A city of approximately 500,000, Nikolaev with a European culture boasts a 97% literacy rate and an 87% rate of higher educated adults. The Nikolaev region is famous for its centers of higher education and sciences. Like St. Petersburg, Nikolaev is a center for technical skilled labour which supports advanced technologies inherent in the local ship building industry. These highly skilled individuals represent an extraordinary talent pool. The combination of a highly educated work force and a low cost of living, at about 40% that of Kiev, provides Nikolaev with a market advantage offering extraordinary IT outsourcing resource value.

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