title: Mykolaikva, Mykolaiv Oblast
text: # Mykolaikva, Mykolaiv Oblast
  
  Mykolaivka (Ukrainian: Микола́ївка) is a village in the Voznesensk Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast, in Ukraine. The population is 497 people. The body of local self-government is the Mykolaiv Village Council [uk].
  
  ## Geography
  
  The village of Mykolaivka is located 29 km from Voznesensk and 14 km from Bratske. The Balka Solona [uk] river flows through the village.
  
  ## History
  
  The village was founded in 1782 under the original name Skarzhinka (Ukrainian: Скаржинка). According to data for 1859, 309 people (150 men and 159 women) lived in the village, and there were 45 farmsteads.
  
  As of 1886, 442 people lived in the former proprietary village of the Trikrat Volost, there were 70 yards, and there was an inn.
  
  On 12 June 2020, in the course of decentralization, the Mykolaiv Village Council was merged with the Bratsk settlement community. On 17 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of Bratsky District, the village became part of Voznesensk Raion.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  According to the 1989 Soviet Census, the population of the village was 538 people, of whom 253 were men and 285 were women.
  
  According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, 500 people lived in the village, and their native language was distributed as such:
  
  