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City and administrative center of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Mykolaiv (Ukrainian: Миколаїв, also transliterated Nikolaev or Nikolayev from Russian: Николаев) is a city in Southern Ukraine. It is an important shipbuilding centre and transportation hub for Ukraine, and has a large military presence. It had a large Jewish population until the Holocaust in World War II.
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By train
Direct trains from Kyiv (10 hours), Lviv (18 hours), and Odesa (5 hours) depart every day. All trains have coach cars.
By car
Main routes from Kherson (65 km), Odesa (120 km), Uman' (320 km), Chishinau (325 km), the Crimea (350 km), Kyiv (500 km), Kharkiv (520 km), Lviv (950 km).
By bus
Direct daily connections from Kyiv (10 hours), Kharkiv (12 hours), Odesa (2 hours), Cishinau (7 hours), Khmelnytskyi (11 hours).
By boat
Even though Mykolaiv has a major Ukrainian commercial sea port (Portnikolaev; 5 million tonnes in 2004), there are no regular passenger lines.
By taxi
Taxi is the easiest way of getting around the city. Some popular taxi companies include:
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