About Kherson

Kherson - the regional center in southern Ukraine, the administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Kherson region. Sea and the largest port on the Dnieper river.

Population: 347 000 people. (2008) Герб города Херсон

History: City Kherson was founded by decree of Catherine II on June 18, 1778. The city was created to protect the southern borders of Russia empire. To strengthen them, it was decided to build a city at the mouth of the Dnieper to the shipyard, commercial harbor and the fortress, which had become a base for creating the Black Sea Fleet. The name of the city was given in honor of the Greek and later Byzantine colony Chersonese. Thus Empire declared itself the successor of the ancient state and claim their rights to these lands.

The main types of transport:

Transport	Fare
Route taxi	1,50 uah.
Trolleybus	1,00 uah.

Main sights:

Station	Moscow gates Kherson Fortress	Monument to the ships

The City Council, today Art Museum. O.O. Shovkunenko	House on the corner of st. Komsomolskaya and January 21	Monu graduating cadets HMU

Suvorovsky ZAGS	St. Catherine's Cathedral	Greek Sofiyivska Church

Fountain	Potemkin Square	Heronskaya MOREHODKA