Pikiviets

Swissknife · January 21, 2019

Pikiviets : (strongly inspired by Odessa, with a free state of mind)

Pikiviets (ukrainian : Pikiviets; russian Pikoviets) is an harbour city on the coast of the Black Sea. It is the administrative capital of the Oblast Dnistrovsky

The first trace of a human occupation of the area, was by the Scythan. It was followed by a Greek colony. During the 3rd Century, the life of the colony become uncertained, because of the invanders of the Huns, Goths and Slavs nomades peoples. Finally the city becomes a territory of Tatars, like its sister city Odessa.

The Tatars were hard fought by the Poles and Moldovans. However, the city fell into the hands of the Ottomans. It was during the Russo-Ottoman conflict that the city joined the Russian Empire. However, it fell into oblivion in favor of the new Odessa.

During the Crimean War, Odessa was bombed. After the conflict the need to have a backup port put Pikiviets forward again. Its port was then developed and the city then known an expansion without stop until our days.

During the 1905 revolution, Pikiviets experienced little trouble. During the 1917, a local council of soviets was established, however the city experienced division and street fighting, because a significant part of the city prefers to follow the Central Rada, which is against the Bolshevik regime. The civil war breaks out between white Russian, Soviet and Ukrainian nationalist. In 1921, the city was finally conquered by the Red Army.

During World War II the city located very close to the old Romanian border falls quickly and suffered little damage at this time, even the important coastal battery (still visible) facing the sea will be of little use, because taken in reverse. The port knows partial sabotages. However to the reconquest in 1944, the infrastructures of the city undergo important damages and a lot of old quarter are destructed by the hard street combats.

The city has a good development in the 70s, its port helping a lot to its economic growth. It is also a gateway to foreign currencies.

At the fall of the USSR, the city becomes Ukrainian. The development of its port is then encouraged and knows a good extension. Becoming one of the most important ports after those of Odessa and Mariupol.

Economy:

The city counts on the following industries, shipbuilding, refining, chemistry, metallurgy, agribusiness and a fishing port. In addition to its port, it has a local bonded airport. Its rail system is very developed. The city has a leading ferry terminal. Tourism is an important matter for the city.

Port of the city of Pikiviets

Culture :

The city has many parks, an opera, a number of museums, including a history museum with an important collection of paintings, a recognized conservatory, a significant number of theater. Its architecture is in a particular style reflecting the cosmopolitan side that brings its port and its rich history.

Tourism :

The city is a very popular holiday resort, especially by the elite. The many sandy beaches along the coast have been valued, the mild climate is very popular. Different amusement park are present. Unfortunately the coast sometimes suffers from luxury real estate projects and resorts that are built without taking into account the impact on the landscape.

The city is renowned for its architecture and the particular philosophy of these people, known for being good living and open. The most photographed places are the town hall and the Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Square

The City Hall (in background, the Opera) :

Square N.V. Gogol

The famous big stairs of N.V. Gogol

View on the right side of the port

hunkske · January 22, 2019

Loving it so far! Great job!

boformer · January 25, 2019

The last picture is impressive. I would like to see some daylight screenshots of that district!

Swissknife · January 27, 2019

On 22/01/2019 at 11:38 AM, hunkske said:

Loving it so far! Great job!

On 25/01/2019 at 4:03 AM, boformer said:

The last picture is impressive. I would like to see some daylight screenshots of that district!

Thank you for your comment.

Pikiviets is style under work. I have made only the center of the old city. I'm at the middle of this area and I have to finish a two big park. Also the industrial area on the right is style under progress. So to make a large view of the city is still not avaiable for the moment.

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Picture just under - General view of the Old City. So we can discover the geography of this part of the city. On this picture, on the top right, the stade "UkrTelecom Arena", who is inside the main park of the city, the "Lesya Ukrainka Park".

Lesya Ukrainka Park is one of the main attraction for tourism. It's also the favorit meeting point of the citizen of Pikiviets. Inside, in addition of the Stadium, we found the main old gate of the park, the Forteress of Kateryn (Katerynyns'ka fortetsya), lost of remain of the big coastal batteries from WWII, a monument to the Great Patriotic War (WWII) and a monument to the Holodomor. Also a Luna Park and the main Hospital.

Just under, it's the Primors'kyi Rayon, who take the main part of the picture. The Primors'kyi Rayon is a big District, where we can found the "Pikivetsia Filarmonya", the main Railway Station, Privos (a big market), the Mazepa Park.

On the left, you have the begining of the Gogols'kyi Rayon. It's start with the Opera and his park (the green area in the middle of the picture), the City hall, the Museum of the Navy (with memorial to the citizen, workers and soldiers dead in 1941-1945). The statue of Gogol, the big stairs of Gogol. The Cossak Park.

In the extrem top left (of the city), you see the start of the Pagarbs'kyi Rayon, with the Lavra (Monastery).

Now, random view of this areas. After, I will make specific description of this elements of the Old City.

Park Lesya Ukrainka

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Primors'kyi Rayon

Mazepa Square

Privos Market (the real one, is much more bigger and impressiv, it's just I can't found a better name)

The main Railway Station of Pikiviets - Railway Station n°1

Street Marie Bashkirtseff (Gogols'kyi Rayon) - Opera on the left, top left the City Hall, top right the Museum of Navy, with the monument to citizens, workers soldiers died in WWII.