Ochakov
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Ochakiv Очаків |
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| City of regional significance | |||
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 Ochakiv
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| Coordinates: 46°37′07″N 31°32′21″E / 46.61861°N 31.53917°ECoordinates: 46°37′07″N 31°32′21″E / 46.61861°N 31.53917°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Mykolaiv Oblast | ||
| Raion | Ochakiv City Municipality | ||
| Founded | 1492 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Mykola Topchyi | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 12.49 km2 (4.82 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 14,491 | ||
| • Density | 1,076/km2 (2,790/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 57500-57014 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 5154 | ||
| Website | mrada.ochakiv.info | ||
Ochakiv also known as Ochakov (Ukrainian: Очаків, Russian: Очаков, Crimean Tatar: Özü, Romanian: Oceacov), Vozia (in Romanian), and Alektor (Ἀλέκτορος in Greek) is a small city in Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Ochakiv Raion (district), the city itself does not belong to the raion and is designated as a city of regional significance. Population: 14,491 (2015 est.)
For many years the city-fortress served as a capital of the Ottoman province (eyalet).
The land, where the Ochakov is located, was inhabited by Thracians and Scythians in ancient times. It was known as a part of Great (European) Scythia. In the 7th and 6th centuries BC, Greek colonists had founded a commercial colony town Alektor near the Thracian coast. Archaeological excavations also show that near the area was the old Milesian (ancient Greek) colony of Pontic Olbia; it is supposed that the same Greek expeditions settled Alektor.
In the 1st century BC, Alektor became a Roman colony and part of Roman empire. It was a part of the Romanians' ethnogenesis space and a place of passage for many migratory people and tribes. As a result of the migrations, the city fell and the inhabitants lived in small settlements built on the shores of Bug and Dnieper Rivers.
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