Ochakiv
city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
Ochakiv (Ukrainian: Очаків, pronounced [oˈtʃɑkiu̯] ), also known as Ochakov and Alektor (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέκτωρ), is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Ochakiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 13,663 (2022 estimate). Of the 14,000 people who lived in Ochakiv before the war, only half remained.
For many years the city fortress served as a capital of the Ottoman province (eyalet) of Özu (Silistria).
Geography
The city is located at the mouth of Dnieper, on the banks of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary. Between the Cape of Ochakiv (northern bank) and the Kinburn Spit (southern bank) there are only 3.6 km (2.2 miles). The Ochakiv and Kinburn fortresses controlled the entrance to Dnieper and Bug.
History
Establishment and names
The strip of land on which Ochakiv is located was inhabited by Thracians and Scythians in ancient times. It was known as a part of Great Scythia.
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