolaivМиколаїв (місто)260493,860Mykolaiv (city)493,860
PervomaiskПервомайськ (місто)2566,677Pervomaisk (city)66,677
VoznesenskВознесенськ (місто)2335,520Voznesensk (city)35,520
YuzhnoukrainskЮжноукраїнськ (місто)2440,353Yuzhnoukrainsk (city)40,353
Arbuzynka RaionАрбузинський (район)96920,198Arbuzynka8,543
Bashtanka RaionБаштанський (район)1,70637,721Bashtanka12,640
Berezanka RaionБерезанський (район)1,37823,409Berezanka4,120
Bereznehuvate RaionБерезнегуватський (район)1,26420,387Bereznehuvate7,742
Bratske RaionБратський (район)1,12918,037Bratske5,325
Domanivka RaionДоманівський (район)1,45825,500Domanivka6,137
Kazanka RaionКазанківський (район)1,34919,745Kazanka7,207
Kryve Ozero RaionКривоозерський (район)81424,905Kryve Ozero7,823
Mykolaiv RaionМиколаївський (район)1,43030,448Mykolaiv (city)N/A *
Novyi Buh RaionНовобузький (район)1,24331,199Novyi Buh15,566
Nova Odesa RaionНовоодеський (район)1,42833,602Nova Odesa12,108
Ochakiv RaionОчаківський (район)1,50029,949Ochakiv14,489
Pervomaisk RaionПервомайський (район)1,31930,275Pervomaisk (city)N/A *
Snihurivka RaionСнігурівський (район)1,35040,420Snihurivka12,870
Veselynove RaionВеселинівський (район)1,24523,161Veselynove8,060
Vitovka RaionВітовській (район)1,46050,565Mykolaiv (city)N/A *
Voznesensk RaionВознесенський (район)1,39230,562Voznesensk (city)N/A *
Vradiivka RaionВрадіївський (район)80117,611Vradiivka8,391
Yelanets RaionЄланецький (район)1,01815,530Yelanets4,912
Total OblastМиколаївська (Область)24,5851,159,634791,227

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

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.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Syvak, Nina; Ponomarenko, Valerii; Khodzinska, Olha; Lakeichuk, Iryna (2011). Veklych, Lesia (ed.). Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use (PDF). scientific consultant Iryna Rudenko; reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa; translated by Olha Khodzinska. Kyiv: DerzhHeoKadastr and Kartographia. p. 20. ISBN 978-966-475-839-7. Retrieved 2020-10-06. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Zelensky appoints new head of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, Ukrinform (26 November 2020)
  3. 1 2 "Главой Николаевского облсовета избрали креатуру Мерикова - Викторию Москаленко".
  4. 1 2 3 Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Валовии регіональнии продукт".
  6. ↑ Ukraine war: Kyiv claims major gains as Russia exits Kherson, BBC News
  7. ↑ "Rebuilding Ukraine will cost $750 billion". www.brusselstimes.com. The Brussels Times. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vermenych, Ya. Mykolaiv Oblast (МИКОЛАЇВСЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2009
  9. 1 2 3 4 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, 2003–2004
  10. 1 2 3 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, 2003–2004
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Permanent population. About number and composition population of Mykolaiv Region by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001, State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 2003–2004
  13. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  14. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  15. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "Population Quantity". UkrStat (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  17. ↑ 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.
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