Nova Kakhovka

Nova Kakhovka is a city in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, recognized as the Monument of Architecture, and was part of the Great Construction Projects of Communism. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and is an important river port on Dnieper River and the Kakhovka Reservoir. It is also the site of the Tavria Games, the most popular annual international music festival in the region. Nova Kakhovka was founded on 28 February 1952, in the place where, from 1891, the village Klyucheve had existed.

It was in direct proximity of the established dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, and was built to house the plant's construction workers. Since its founding, the city has been called Nova Kakhovka, or New Kakhova, to distinguish from the city of Kakhovka located 15 km away. After the construction of the power plant was finished, most of the workers stayed in Nova Kakhovka. The city of Nova Kakhovka is recognized as one of the most successful colonization sites of the Ukrainian South in recent years and earned a title of the Pearl of Lower Dnieper.