- This article is about the city of Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Mykolaiv Oblast (Миколаївська область translit Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. For several battleships named Ochakov, see Ochakov, ship (disambiguation).
Ochakiv (Ukrainian: Очаків, Russian: Очаков, translit. Ochakov, Crimean Tatar, Turkish: Özü, Romanian: Oceacov) is a city in the Mykolaiv Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet and The Crimean Tatar language (Qırımtatar tili Qırımtatarca also known as Crimean (Qırım tili Qırımca and Crimean Turkish (Qırım Türkçesi is the language Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Mykolaiv Oblast (Миколаївська область translit Oblast (во́бласць oblast о́бласт oblast о́бласть област/ oblast; oblasť област о́бласть is a type of Administrative division Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Serving as the administrative center of the Ochakivsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on a peninsula in the Black Sea, at the entrance to the Dnieper Rivers's estuary, just opposite of Kinburn. For the manufactured regenerated fiber see Rayon A raion (or rayon) (райо́н ra'jon rayon раён რაიონი A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey For the rocket see Dnepr rocket. For other uses see Dnieper (disambiguation. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
History
Ochakiv was founded in 14th century, named after Turkish fortress Achi-Kale. Stands close to the site of the old Miletan (ancient Greek) colony of Olbia, and the Greek colony of Alektor. Miletus (mī lē' təs ( Ancient Greek: Μίλητος literally Transliterated Milētos, Latin Miletus) was an Ancient The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Pontic Olbia or Olvia is the site of a colony founded by the Milesians on the shores of the Southern Bug estuary (Greek Hypanis) Strong fortifications were built at Ochakiv and on the Kinburn promontory, to protect the entrance to the Dnieper, by the medieval Poles and then by Crimean khan Meñli I Giray in 1492 when it was known as Kara Kerman. The Crimean Khanate or the Khanate of Crimea (Qırım Hanlığı|قريم خانلغى Крымское ханство - Krymskoye khanstvo; Meñli I Giray (I Meñli Geray|۱مڭلى گراى (1445&ndash1515 also spelled as Mengli I Giray, was a khan of the Crimean Khanate (1466 1469&ndash1475 Several decades later, the fortress fell to the Ottomans and was subsequently known as Özi. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
At a later date it became the centre of an Ottoman sanjak which included Khajidereh (Ovidiopol), Khadjibey (Odessa), and Dubossary, as well as some 150 villages, and Silistra Province to which it belonged was sometimes called Özi Province. Sanjak and Sandjak (other variants sinjaq sanjaq) are the most common English transcriptions of the Turkish word sancak Ovidiopol (Овідіополь translit: Ovidiopol; Овидиополь translit ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates Dubăsari ( Дубоссары, sometimes Dubossary in English) is a city in Transnistria, Moldova, with a population of 28500 Silistra Province ( Turkish: Silistre Eyaleti) sometimes called Özi Province was an Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire along
The Russian Empire besieged Ochakiv in 1737, regarding it as the main obstacle to the possession of the Black Sea littoral. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a It was captured by Marshal Munnich, but in the following year was abandoned and in 1739 restored to Turkey. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792, a second siege by Russia, the Siege of Ochakov, began in 1788 and lasted six months, until the fortress was stormed in December and taken at the temperature of -23 C after a terrible loss of life. The Russo–Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved a futile attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to Russia in the course of the previous Russo–Turkish The Second Siege of Ochakov (now in Ukraine) was one of the major events of Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap This storm became the topic of a famous ode by the great Derzhavin. Ode (from the Ancient Greek) is a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. Gavriil (Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла Рома́нович Держа́вин July 14 1743 &ndash July 20 1816 was the greatest Russian poet The naval Battle of Ochakov took place alongside the city at the same time. The naval Battle of Fidonisi took place on 14 July 1788 (OS during the Russo-Turkish War (1787-92 near Ochakov. The Treaty of Jassy of 1792 transferred Ochakiv to the Russian Empire. The Treaty of Jassy, signed at Jassy ( Iaşi) in Moldavia (presently in Romania) was a pact between the Russian and Ottoman Empires Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
During the Crimean War the Kinburn Fortress opposite Ochakiv was bombarded by the Anglo-French fleet and captured on October 17, 1855, in the course of the Battle of Kinburn. The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Battle of Kinburn/Kil-Bouroun was a naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War. The fortress remained in Anglo-French hands for the remaining months of the war, while the Russians abandoned Ochakiv and destroyed the fort located there. After that war the coastal defences around Ochakiv were rebuilt and streghtened.
Present
Today Ochakiv is a minor resort town and a fishing port. The current estimated population is around 16,900 (as of 2001). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The town's main sight is the building of the Suvorov Museum, which served as a mosque in the 15th century. Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov It was converted into the church of St. Nicholas in 1804 and was reconstructed in the pseudo-Russian style in 1842.
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