title: Novomykolaivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
text: # Novomykolaivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
  
  Novomykolaivka (Ukrainian: Новомиколаївка; Russian: Новониколаевка) is an urban-type settlement in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It was formerly administered within Novomykolaivka Raion until 2020. It is located on the right bank of the Verkhnia Tersa, a tributary of the Vovcha in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Population: 4,983 (2022 est.).
  
  ## Economy
  
  ### Transportation
  
  The settlement is on Highway H15 connecting Zaporizhzhia and Marinka and previously going to Donetsk.
  
  The closest railway station is in Vilniansk, on the railway connecting Zaporizhzhia and Synelnykove.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Vitold Fokin (born 1932), first prime minister of Ukraine
  