UkraineTour invites You to
KHERSON
City of two ports
Kherson
is a nice green city at the south of Ukraine that situated on two banks of
the Dniper river’s downstream.
The city of the river- and the sea- ports, Kherson is connected with 42 countries of the world. The cargo ships & the passenger ships sail along the Dniper-river from Kherson to Kiev, the local water lines serve the thousands of passengers monthly, especially in summer.
Kherson was founded in 1778 by the decree of Ekaterina II with the aim to defend the south part of the Russian empire. The city was built at the mouth of the Dniper-river and it had to be the base for the creation of the Black sea fleet. The city was named in the honor of the old Greek colony Chersonese.
The
legend says that the grand duke Potjomkin discovered the old gate with the
Greek inscription: "From here you must go to Visantija". Many
years ago they called Russia the Visantija’s successor & Moscow was
called the Third Rome, while the Tsargrad (Konstantinopol) was the Second
Rome. It is interesting to know that during the Russian – Turkey wars
the idea to revival Visantija rose among the politicians, they called it
"the Greek project". The aim of that project was to
deliberate Balkan countries from Osmans, the creation of the new state
"Visantija", which would submit to the Russian throne. Kherson
was the part of that project. Ekaterina II had to crown her grandson
Konstantin on the Visantija throne. But the death of Ekaterina’s II
favorite Potjomkin destroyed
the ambitious intentions. According to the Potjomkin’s last wish he was
buried in Kherson, in the city of his unrealizable hopes. His grave is in
the Ekaterina’s church on the territory of the Glory park. There
tourists can see remains of the old fortress: fragments of the rampart,
the gate, the well & the tombs of Russians warriors, killed during the
heroic Ochakov’s siege
Many
legendary persons have invested their energy in making Kherson one
of the major Southern center of the Russian Empire. The general Gannibal
(the uncle of Pushkin’s mother) was the main constructor of Kherson and
the first ship "Ekaterina’s Glory" was built Under his leading
. Admiral Ushakov continued this business. Due to the admiral’s efforts
the terrible epidemic of plague was stopped and lives of many citizens
were saved. And since that time the main street of the city is named
Ushakov Avenue. In 1792-1794 Suvorov lived in one of them, at that time he
was the commander of the Kherson’s military corps. In 1792-1794 the
famous Commander Suvorov lived in Kherson when he was the commander of the
Kherson’s military corps.
During
the World War II occupation (1941-1944) the fascists killed over 17.000
citizens. But Kherson people were the true patriots of their country. They
fought bravely against the enemy. The partisan group took an active part
in the struggle against the fascists. You can see several monuments
at the city’s parks to the heroes of the Grate Patriotic War.
The
modern Kherson is the large city with the
population over 400.000 citizens, with the glorious history & the rich
culture. The Dniper-river & the wide city’s zone of green
trees provide a good possibility for the rest to the Khersoners and to the
guests of the city. Kherson is one of the most "green" cities of
Ukraine.
The
nature of the Kherson region is unique. There is the unique nature reserve
Askaniya Nova that is included by UNESKO in the global world network of
the natural reserves. It is the first nature reserve of Ukraine. The
virgin steppe is the greatest value of the reserve. You can still see
there Scythian
monuments - "stone images" and burial mounds. This part of the
unique land in the eastern part of the Europe is considered the example of
the droughty steppe. 452 kinds of the flowers have been growing there, 50
kinds of the wild hoof animals from all continents live there at the Zoo.
We invite you to Kherson to explore its historical monuments and nature resorts and to enjoy time in a company of friendly and open people of Kherson.
VISIT KHERSON WITH UKRAINETOUR !