women's movement FEMEN Sergei Stanishev (born 1966), Bulgarian politician, 49th Prime Minister of Bulgaria Prince Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800), Russian general; a founder of the city. Svitlana Tarabarova (born 1990), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, music producer and actress. Mikhail Yemtsev (1930–2003), Soviet and Russian science fiction writer Sport Anastasiia Chetverikova (born 1998), sprint canoeist, team silver medallist at the 2020 Summer Olympics Inna Gaponenko (born 1976), chess player, International Master & Woman Grandmaster. Oleksandr Holovko (born 1972), former footballer with 414 club caps and 58 for Ukraine Pavlo Ishchenko (born 1992), Ukrainian-Israeli boxer Oleksandr Karavayev (born 1992), footballer with over 250 club caps and 45 for Ukraine Yevhen Kucherevskyi (1941–2006), Ukrainian football coach of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Larisa Latynina (born 1934), Soviet gymnast, has won nine Olympic gold medals Tatiana Lysenko (born 1975), Soviet and Ukrainian gymnast, two gold and a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics Yuriy Maksymov (born 1968), football coach and former midfielder with 384 club caps and 27 for Ukraine. Yuri Nikitin (born 1978), gymnast and gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sergei Postrekhin (born 1957), sprint canoer, gold and silver medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics Serhiy Tretyak (born 1963), retired Ukrainian footballer with over 500 club caps David Tyshler (1927–2014), Ukrainian/Soviet fencer, two gold and a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics Roman Vintov (born 1978), former Russian/Ukrainian footballer with over 460 club caps Twin cities Zalaegerszeg, Hungary Shumen, Bulgaria Izmit, Turkey Bizerte, Tunisia Notes References External links Pictures of Kherson Kherson city administration website Kherson patriots Kherson info&shopping Kherson Photos The murder of the Jews of Kherson during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. Cities in Kherson Oblast Port cities and towns in Ukraine Port cities of the Black Sea Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine Oblast centers in Ukraine Populated places established in 1778 1778 establishments in the Russian Empire Populated places established in the Russian Empire Khersonsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Ukraine