History
On the territory of the landscape park in the valley of the Southern Bug, between villages Mihiya and Oleksandrivka are found almost 100 archeological monuments that present a continuous chronological series of Paleolithic (dating 30,000 years BCE) to the times of the formation of the Slavic ethnos. The particular interest present the remains of various people: Cimmerians, Trypillians, Sarmatians, ancient Slavic peoples, Romans.
In the park is a well-known tract Buh Gard, a historic landscape of local cultural heritage (ref#173/0/16-06) and what remains from the Cossacks settlement and a former seat of one of the districts (palanka) of the Zaporizhian Host. In 2006 due to construction of the Tashlyk HAES the tract was unlawfully flooded without any known prosecutions followed.
In 19th century Viktor Skarzhynsky created in the place of the future landscape park an arboretum.
In 2008 the Granite steppes of Buh became of the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine and later was nominated as the world wonder candidate.
Mykolaiv Oblast, also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv. At the most recent estimate, the population of the oblast stood at 1,108,394 .
The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh, and sometimes Boh River, is a navigable river located in Ukraine. It is the second-longest river in Ukraine.
The Inhul is a left tributary of the Southern Bug (Boh) and is the 14th longest river of Ukraine. It flows through the Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv regions.
Voznesensk is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine and the administrative center of Voznesensk Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Voznesensk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city has a population of 34,050.
Kodyma is a right tributary of the Southern Bug river of Ukraine. Originating from springs in a boggy valley near the village of Budei, Kodymsky Raion, Odessa Oblast, it flows within the Odessa Oblast and Mykolaiv Oblast and joins Southern Buh about 199 km away from its mouth, near Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast.
Inhul River Park is a regional landscape park in Mykolaiv region of Ukraine.
The Operational Command South is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in the southern part of Ukraine, which was formed in January 1998 as the Southern Operation Command on the basis of the Odesa Military District and headquartered in Odesa.
The following gallery displays the official coats of arms of the 27 oblasts, autonomous republics and cities with special status of Ukraine:
Mykolaiv Oblast is subdivided into districts (raions) which are subdivided into territorial communities (hromadas).
Arbuzynka is an urban-type settlement in Pervomaisk Raion in the north of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Arbuzynka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 6,086
Domanivka is an urban-type settlement in Voznesensk Raion in the west of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Domanivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 5,849
Oleksandrivka is an urban-type settlement in Voznesensk Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Oleksandrivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 5,095
Yelanets is an urban-type settlement in Voznesensk Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Yelanets Raion before 2020. Population: 4,711
Aktove Canyon is a canyon near the Aktove village, on the Mertvovod river in the Voznesenskyi region of Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. It is a part of the regional landscape park Granite-steppe lands of Buh. It is also a well-known place of pilgrimage. In the past it was a separate reservation "Actove".
The East European forest steppe ecoregion is a patchwork of broadleaf forest stands and grasslands (steppe) that stretches 2,100 km across eastern Europe from the Ural Mountains in Ural, through Povolzhye, Central Russia to the middle of Ukraine.There are also isolated areas of similar character off the western end in eastern Romania, Moldova, and Bulgaria. The region forms a transition zone between the temperate forests to the north, and the steppe to the south. The forest-steppe is an area of Russia in which precipitation and evaporation are approximately equal. The ecoregion is in the Palearctic realm, with a Humid Continental climate. According to one definition of its boundaries, it covers 727,269 km2 (280,800 sq mi).
Buzk's Gard National Nature Park covers an area along the Southern Bug River in south-central Ukraine. At this point, the Southern Bug River cuts through the southern edge of the Ukrainian Shield. The park is therefore a canyon that transitions the river from the upland plateau to the steppe region. The name can be translated as "Bug Gard", where a 'gard' was a type of fishing structure used in the Cossack era. The park is spread in sections over Voznesensk and Pervomaisk districts of Mykolaiv Oblast. The major portions are about 140 km upstream from the estuary of the Southern Bug at the Black Sea.
Northern Podillia National Nature Park covers a variety of individual protected sites in the northwest Podolian Upland of Ukraine. The park provides protection to, and recreation in, representative ecological and cultural sites of the area, including Hornbean-Beech forested uplands, swamp-marsh floodplains, geologically significant karst features, and historical sites that include three castles and a number of WW1 and WW2 sites. The park is in Zolochiv Raion in Lviv Oblast
Yelanets Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a section of the largest virgin steppe tract in the Northern Black Sea Coast area. It is the only steppe reserve in Right-bank Ukraine. A herd of American bison was introduced and lives within the territory. The reserve is in Mykolaiv Oblast.
Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that protects a collection of primitive steppe tracts in Donetsk Oblast region of the Ukrainian southeast. Each tract is a different sub-type of Ukrainian steppe.
Karierne is an urban-type settlement in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is located in the steppe, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the right bank of the Inhulets. Karierne belongs to Velyka Oleksandrivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of 329
