The City of Saint Nicholas The territory of modern Nikolaev is situated on the banks of Bugsky estuary at the junction with the Ingul river. Since ancient times people noted its unique geographic location – here the steppe, hot of sun, meets the blue waves of the Black Sea, the astringent smells of absinth and wild thyme are mixed with sea wind smelling of salt and fish. The earliest archeological monument, found within the city territory, dates back to the New Stone Age (5 - 4 thousand B.C.). Nikolaev lands remember Scythians, ancient Greeks, Slavic tribes, hordes of nomads and free Zaporozhian Cossacks. However, the intensive settlement of the Nikolaev peninsula started in the last quarter of 18th century alrea ... Читать дальше »