The town was founded in 1789 by the Russian Governor General of Novorossiya , Prince Grigory Potemkin , initially as a shipyard called simply a `` New Shipyard on the Ingul river '' .
The town was founded in 1789 by the Russian Governor General of Novorossiya Knyaz Potemkin initially as a shipyard called simply a `` New Shipyard on the Ingul river '' .