Kherson 's a city in southern Ukraine. It's the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast (province), and's designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast. Kherson's an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry. The current estimated population's 329,000 (as of 2007). History Until 1774, the region belonged to the Crimean Khanate. Kherson was founded in 1778 by Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, on the orders of Catheri… (More on Kherson)