Yuzhne

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Yuzhne (Ukrainian: Южне, Russian: Южное, Yuzhnoye; formerly: Ю́жный, Yuzhnу, translated as "southern" n. adj.) is a port city in Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast, and is situated on the country's Black Sea coast.

It is an internationally important oil terminal, and one of Ukraine's top three ports, with Odessa and Illichivsk. In fact, these three nearby port cities have grown into a single conurbation, and Yuzhne is considered a satellite of Odessa.

[edit] Name

The city is located in Ukraine, and it carries a foreign name as a claim or a mark that once this area was part of the Greater Russia. Although it sounds awkwardly in Ukrainian the city's name has not changed since Ukraine obtained its independence. The correct way to name the town in Ukrainian is Pivdene, rather than Yuzhne.

Nonetheless, on May 11, 1978 by the order of the Presidium of Verkhovna Rada of Ukrainian SSR the newly built populated place was given the name of the village Yuzhne. Starting from this event the place takes its beginning. What is remarkable that the town was created by the Ukrainian government, and not Russian, yet it was given the Russian name.

In February, 1993 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine declared to give the urbanized village a special status in the Odessa Oblast. In 2000 the declaration of Verkhovna Rada #1914-III confirmed the city limits.