One of the cities at the South of Ukraine from ancient times was called as “the City of Brides”. Even nowadays the city of Nikolaev is famous in Ukraine and other countries by its beautiful women.
At the very beginning of the history of Nikolaev there was a wharf in this scenic place of confluence of two rivers, Southern Bug and Inhul. In those times Russian Empire was waging marine war with Turkey in Black Sea, so that the state needed a strong military fleet. That’s why favorite of Catherine II Grigory Potemkin issued a decree in 1788 to lay the foundation of a shipyard in the estuary of Southern Bug which called by name of Saint Nicholas, Nikolaev. » Read more..
