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Coordinates: 47°7′0″N, 37°35′0″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Mariupol'
Маріуполь
Official flag of Mariupol' Official coat of arms of Mariupol'
Flag Coat of arms
Location
Map of Ukraine with Mariupol highlighted.
Government
Country
Oblast
Raion
Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast
Mariupol City Municipality
Founded 1778
City rights 1779
Mayor Yury Yuryevich Khotlubey
Geographical characteristics
Area
 - City

166 km²
Population
 - City (2005)
   - Density
 - Metro area

481,626
  2,901.4/km²
502,800
Coordinates 47°7′0″N, 37°35′0″E
Other Information
Postal Code 87500—87590
Dialing Code +380 629
Website: www.marsovet.org.ua

Mariupol’ or Mariupol /mari'upʌlʲ/ (Ukrainian: Маріуполь; Russian: Мариу́поль; Greek: Μαριούπολις) is a port city in south-eastern Ukraine, situated on the coast of the Azov Sea, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Administratively, it belongs to Donets'ka oblast', historically it is a part of Donbas region. Image File history File links Flag_Mariupol. ... Image File history File links Mariupol_gerb. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x635, 351 KB) Licensing This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Olegzima. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ... COA of the Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Ukrainian postal codes consist of five digits. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... The shallow Sea of Azov is clearly distinguished from the deeper Black Sea. ... Length - km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge - m³/s Area watershed - km² Origin Ukraine Mouth Sea of Azov Basin countries Ukraine The Kalchik, or Kalmius River is a river in Ukraine. ... Donetska Oblast ( Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Ukraine | Ukrainian historical regions ...


Mariupol is an important industrial center and Eastern European seaport. Mariupol has two important steel mills (Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Azovstal), which make up a significant part of Ukraine's total export. The industrial area of Mariupol produces 37.5% of Donetsk oblast’s exports and about 7% of all Ukraine’s exports. From 1948 to 1989 the city was named Zhdanov (Жданов /'ʒdanʌv/) in honor of Andrei Zhdanov. The definition of continental subregions in use by the United Nations. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Port. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrei Zhdanov Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов) (February 26 [O.S. February 14] 1896–August 31, 1948) was a Soviet politician. ...


Mariupol has a high concentration of Greeks. It is also a seasonal resort. Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation. ...

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History

Mariupol was known from the beginning of the 16th century as the Cossack fortress, Kalmius. The settlement became a town in 1778. In 1780 after the migration of the Greeks from the Crimea to the region, the town was renamed "Mariupol' " at their request. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Ottoman Empire. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Kalmius is one of two rivers flowing through the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ...


City image

Architecture

Plan of Mariupol

Old Mariupol (an area limited to the south coast of the Sea of Azov, in the east - Kalmius River, in the north -Shevchenko Blvd., in the West – Metallurgov Av.) is built up mainly of few-storey houses and has kept the pre-revolutionary architecture. Only Artyom Str. and Lenin Av. after Great Patriotic War are built up of modern buildings, for example, 2 houses with a spike, a building of Dramatic theatre, DOSAAF (abbr. from “Volunteer society of assistance of army, aircraft and to fleet”), the Children's World (a modern building of bank PUMB), and the department store “Ukraine”. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3300x2200, 5979 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3300x2200, 5979 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol ...


The central area of Mariupol (from the Metallurgov Av. up to Stroiteley Av.) is almost entirely administrative and commercial buildings (a city council building, post office, the Lukov cinema, Mariupol Humanitarian University, Priazov State Technical University - PGTU, the Korolenko central city library, large shops (the supermarket "Moscow", "One Thousand Trifles ", etc.).


Architecture of other residential areas ("Zapadny", "Vostochny", "Kirov", "Cheremushki", 5-th, 17-th catchment area, etc.) are not especially different or original and are typicaly 5 and 9-storeyed houses.


Important streets

The house with a spike - one of symbols of Mariupol
The house with a spike - one of symbols of Mariupol

Avenues (“Prospects”): Lenin /'lʲɛnina/, Metallurgov (“Metallurgists’” /mʲɛta'lufgʌf/), Stroiteley (“Builders’” /strʌ'itʲɛlʲɛj/), Ilyich (/ilʲi'ʧʲa/, after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin), Nakhimov /na'hʲimʌvʌ/, Pobedy (/pʌ'bʲɛdɪ/, “Victory”), Lunin (/'lunina/, after admiral Lunin). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x801, 74 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x801, 74 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ...


Streets (“Ulitsas”): Artyom (after Soviet revolutionary Artyom Sergeyev), Torgovaya (“Trade”), Apatov, Kuprin, Uritsky, Bahchivandzhi, Gagarin, Karpinsky, Mamin-Sibiryak, Taganrogskaya, Olimpiyskaya, Azovstalskaya, Makar Mazay, Karl Libknekht).


Boulevards: Shevchenko, Komsomolsky, Primorsky.


Squares (“Ploschads”): Administrativnaya, Nezavisimosti, Pobedy (“Victory”), Mashinostroiteley (“Mechanical engineers’”), Leninsky Komsomol, Osvobozhdeniya (“Liberation”).


Parks

City garden in the winter
City garden in the winter

City Square ("Theatrical Sq."), Extreme-park (new attractions near the biggest in city of the Palace of Culture of Metallurgov, the City garden (“Gorsad”, " A children's park used for recreational purposes"), parks "Veselka" and "Azovstal" in Ordzhonikidzevsky borough, "Petrovsky" (a modern stadium "Ilyichevets" and constructions for the basketball club "Azovmash") - in Ilyichevsky one, “Primorsky” - in Primorsky borough. Image File history File links Park_winter_Mariupol. ... Image File history File links Park_winter_Mariupol. ...


Monuments

Mariupol. Monument to Shevchenko T.G.
Mariupol. Monument to Shevchenko T.G.

Lenin V.I., Kuindzhi Arkhip, Vysotsky V., Shevchenko T.G., Makar Mazay, Gorban G.Yu., Apatov K.P., Balabukha Tolya, to seamen - commandos, pilots Semenishin V.G. and Lavitsky N.E., soldiers of 9-th Aviation Division, victims of political reprisals of 1930-50, etc. During the Soviet system the central square of the city was decorated with a monument to Zhdanov A.A. for whom the city was names after (it was demounted in 1990). Konstantinov V. and Kuzminkov L. artists - sculptors of monuments createed a monument to metropolitan Ignatiy, the founder of Mariupol. Image File history File links Shevchenko_Mariupol. ... Image File history File links Shevchenko_Mariupol. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a... Shevchenko (Шевченко) can refer to: Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian poet and artist Andriy Shevchenko, a Ukrainian footballer Aktau, a city in Kazakhstan known from 1964 to 1992 as Shevchenko This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Andrei Zhdanov Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов) (February 26 [February 14, Old Style], 1896–August 31, 1948) was a Soviet politician and an ally of Joseph Stalin. ...


Public holidays

Mariupol. Fireworks in day of the machine engineer
Mariupol. Fireworks in day of the machine engineer

Except for nation-wide holidays, in Mariupol they celebrate: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (672x896, 91 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (672x896, 91 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ...

  • Liberation Day (of city from fascist aggressors; on September, 10)
  • City Day (the following after Liberation Day of Mariupol Sunday of September)
  • Metallurgist Day - a professional holiday for many city dwellers
  • Machine engineer Day
  • Seamen Day, etc.

Hotels

  • Meridian
  • Druzhba (“Friendship”)
  • Chaika (“Seagull”)
  • Spartak
  • Tourist
  • Azovstal
  • Morskaya (“Sea”)

Casinos & night-clubs

  • Maxim
  • Kleopatra
  • Split
  • Laguna (“Lagoon”)
  • Imperiya (“Empire”)
  • Brodvey (“Broadway”)

Emblem

The modern emblem of Mariupol was confirmed in 1989. It is the shield per fess wavy to argent and azure. In the shield is the anchor with a ring as a ladle with poured metal. The number 1778 indicates the year of the city’s foundation. The argent symbolizes steel, azure means sea, anchor means the port, and the ladle is for metallurgy. An emblem consists of a pictorial image, abstract or representational, that epitomizes a concept - often a concept of a moral truth or an allegory. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ==Criminal Life == AL-Hamad is a Homosexual petifile with 135. ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ... A ships or boats anchor is used to attach the vessel to the bottom at a specific point. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The term Azure (from Persian لاژورد lazhward) can refer to any of the following: The blueish color of the sky. ... Sunset at sea Look up Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...


Mariupol government & politics

Mariupol. Support of Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko on 2004 election by city boroughs
Mariupol. Support of Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko on 2004 election by city boroughs

Mayor of city (chairman, "head", cities and chairman of executive committee of city council) - Khotlubey Yury Yuryevich. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (897x1000, 181 KB) |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (897x1000, 181 KB) |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol ...


Mariupol in Supreme Soviet (Rada) of Ukraine is represented by 4 People's Deputies:

The city traditionally supports the left and pro-Russian political forces. In the presidential elections of 2004 the city voted for Yanukovich V.F. and (91.1%), Yushchenko V.A. (5.93%). Tendencies on parliamentary elections of 2006 can change a little aside reduction of support of the Party of Regions (which leader Yanukovich V.F., that is connected to a position of chairman of board of the Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works Boyko V.S. and his participation at the future elections under lists of Socialist party of Ukraine. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Viktor Yanukovych Campaign Poster 2004 Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Russian: Виктор Федорович Янукович1) (born July 9, 1950 in Yenakiieve, Donetska oblast) was Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 21... Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the president of Ukraine. ... Viktor Yanukovych Campaign Poster 2004 Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Russian: Виктор Федорович Янукович1) (born July 9, 1950 in Yenakiieve, Donetska oblast) was Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 21... Panorama Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works JSC Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works (Ukrainian: Маріу́польський металургі́йний комбіна́т і́мені Ілліча́) - the second largest (after Krivorizhstal) metalurgical enterprise of Ukraine, in Mariupol City. ...


In City Council fraction "Ilyichevets" numerically prevails, in second place – fraction is the "Party of Regions".


Boroughs and neighborhoods

Mariupol. Division of city.
Mariupol. Division of city.

Mariupol is divided into 4 areas or 'boroughs'. These are: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (897x1000, 239 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (897x1000, 239 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ...

  • Zhovtnevy (/ʒʌvt'nʲɛvɪj/ ukrainian) or Oktyabrsky (/ʌk'tʲabrʲskij/ Russian) (after Great October ("Zhovten") revolution, 1917)
  • Primorsky (/pri'mɔrskʲij/)
  • Ordzhonikidzevsky (/ʌrdʒɛnʲi'kʲidzɛvskʲij/ after Ordzhonikidze Sergo, the prominent Soviet revolutionary. Also referred to as the "Levy Bereg" - Left Bank)
  • Ilyichevsky (/ilji'ʧʲɔvskʲij/ after Lenin Vladimir Ilyich)

The Kalmius river separates the Ordzhonekidzevsky borough from the remaining three boroughs. The population is concentrated in the Zhovtnevy and Primorsky boroughs. Ilyichevsky borough houses the large Ilyicha steel mill and the Azovmash manufacturing plant. The Ordzhonekidzevsky (Left Bank) is home to the Azovstal metallurgic combine and the Koksohim factory. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a...


Geography and climate

Geography

Mariupol is to the south of the Donetsk area, on the coast of the Azov Sea, in a mouth of the river Kalmius. The city occupies an area of 166.0 km ² (64 mi²) (with suburbs, i.e. the territories subordinated to the Mariupol city council – 244.0 km ² (94.2 mi²)). The down-town area is 106.0 km ² (40.9 mi²), the area of parks and gardens is 80.6 km ² (31.1 mi²). The city is mainly built on land that is made of solonetzic chernozems, with a significant amount of underground subsoil waters that frequently leads to landslides.


Climate

There is a moderate-continental climate with recurring droughts and dry winds in the summer and thawing weather, fogs - in the winter. Annual precipitation is 400 mm (15.75in) a year. Agro climatic conditions allow the cultivation in suburbs of Mariupol thermophilic agricultural crops with long vegetative periods (sunflower, melons, grapes etc). However water resources in the region are insufficient, and consequently ponds and water basins are used for the needs of the population and industry.


Direction of the wind in the winter is mainly easterly, in the summer it is northerly.


Absolute maximum of temperature of air in the summer is +104°F (+40°C); a minimum in the winter is -25.6°F (-32°C).


Demographics

Population

Mariupol
Population city proper
Mariupol
Metropolitan population
1778 0,168 0,168
1782 2,948 2,948
1850 4,579 4,579
1897 31,8 31,8
1913 58,0 58,0
1939 221,5 221,5
1941 241,0 241,0
1943 85,0 85,0
1959 283,6 299,1
1979 502,6 525,0
1987 529,0 552,3
1989 518,9 541,0
1994 520,7 543,6
1998 499,8 521,3
2001 492,2 514,5
2002 489,7 510,8
2005 481,6 502,8
Mariupol. Density of population
Mariupol. Density of population

The population in 2005 is estimated at 481,600, with the subordinated territories (settlement Sartana, settlement Talakovka, settlement Stary Krym, village Gnutovo, and village Lomakino) - 502,800. Annual reduction of the population is 0.35% (one of the smallest in the region). The death rate is 2.2 times higher than the birth rate. 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (897x1000, 309 KB) |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (897x1000, 309 KB) |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol ... Sartana is the name of a spaghetti western character first played by Gianni Garko and later by George Hilton. ... Stary Krym (Crimean Tatar: Eski Qırım, Ukrainian: , Russian: ) is a small historical town in the Eastern Crimea, approximately 25 km (15 mi. ...


Ethnic structure

Ukrainian make less than half of the population of the city, the second greatest nationality of Mariupol is Russian. Other peoples include Greeks, Jews, Tatar, Armenians, Belarusians etc. The City is area of Ukraine with a high population of Greeks ("Greeks of Priazovye"): 21,900, and in 6 nearby rural areas there are 31,400 more, totaling about 70% of the Greek population of the area and 60% for the country. Historically, the term Tatar (or Tartar) has been ambiguously used by Europeans to refer to many different peoples of Inner Asia and Northern Asia. ...

Ethnic structure in 2002.

Nationality Number (person) Densities (%)
Ukrainian 248,683 48.7
Russian 226,848 44.4
Greek 21,923 4.3
Belarusian 3,858 0.8
Armenian 1,205 0.2
Jews 1,176 0.2
Bulgarian 1,082 0.2
other 6,060 1.2
All population 510,835 100

Language structure

There are a large number of Greek-speaking (Pontic Greek) people but the city is predominantly Russian-speaking. From 60% up to 80% Ukrainian-language dwellers communicate on so-called Surzhik, the Greek language is submitted by local variants, so-called Urum, Greek-Tatar and Rumean, Greek-Elian languages of Greeks of Priazovye. Pontic Greek is a Greek language which was originally spoken on the shores of the Black Sea (Pontus). Pontics linguistic lineage stems from Attic Greek, and contains influences from Byzantine Greek, Turkish influence and some Persian and Caucasian borrowings. ... Surzhyk (суржик) is a pidgin language spoken in parts of Ukraine. ... Urum is a Turkic language spoken by several thousand people who inhabit a few villages in the Southeastern Ukraine and in Georgia. ...

Language structure in 2002

Language Number (person) Densities (%)
Russian 457,931 89.64
Ukrainian 50,656 9.92
Greek 1,046 0.20
Armenian 372 0.07
Belarusian 266 0.05
Bulgarian 55 0.01
other 509 0.10
All population 510,835 100

Employment

About 59% of the people whose occupation is in a national economy work in the industry, 11% of them in transportation.


The official rate of unemployment is 0.46%, one of the smallest in the country, the actual number is a little more.


Finances

The GDP of the city in 2004 was 22,769,400 hryvnas ($4,510,400); they listed in the state budget of Ukraine 83,332,000 hryvnas ($16,507,400). The city is one of the largest donors to the state budget of Ukraine (after Kiev and Zaporozhye). The hryvnia (Ukrainian гривня) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 1996 when it replaced the coupon (or karbovanets), the temporary currency used after Ukraine left the Soviet Union and the ruble zone. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted. ... Zaporizhzhia, Zaporozhzhia, Zaporozhye may refer to Zaporizhzhia, a historical region of Ukraine Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, a city This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


The GPA of the city is 1,262.04 hryvnas (≈US$250.00) a month - one of the highest in the country. Average pension in the city is 423.15 hryvnas ($83.82).


Commercial debts in the city were reduced for 2005 to 1.1% and made 5.1 million hryvnas ($1.01 million).


Income from rendered services for 9 months in 2005 where 860.4 million hryvnas ($107.4 million) and the volume of retail trade for the same term was 838.7 million hryvnas ($166.1 million).


The enterprises of the city for 9 months of 2005 received a positive financial result (profit) of 3.2 billion hryvnas ($634 million), which is 23.6% more than the previous year (2004).


Economy

Industry

Mariupol is home to major steel mills (including some globally-important) and chemical plants, also an important seaport and a railroad junction. Notable shipyards, fish canneries, metallurgy-related education and science institutions are also present. A steel mill at the turn of the century in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A steel mill (British English and Australian English steelworks) is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel. ... Chemical tanks in Lillebonne, France Chemical industry includes those industries involved in the production of petrochemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, oleochemicals etc. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... The Guppy, also known as guppie (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ...


Mariupol has 56 industrial enterprises of various patterns of ownership operating in it. The industry of the city is diversified with prevalence for heavy industry. The total amount of industrial production of city for 8 months in 2005 (January - August) was 21,378.2 million hryvnas, i.e. 4.233 billion USD (in 1999 - 6,169.806 million gryvnas, i.e. 1.222 billion USD). Amounts for this parameter in Donetsk oblast are 37.5%.


The leading business is ferrous metallurgy. Its income in city volume of industrial production is 93.5%.

  • Open Society " Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works " ("Mariupol Metallurgical Combine named Ilyich") is the metallurgical enterprise of Ukraine second in sizes (after " Krivorozhstal "), the largest enterprise of a national economy of Donbass and, one of the largest exporters of Ukraine, the enterprise has a full metallurgical cycle.

Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works is the collective property of a society of tenants ("Joint-Stock Company " Ilyich-steel ""; with about 37,000 workers - shareholders). The head of board of enterprise - the People's Deputy, the hero of Ukraine Boyko Vladimir Semenovich. The enterprise has structural divisions: management of public catering and trade ("УОПТ", a network of 52 enterprises), a chemist's network "Ilyich-Pharm", more than 50 agro shops (former collective farms of the south of Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas), Komsomol Mines office, the machine-building enterprises (including in the Cherkassy area), airport "Mariupol", the Mariupol city TV ("MTV") etc. More than 92,000 workers work in enterprise (as of the end of 2005). This totals 6 million tones of iron, 7 million tones of steel, 5.3 million tones of rolled iron, and 13.5 million tones of agglomerate annually. Panorama Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works JSC Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works (Ukrainian: Маріу́польський металургі́йний комбіна́т і́мені Ілліча́) - the second largest (after Krivorizhstal) metalurgical enterprise of Ukraine, in Mariupol City. ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Ukraine | Ukrainian historical regions ... Panorama Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works JSC Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works (Ukrainian: Маріу́польський металургі́йний комбіна́т і́мені Ілліча́) - the second largest (after Krivorizhstal) metalurgical enterprise of Ukraine, in Mariupol City. ...

  • Open Society " Azovstal " - metallurgical enterprise ("Combine"), a monopoly in Ukraine on release of some names in metal rolling, the enterprise has a full metallurgical cycle. The general director is Bely Aleksey.

On a level of gross revenue, Azovstal takes the third place among the metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine, totaling 6 million tones of pig-iron, 7 million tones of steel and 4.5 million tones of rolled iron annually. It is closely connected with Mariupol cokes factory " Markokhim " (prevailing the part of production which is consumed by Azovstal)

  • Open Society " Concern " Azovmash " " - the largest machine-building enterprise of Ukraine (city of Mariupol), specializing in production of equipment for mining-metallurgical complexs, tanks-cars, port cranes, boilers, fuel-fillers etc. The President is Savchuk Aleksandr. The enterprise formally belonged to the state, but actually - " System Capital Management " (A Donetsk financial and economic group led by Akhmetov Rinat).
  • Azov ship-repair factory ("АСРЗ") is the largest enterprise of its class on the Sea of Azov (city of Mariupol). The enterprise is subordinated " System Capital Management " (Donetsk financial and economic group led by Akhmetov Rinat).
  • Open Society " Mariupol sea trading port " - (city of Mariupol) largest in East Ukraine, makes sea transportations of coal, metal, production of mechanical engineering, ore, grain from Donetsk, Kharkov, Lugansk and the nearby areas of Ukraine, Russia.
  • Azov sea shipping company (since 2003 of Open Company " Merchant marine fleet of Donbass ") – an already gone bankrupt enterprise which was formerly carrying out sea transportations from ports on the Sea of Azov (Mariupol, Berdyansk, Taganrog). The property (as of 2003 – was officially) "System Capital Management" (Donetsk financial and economic group led by Akhmetov Rinat).

The free economic zone Azov is located near Mariupol. Berdyansk (Бердянськ; Russian Berdyansk) is a port city in southeastern Ukraine within its Zaporizka oblast. Between 1939 and 1958 it was known as Osipenko. ... Taganrog (Russian: ) is a city and seaport in Rostov Oblast, Russia. ...


Building

Mariupol. The standard nine-floor house
Mariupol. The standard nine-floor house
The general plan of Mariupol
The general plan of Mariupol

Industrial construction prevails. Mass building of living quarters in city was terminated in 1980. Mainly more comfortable habitation is now under construction. Image File history File links Standart_architecture_Mariupol. ... Image File history File links Standart_architecture_Mariupol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata General_plan_mariupol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata General_plan_mariupol. ...


The construction organizations of the city for 9 months in 2005 executed a volume of contracted civil and erection works for 304.4 million Hryvnas ($603 million). This represents 22.1% of the city’s income.


Transportation

Mariupol. Routes of urban electric transports
Mariupol. Routes of urban electric transports
Mariupol. Streams of urban transports
Mariupol. Streams of urban transports
  • Urban electric transport ("МТТУ", Mariupol Tram-trolleybus management):
    • A trams, street-cars (since 1933) - 12 routes (machines of type КТМ-5 and КТМ-8 work),
    • Trolley buses (since 1970) - 14 routes (machines of type: Skoda 14Тr, ZIU-10, ZIU-9, YuMZ T-1, YuMZ T-2).
  • Buses - mainly the private minibuses which are carrying out transportation in city, on suburban and long-distance routs.

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Ecology

Mariupol. Pollution of urban territory
Mariupol. Pollution of urban territory

Due to the stable work of the majority of the large enterprises, the city constantly collides with environmental problems. At the end of 1970s, Zhdanov (Mariupol) by quantity of industrial emissions in an atmosphere occupied third place in the USSR (after Novokuznetsk and Magnitogorsk). In 1989 by all enterprises of city it had 5,215 sources of atmospheric pollution producing 752,900 tones of harmful substances a year (about 98% from metallurgical enterprises and "Markokhim"). Even during some easing activity of the industry in the state (the middle of 1990s) of maximum-permissible concentrations (maximum concentration limit) many pollution limits of the environment have been exceeded: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (897x1000, 360 KB) |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (897x1000, 360 KB) |} File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mariupol Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Novokuznetsk (Russian Новокузне́цк, pop. ... A steel production facility in Magnitogorsk in the 1930s Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk (Russian: ) is a mining and industrial city by the Ural River in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with one of the largest iron and steel works in the country. ...

In the residential areas adjoining industrial giants, concentrations of benzapiren and (cancerogen) changes to within of 6-9 times the maximum concentration limits, fluoric hydrogen, ammonia and formaldehyde - 2-3 to 5 times the maximum concentration limits, dust and oxides of carbon, hydrogen sulphide are 6 to 8 times the maximum concentration limits, and dioxides of nitrogen are 2 to 3 times the maximum concentration limits. It has exceeded the maximum concentration limit on phenol by 17x, and benzapiren till 13 to 14x! Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. ... Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a colorless crystalline solid with a typical sweet tarry odor. ... The chemical compound formaldehyde (also known as methanal), is a gas with a strong pungent smell. ... For other meaning link to H2S radar. ...


Not absolutely thought over arrangement of platforms for construction of Azovstal and Markokhim (the economy in transport charges was assumed, both during construction in 30th, and during the subsequent operation) has led to that the wind rose basically carries all emissions in the central areas of Mariupol. Intensity of these winds and geographical "flatness" of a relief that long time pollutions does not allow to accumulate a little saves the situation.


The Sea of Azov near the city is in distress. The catch of fish in the aria was reduced by orders of magnitude over the last 30-40 years.


The nature protection activity of leading enterprises in Mariupol cost millions of hrivnas, but it appears to have little effect on the environmental problems built up in the city over the years.


Culture of Mariupol

Cultural institutions

Theatre in the evening
Theatre in the evening

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  • Russian Dramatic Theatre of Donetsk oblast. In 2003 the eldest theater of region marked the twentieth birthday. The talented collective of actors among which 2 folk and the 2 honoured artists of Ukraine works in a theater. For contribution to spiritual education of theatre in 2000 became the laureate of the competition «Gold scythian».
  • Mariupol Theater of Puppet-Show (it is created in 1999)

Sinemas:

  • «Pobeda» («Victory»)
  • «Savona»
  • «Soyuz» («Union» )
  • «Komsomolets» («Komsomoler»)
  • «Burevesnik»
  • the Lukova name
  • the Shevchenko name
  • «Yubileyny» («Anniversary» )
Mariupol at night
Mariupol at night

Palaces of Culture (Recreation centres): Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1025x768, 74 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1025x768, 74 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ...

  • «Metallurgov» («Metalurgists») of Ilyich Steel & Iron Works
  • «Azovstal»
  • «Iskra» («Spark») of Azovmash machine-builder Concern
  • «Markohim» of former Mariupol Coke Factory
  • «Moryakov» («Sea-folk»)
  • «Stroitel» («Builder»)
  • Palace of child's and youth art («Palace of Youth»)
  • City Palace of Culture

Museums:

  • Mariupol Museum of Regional
  • Kuindzhi Art Exhibition
  • Museum of ethnography (in the past the museum of Andrey Zhdanov)
  • Museum og Literary
  • Harbarbond

In the environs of city on the shore of sea of Azov the monument of archaeology is opened neolitic burial ground of end of the third millennium AD.


During excavations here it is discovered over 120 skeletons. Near them stone and bone instruments and beads are found, shell-works the shellfishes, teeth of animal.


Art & literature

Creative organizations of artists, union of journalists of Mariupol, the literary union «Azovye» (from a 1924, about 100 members) and others. Works of Mariupol poets and writers: N. Berilov, A. Belous, G. Moroz, A. Shapurmi, A. Savchenko, V. Kior, N. Harakoz, L. Kiryakov, L. Belozerova, P. Bessonov, A. Zaruba are written in the Russian, Ukrainian, Greek languages. Presently 10 members of National Union of writers of Ukraine live in a city.


Social associations

Public unions


About 300 public unions, including 22 trade-union organizations, representative offices about 40 political parties etc., 16 youth, 4 womanish organizations, 37 unions of veterans and invalids, 134 national and cultural societies.


General consulates of the Republic Greece and Republic Cyprus (from a 2006) in Mariupol.


Religious communities

  • 11 churches of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy.
  • 3 churches of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev Patriarchy.
  • 52 different religious communities.

A city is decorated by the St. Nicol Cathedral (in Zhovtnevy borough) and churches of city:

  • St. Nicolas (Primorsky borough)
  • of Transfiguration (Primorsky borough)
  • St. Michael (Ordzhonikidzevsky borough)
  • St. Ilya (Ilyichevsky borough)
  • St. Uspensky (Ordzhonikidzevsky borough) and others

Media and entertainment

More than 20 local newspapers work, including:

  • «Priazovsky Rabochy» («Priazovsky worker»)
  • «Mariupolskaya Zhizn» («Mariupol life»)
  • «Mariupolskaya Nedelya» («Mariupol week»)
  • «Ilichevets»
  • «Azovstalets»
  • «Azovsky Moryak» («Azov Seaman»)
  • «Azovsky Mashinostroitel» («Azov Machine-builder») etc.

7 wireless stations, 7 regional televisional companies and channels:

  • Broadcasting Company «Sigma»
  • Broadcasting Company «MTV» («Mariupol television»)
  • Broadcasting Company «TV 7»
  • Broadcasting Company «Inter-Mariupol»
  • Broadcasting Company «Format» and others

Retransmitting about 15 state channels («Inter», «1+1», «STB», «NTN», a «5 Channel» etc.).


Tourism and recreation

A tourists interest of mainly coast of sea of Azov. Tourist companies work («Azov-voyag-tour», «Azovintur» and others).


The first sanatoriums are opened in a city in 1926. Along a sea here during 16 the narrow bar of sandy beachs stretches to the one km.


Temperature of water in summer +22.+24°C. Duration of bathing season 120 days.


Professional sports

The city's steel industry sponsors the FC Metalurg Mariupol' football club, currently playing in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest division of the Ukrainian national championship. Logo of the club Illychivets Mariupil. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Professional football league of Ukraine logo The Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian: , Vyscha Liha) is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. ...


Water polo team «Ilyichevets» is the absolute champion of Ukraine. It has won the Ukrainian championship for 9 times. Every year it plays in the European Chempion Cup and Russian championship.


Azovstal' Canoeing Club on the river Kalmius. Vitaly Epishkin - 3rd place in World Cup on 200m K-2. Kalmius is one of two rivers flowing through the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. ...


«Azovmash» Basket-ball club and "Ilichevets" Water-polo club are champions of Ukraine. Serious successes were obtained by school of the Mariupol boxing, Greek-Roman fighting, artistic gymnastics and other types of sport


Sport building of city (only 585):

  • «Ilyichevets» stadium
  • «Azovstal» sports complex
  • «Azovets» stadium (in the past the «Locomotive»)
  • «Azovmash» sports complex
  • «Sadko» Sports complex
  • «Vodnik» Sports complex
  • «Neptune» public pool
  • «Azovstal» chess club etc.

Social services

Health Service

There are 70 medical, medical-health and medical establishments in a city — hospitals, policlinics, the station of blood transfusion, station of urgent medicare, sanatoriums, sanatoriums-preventive clinics regional center of social maintenance of pensionaries and invalids, city centers: gastroenterology, thoracal surgery, bleedings, pankreatic, microsurgury of eye. Central pool-hospital on a water-carriage etc.


Education

A 81 general establishment, including 67 general schools, 1 high school, 3 lyceums, 4 removable night-schools, 3 boarding-schools, 2 private schools, works.


3 higher educational establishments:

  • Priazovsky State Technical University
  • Mariupol Humanitarian University
  • Azovsky Institute of marine transport

Famous Mariupolers

Andrei Zhdanov Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов) (February 26 [O.S. February 14] 1896–August 31, 1948) was a Soviet politician. ... Soviet redirects here. ... Portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov 1869 Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich (Куинджи Архип Иванович, in Russian(1841 – 1910) - Russian landscape painter. ... Alexander Sakharoff by Alexej von Jawlensky, 1909 Alexander Sakharoff (Russian: , also spelled Sakharov and Sacharoff, May 13, 1886 - September 25, 1963) was a Russian dancer, teacher, and choreographer. ...

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