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Ochakiv Очаків |
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Ochakiviska district council and district administration
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 Ochakiv
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 | |||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast |
 Mykolaiv Oblast
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| 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 and Vozia, 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 strip of land, on which Ochakov is located today, was inhabited by Thracians and Scythians in ancient times. It was known as a part of Great (i. e. European) Scythia. In the 7th and 6th centuries BC, Greek colonists had founded a commercial colony town, named 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 the Roman empire. The area was part of the space in which the Romanians' ethnogenesis took place, and was also more generally 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 the Bug and Dnieper Rivers.
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