Nova Kakhovka

Nova Kakhovka is one of the youngest cities in Ukraine, founded in 1950. The oasis city has turned into a cozy town with green parks, lush gardens, and remarkable views of the Dnipro River. At first, the city was built only as a settlement for the builders of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. But after it was built, many of the visiting builders stayed to live in the town, which was nicknamed “Nova Kakhovka.”

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Nova Kakhovka's development is mostly one-, two- and three-story, which gives the city a sense of European coziness. This is a city of stone embroidery, which decorates dozens of house facades. It also recalls the famous film director O. Dovzhenko, who invited craftsmen to decorate houses with stone ornaments for the filming of a movie. For its architectural and planning solution, the city received the highest ratings from experts. Nova Kakhovka's layout is often mentioned in publications as an example of thoughtful and proper urban planning. Even at the World Symposium in Moscow (in 1958), it received high praise and the title of “the city from “The Poem of the Sea”.”