Kherson is the city of two ports, a River and Sea port, that's why the Kherson trade port is connected with 42 countries of the world.

Kherson stretches along the high right bank of the river Dnipro, this is the area where the Dnipro runs into many branches and forms many islands.

Modern Kherson is the large city with the population of 402,9 thousand inhabitants (1997 stats) and the area of about 100 square km, the city is famous history and rich culture.

The climate is of a moderate continental.

The Kherson region in the present is the highly developed industrial and agrarian land. Production of electro/technical machines, equipment, facilities and articles of industrial purpose occupies the first place in the volume of machine building production.

Kherson is one of the most "green" cities of Ukraine -on the territory of Kherson some urban parks are located: the Park of Lenin Comsomol, Lenin Park where the Great Oak of more than hundred years grows, and the Park of Glory which stretches above the Dnipro.

The Dnipro flows into the Black Sea than, but near Kherson it forms a pleasant recreation zone, the river is fringed with the unique nature of the South of Ukraine, with its unusual flora and fauna.

The corresponding climatic conditions, availability of recreation resources favored the formation of a broad network of boarding houses, rest houses, sanatorium, and children's health camps.