Berdiansk (Ukrainian: Бердянськ, Berdians’k; Russian: Бердянск, Berdyansk) is a port city in southeastern Ukraine within the Zaporizhia Oblast (province). It sits on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov and it is also a health resort with mud-baths and climatic treatments.. Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them. ... City lights from space. ... Zaporizhia Oblast (Запорізька область, Zaporizka oblast’ or Запоріжщина, Zaporizhchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. ... An oblast (Slavonian verbalism or term, Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian, Ukrainian: о́бласть, Bulgarian: о́бласт) English equivalent area, province or zone. ... The shallow Sea of Azov is clearly distinguished from the deeper Black Sea. ...

The city was founded in 1827 under the name Kutur-Ogly which in 1830 was changed to Novo-Nogaisk (see Nogai ). Its present name was given to the city in 1842. Between 1939 and 1958 it was known as Osipenko, the name now secured to the neaby town Osypenko. 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The term Nogai can refer to more than one thing: Nogai Khan was a Khan of the Golden Horde. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Its main cultural and educational institutions are the Museums of Arts, Natural Sciences, the Pedagogical Institute, and the Medical School. The Museum of City History is to be opened in September 2005.

As of 1996, the city had a population of 135,000 people. The 2001 census count was 125,000. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...