Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast

Perwomajsk (Ukrainian Первомайськ; Russian Первомайск / Pervomaisk ) is a city situated on the Southern Bug in the Mykolaiv Oblast in Ukraine with 64 410 inhabitants ( 2013). It is an independent city and the administrative seat of Rajon Perwomajsk, but not itself a part of him.

History

The city was on May 1, 1919 the merger of the three place Holta ( Голта ) Bohopil ( Богопіль ) and Olwiopol ( Ольвіополь ), dating back their traces of settlement to the late 17th century, was founded.

During the Cold War was located near the city a base with up to ten RT -23 nuclear missiles. The silos were dismantled in the 1990s for the purpose of disarmament. The former, formerly disguised as a weather station base is open for tourists.

Population

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List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by population Raions of Ukraine Classification of objects of the administrative-territorial system of Ukraine Administrative divisions of Ukraine RT-23 Molodets Bashtanka Yuzhnoukrainsk Nova Odesa Novyi Buh Snihurivka Voznesensk Veselynove
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