Chornomorsk
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Chornomorsk Чорноморськ |
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| City of regional significance | |||
Monument of Glory
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| Coordinates: 46°18′06.0″N 30°39′25.0″E / 46.301667°N 30.656944°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Oblast | Odessa Oblast | ||
| Municipality | Chornomorsk | ||
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| • Total | 25 km2 (10 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 59,851 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 68000—68090 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 4868 | ||
| Climate | Cfb | ||
| Website | cmr.gov.ua | ||
Chornomorsk (Ukrainian: Чорномо́рськ), formerly Illichivsk (Ukrainian: Іллічі́вськ, translit. Illichivs'k, Russian: Ильичёвск, Ilyichyovsk) is a city in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine, dependent on the Port of Chornomorsk. The city is located around the Sukhyi Estuary. Administratively, Chornomorsk is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. Population: 59,851 (2015 est.)
Chornomorsk is situated on the coast of the Black Sea, 12 miles (20 km) south from Odessa.
Chornomorsk is a city of oblast significance within Odessa Oblast.
Chornomorsk, formerly Illichivsk, was granted a city status in 1952 around the port, incorporating surrounding small settlements (dating back to 18th century). Before the construction of the port there was a village Buhovi khutory (Бугові Хутори) that in 1927 was renamed into Illichivsky.
On 15 May 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law which began a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to Communism. On 12 November 2015, the City Council decided to rename the city to Chornomorsk. The decision was confirmed by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016. The city was originally named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the city was designed to become a new home for the Black Sea Shipping Company (then the largest passenger and commercial vessel operator in the world which declared bankruptcy in early 1990s). Originally a builder's trailer village, Chornomorsk has expanded to become Ukraine's most prosperous town (by income per capita). Residents are mostly employed by the port (one of the largest ports of Europe) and the maritime industry. Residents of Odessa have recently begun relocating to lower-cost but higher-income Chornomorsk.
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