Title: City Mykolaiv Status: The city of regional significance in the Lviv region, the administrative center of Mykolaiv district. Location: The city is located 3 km from the railway station Mykolaiv-Dniestrovs'kyi in the line Lviv-Stryi, 40 km from Lviv. Area: 5 sq. km Population: 16,000 inhabitants. Large hill near city: Mount Drogovizh. Year of foundation 1570, city status was obtained in 1940. Historical note: In 1241 Mongol troops marched through the district, destroying almost all the localities. During the pogrom, the settlement of urban type, which was located on the slopes of the Okruzhna mountain (later - Drogovizh), was destroyed. In February 1387 these lands were captured by the Poles. In 1570 the Polish King Sigismund August gave to nobleman Nicholas Tarlo a permission for the establishment of the city near Mount Drogovizh. In honor of the founder the city was named Mykolaiv. At that time the main occupation of the population agriculture, livestock, handicrafts and trade were. In 1599 an uprising of inhabitants of Mykolaiv began. The rebels attacked the town hall and seized the city elders and noble and cut off their heads. Since that time on the outskirts of Mykolaiv there is a grave with a memorial cross, which nobleman Adam Rzetsky was buried in. In the 15-18 cc. the city was often attacked by the Crimean Tatars. Tatar detachments, using helplessness of the Ukrainian lands, looted Galicia severely. In 1772 the territory of the district became part of the Austrian Empire. In 1820, the Polish Count Stanislaw Skarbek became the owner of the city. Residents of the city had to pay state taxes as well as payments to count for something that was used: the land, pastures, apiaries. Inhabitants of suburbs should have to go to corvee. Skarbek was one of the richest men in the Austrian Empire. He was the founder of a shelter for orphans and the elderly, and provided substantial amounts of its care. Before the beginning of war in 1914, the Austrians began to build fortifications along the line Rozdil - Verin - Mykolaiv - Drogovizh. Construction of the fortress on the outskirts of Mykolaiv, which was supposed to cover the roads in the Carpathians, stopped after the discovery of this fact of Russian intelligence. Currently, you can still find underground tunnels cut through the rock. In late August 1914, in the district serious fights began. Attempts of the Austrians to keep Mykolaiv in their hands ended in defeat. After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the beginning of November 1918 in Galicia the Western Ukrainian National Republic was proclaimed. On May 18, 1919 Mykolaiv was occupied by Polish troops. And in August 1920 to Mykolaiv district parts of the First Cavalry went. The Red Army drove the Poles from the railway station Mykolaiv-Drogovizh. In March 1921, the Riga Peace Treaty was signed and the Western Ukrainian lands came under the rule of Poland. In 1939, Mykolaiv was joined to the USSR. In January 1940, the Mykolaiv region in Drohobych district was created. Since the end of June 1941 to the end of July 1944 these lands were under Nazi occupation. In August 1944, Mykolaiv region in the Drohobych district has been restored. Since December 1962 Mykolaiv became part of Zhydachiv district. And on December 6, 1966 Mykolaiv district in the Lviv region with its center in the city Mykolaiv was established. Main attractions: the St. Nicolas Cathedral, the St. Michael the Archangel Church, the castle of Count Skarbek. Source of information: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Николаев_(Львовская_область)