Kherson

**Kherson** () is a ceety in soothren Ukraine. It is the admeenistrative centre o the Kherson Oblast (province), an is designatit as its awn separate raion (destrict) athin the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea an Dnieper River, an the hame o a major shipbiggin industry. Estimatit population as o 2025 wis 66,000.

## History

Till 1774, the region belangit tae the Crimean Khanate. Kherson wis foondit in 1778 bi Grigori Potemkin, on the orders o Catherine the Great. The ceety wis biggit unner the superveesion o General Ivan Gannibal on the steid o a smaw fortress cried Aleksanderschanz. The name Kherson is a contraction o Chersonesos, an auncient Greek colony foondit approximately 2500 years ago in the soothwastren pairt o Crimea. Ane o the first biggins in the Kherson Fort wis the Kirk o St. Catherine whaur Potemkin wis eventually buriet. The last tarpan wis caucht near Kherson in 1866.

## Demographics
As o Ukrainian Naitional Census (2001), the ethnic groups livin athin Kherson are:
* Ukrainians - 76.6%
* Roushies - 20.0%
* Ither - 3.4%

The ethnic groups livin athin Kherson as o the 1926 Census:
* Ukrainians - 36%
* Roushies - 36%
* Jews - 25%
* Ither - 3%

### Population

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Thare are three ceety raions. Twa o them still cairy merk o a colonial ceety o Roushie.

* Dnipro Raion, namit efter the Dnieper River.
* Komsomol Raion, namit efter the Roushie Communist youth organization, Komsomol.
* Suvorov Raion, namit efter the Roushie General Alexander Suvorov.

## Climate

## Transport

### Air
Kherson is servit bi Kherson Internaitional Airport providin baith passport an customs control. It operates a 2,500 x 42 meter concrete runwey, accommodatin Boeing 737, Airbus 319/320 aircraft, an helicopters o aw series.

The offeecial airport wabsteid is http://www.airport.kherson.ua  an addeetional info can be foond at http://www.aisukraine.net. The tel no is +380 552 33-71-87.

### Rail
Kherson haes railwey connections tae Kiev an Lviv.

## Eddication

* Kherson State Agrarian Varsity
* Kherson State Varsity
* Kherson Naitional Technical Varsity
* Internaitional Varsity o Business an Law

## Main sichts

* The Kirk o St. Catherine wis biggit in the 1780s, supposedly tae Ivan Starov's designs, an conteens the tomb o Prince Potemkin.
* Jewish cemetery - Kershon haes a lairge Jewish commonty which wis established in the mid 19t century. Frae 1959 till 1990 thare wis nae synagogue in Kherson. Syne then, baith Jewish life an Kherson hae really grown an developed in an atmosphere o peace. Nivertheless, the Jewish cemetery haes regularly suffered frae acts o vandalism. The graves hae been repeatitly covered wi trash an the tombstones destroyed an desecratit. On 6 Apryle 2012, a act o vandalism, at the Jewish cemetery, occurred on the maist important festival in the Jewish calendar, the festival o Passover. The fire, which wis set, immediately spread ower a aurie o aboot 700 square meters an caused severe damage tae the graves an tombstanes. 
* Kherson TV Touer — is a famous construction locatit in the ceety.
* Adziogol Lichthoose, hyperboloid structur designed bi V.G.Shukhov, 1911

## Sister ceeties
*  Rzeszów, Poland
*  Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
*  Shumen, Bulgarie
*  Kent, Unitit States
*  Zonguldak, Turkey
*  Oslo, Norawa

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Picturs o Kherson 
*Kherson ceety admeenistration wabsteid  
*Kherson patriots 
*Kherson info&shoppin  
*Kherson Photos