Skadovsk

Skadovsk
Skadovsk; Скадовськ
	City
; Flag	Coat of arms of Skadovsk; Coat of arms
	Location of Skadovsk
	Skadovsk
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Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson Oblast
Raion	Skadovsk Raion
Area
• Total	14.3 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	19 404
Postal code	75700
Area code(s)	+380 5537
Website	http://skadovsk-online.com/

Skadovsk (Ukrainian: Скадовськ, translit. Skadovs’k) is a port city on the Black Sea in the Kherson Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Skadovsk Raion (district).

The distance to the city of Kherson is 94 km (58 mi), the seaport. The closest railway station is Kalanchak 94 km (58 mi).

History

Sergey B. Skadovsky, Founder of Skadovsk

The town was founded in 1894 by Sergey B. Skadovsky, a member of the State Council of the Taurida Governorate during the Russian Empire. Skadovsky was a hydrobiologist and biochemist.^[1]

The town was originally a seaport for sending wheat, wool and furs to France, Germany and other European countries. The initial territory consisted of a Tatar fishing village Ali-Agok (Tatar for "quiet harbor") and the lands owned by Skadovsky. He and his wife are buried in Skadovsk.

Tourist destination

Skadovsk is a tourist destination for people in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Poland. It is located on Dazharylhach Bay across from Dzharylhach Island.

In 2009, leading up to the Ukrainian presidential election, organizers of the Black Sea Games in Skadovsk presented Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with a Bengal albino tigress named Tiger-Yulia. ^[2]

Port of Skadovsk

Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value). The city has a small port with few piers. Additionally there are more piers located in a village of Khorly in the eastern portion of Dzharylhach Bay. However piers of Khorly are not in operational conditions. Port of Skadovsk also administers a smaller port in Henichesk located in the sea of Azov.