Berdyansk

Berdyansk
Бердянськ
	Berdyansk
Basic data
Oblast :	Zaporizhia Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	no information
Area :	82.65 km²
Residents :	115,500 (2014)
Population density :	1,397 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	71100-71127
Area code :	+380 6153
Geographic location :	46 ° 45 '  N , 36 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 45 '25 "  N , 36 ° 47' 10"  E
KOATUU :	2310400000
Administrative structure :	1 city, 2 villages, 1 settlement
Mayor :	Anatoly Stepanenko
Address:	пл. 1 Бердянської Ради 2 71100 м. Бердянськ
Website :	http://v-berdyanske.com/
Statistical information
Berdyansk

Berdjansk (Ukrainian Бердянськ ; Russian Бердянск ) is a large city in Ukraine with around 115,000 inhabitants (2014). The city is the center of the Berdyansk Raion of the same name in the south of Zaporizhia Oblast on the shores of the Sea of Azov .

With its various combines (“Azov Cable”, “Yushgidromash”, “Azovelmash”, etc.) Berdyansk was an important industrial center and, because of its port, also an important transport hub.

In addition, Berdyansk has been an important spa and bathing resort since the end of the 19th century, with currently more than 600,000 visitors per year.

geography

The city is located on the M 14 / E 58 trunk road , via which Melitopol can be reached after 120 km in a westerly direction. The Zaporizhia Oblast Center is 200 km northwest of the city.

In addition to the actual city, the municipality is divided into the villages Novowassyliwka (Нововасилівка) and Rosa (Роза) as well as the settlement Schowkowe (Шовкове).

To the northeast of the village, the Berda River flows into the Sea of ​​Azov, which is what gave the place its name.

history

In 1827 the city was founded under the name Berdy . In 1835 it was granted city rights and was renamed Berdyansk in 1841 . Between 1939 and 1958 the city was called Osipenko after the aviator Polina Denisovna Osipenko who was born there. Between October 7, 1941 and September 17, 1943, the city was occupied by the German Wehrmacht . During this time Berdjansk was the capital of the Berdjansk district within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine .

In response to the increased Russian presence in the Sea of ​​Azov after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 , a small naval base was established in Berdyansk in 2018. On the other hand, the number of tourists in 2018 was several times the number before 2014.

sons and daughters of the town

• Joel Engel (1868–1927), Russian-Jewish composer, musicologist and music critic
• Abram Besikowitsch (1891-1970), British mathematician of Karaim-Russian origin
• Otto Klein (1904–1995), German restorer
• Polina Ossipenko (1907–1939), Soviet aviator
• Boris Levitan (1914-2004), mathematician
• Yevgenia Rudnewa (1920–1944), Soviet bomber pilot
• Michail Woslensky (1920–1997), Russian historian and political scientist
• Michail Woskressenski (* 1935), Russian pianist and music professor
• Wladislaw Iwanowitsch Pustowoit (* 1936), physicist and university professor
• Anatoli Wapirow (* 1947), Russian jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and composer
• Tetjana Prorotschenko (1952–2020), Soviet-Ukrainian sprinter and Olympic champion
• Olga Kurylenko (* 1979), actress and model
• Igor Abakoumov (* 1981), Belgian racing cyclist with Ukrainian roots

Population development

Population development

1897	1913	1923	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2014	2015	2016
26,496	35,000	21,897	26,409	51,681	65,249	100.133	122.109	132,644	121,692	119,290	115,500	112,000	113,450

Source :; 1913

Web links

Commons : Berdyansk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Berdyansk city website (in Russian)
• Location information (Ukrainian)
• [1] (in Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Ukrainian ports in the Sea of ​​Azov are stuck in the Russian stranglehold , NZZ, November 24, 2018
2. ↑ Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
3. ↑ Population development on Citypopulation.de