Mariupol. Маріуполь

Flag Seal
Official website: www.marsovet.org.ua
Location
Location in the Ukraine
Government
Oblasts	Donetsk Oblast
Mayor	Khotlubey Yury Yuryevich
Geographical characteristics
Area
Total	166.0 km²
Land	166.0 km²
Water	0.0 km²
Population
Total (2005)	481,626 (city proper)
Density	2,901.4 (land)/km²
Time zone	(UTC+2)

Mariupol' at night

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 Pumb_Mariupol. ... 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. ... Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... 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. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... See also List of time zones Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ... 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 ... 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 seaport of Eastern Europe. In city there are 2 important metallurgical combines (Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works and " Azovstal ") which production makes a significant part of export of Ukraine. In the industry of Donetsk area densities of Mariupol - 37.5%, in Ukraine about 7%. From 1948 to 1989 the city bore the name Zhdanov (Жданов /'ʒdanʌv/ ) in honor of Andrei Zhdanov. Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ... 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. ... 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. ...

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An adjective for Mariupol is Mariupol (Ukrainian masc. - маріупольський /mari'upɔlʲsʲkɪj/, fem. - маріупольська /mari'upɔlʲsʲka/, neut. - маріупольське /mari'upɔlʲsʲkɛ/, plur. - маріупольські /mari'upɔlʲsʲki/, Russian masc. - мариупольский /mari'upʌlʲskij/, fem. - мариупольская /mari'upʌlʲskaja/, neut. - мариупольское /mari'upʌlʲskʌjɛ/, plur. - мариупольские /mari'upʌlʲskijɛ/).

A resident of Mariupol is Mariupoler (Ukrainian masc. - маріуполець /mari'upɔlɛʦʲ/, fem. - маріупольчанка /mariupɔlʲ'ʧanka/, plur. - маріупольці /mari'upɔlʲʦʲi/, Russian masc. - мариуполец /mari'upʌlʲɛʦ/, fem. - мариупольчанка /mariupʌlʲ'ʧʲanka/, plur. - мариупольцы /mari'upʌlʲʦɪ/).

History

Mariupol. Old city tower.

Mariupol was known from the beginning of the 16th century as the Cossack fortress named 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (389x700, 40 KB) |} File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (389x700, 40 KB) |} File links The following pages link to this file: Mariupol ... (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. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey. ... 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). ... Crimea /kraɪˈmia/ is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea. ...

City image

Architecture

Old Mariupol (the area is limited in the south to coast of sea of Azov, in the east - Kalmius river, in the north -Shevchenko Blvd., in the West – Metallurgov Av.) built up mainly few-storey houses, has kept the pre-revolutionary architecture. Only the Artyom Str. and Lenin Av. after Great Patriotic War are built up by 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), department store “Ukraine”.

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The general plan of Mariupol

The central area of Mariupol (from the Metallurgov Av. up to the Stroiteley Av.) is almost entirely administrative and commercial building (a building of city council, post office, a Lukov cinema, Mariupol humanitarian university, Priazov state technical university - PGTU, the Korolenko central city library, large shops (a supermarket "Moscow", "One thousand trifles ", etc.). Image File history File linksMetadata General_plan_mariupol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata General_plan_mariupol. ...

Architecture of other residential areas ("Zapadny", "Vostochny", "Kirov", "Cheremushki", 5-th, 17-th catchment area, etc.) do not differ especial originality and are submitted typical 5-and 9-storeyed houses.

Mariupol. The standard nine-floor house

The sketch of the general plan of city is developed. Image File history File links Standart_architecture_Mariupol. ... Image File history File links Standart_architecture_Mariupol. ...

Important streets

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).

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

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Image:Teatr_square_Mariupol.jpg|thumb|A fountain in square about dramatic theatre Image:Extrim_park_Mariupol.jpg|thumb|Extreme - park

Monuments

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 - commandoes, 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 city decorated monument Zhdanov A.A. at which name was carried with city (it is demounted in 1990). Konstantinov V. and Kuzminkov L. artists - sculptors of monuments create 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 Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... 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 might otherwise share the same title. ... 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

Except for nation-wide holidays in Mariupol mark: 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

Night club "Kleopatra" in city center.

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

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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 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

Mayor of Mariupol Khotlubey Jury.

Mayor of city (chairman, "head", cities and chairman of executive committee of city council) - Khotlubey Yury Yuryevich. Image File history File links Khotlubey_Mariupol. ... Image File history File links Khotlubey_Mariupol. ...

Mariupol in Supreme Soviet (Rada) of Ukraine is represented by 3 People's Deputies:

• Boyko V.S. - the chapter(head) of board the Ilyich Mariupol metallurgical combine, the hero of Ukraine.

• Matvienkov S.A. - the representative Ilyich Mariupol metallurgical combine

• Koloniari A.P. - the representative of Metallurgical combine " Azovstal " (during elections to the Supreme Rada, 2002),

The city traditionally supports the left and pro-Russian political forces. At last presidential elections (2004) 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. 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, 2002 to December 31, 2004. ... 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, 2002 to December 31, 2004. ... 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, on the second place - fraction "Party of Regions".

Boroughs and neighborhoods

Mariupol. Division of city.

Mariupol. Dramatic theatre in Zhovtnevy borough.

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• 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 river Kalmius 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 the home to 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 Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ...

Geography and climate

Geography

Mariupol is in the south of Donetsk area, on coast of sea of Azov, in a mouth of the river Kalmius. The city occupies the area of 166,0 km ² (with suburbs, i.e. the territories subordinated to the Mariupol city council - 244,0 km ²). The area under building - 106,0 km ², the area of parks and gardens - 80,6 km ². Ground of territory of city mainly solonetzic chernozems, with a significant amount of underground subsoil waters, that frequently leads to landslips.

Climate

There is moderate-continental climate with often droughts and dry winds in the summer and thawing weather, fogs - in the winter. Annual quantity of deposits - 400 mm a year. Agroclimatic conditions allow to raise in suburbs of Mariupol thermophilic agricultural crops with the long vegetative period (sunflower, melons, grapes etc). However water resources in region are insufficient, and consequently for needs of the population and the industry ponds and water basins are used.

Direction of a wind in the winter mainly east, in the summer - northern.

Absolute maximum of temperature of air in the summer - +104°F, a minimum - in the winter -25.6°F.

Demographics

Population

The population in 2005 has made 481,6 thousand person, with the subordinated territories (settlement Sartana, settlement Talakovka, settlement Stary Krym, village Gnutovo, village Lomakino) - 502,8 thousand person. Annual reduction of the population - 0,35% (one of the least in region). Death rate is higher than birth rate in 2,2 times. 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) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... 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 the International year of the Family. ... 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 the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 all population of the city, the nation of Mariupol second on number are Russian. Other peoples - Greeks, Jews, Tatar, Armenians, Byelorussians etc. The City is area of compact residing of Greeks (" Greeks of Priazovye "): 21.9 thousand person, except for that in 6 nearby rural areas of 31.4 thousand more чел., that in the sum makes about 70% of the Greek population of area and 60% - the countries. Historically, the term Tatar (or Tartar) has been ambiguously used by Europeans to refer to many different peoples of Inner Asia and Northern Asia. ... Belarusians, also spelt Belarusans, Belarussians, Byelorussians and Belorussians are a distinct ethnic group of East Slavs who are the major population of Belarus, also being minorities in the neighboring Poland (especially former Bialystok province), Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine. ...

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Language structure

There is a large number of Greek-speaking (Pontic Greek) population 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. ...

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Employment

About 59% people occupied in a national economy work in the industry, 11% one on transport.

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

Finances

The income of the budget of city in 2004 has made 22,769.4 thousand hryvnas, from them it is listed in the state budget of Ukraine of 83,332.0 thousand hryvnas. City - one of the largest donors of the state budget of Ukraine (after cities Kiev, Zaporozhye). A monument to St. ... 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 average salary on city - 1,262.04 hryvnas (250 USD) in a month - one of the biggest in the country. Average pension in city - 423.15 hryvnas.

Debts of the enterprises of city under the salary were reduced for 2005 to 1.1% and make 5.1 million hryvnas.

Volume of the rendered services for 9 months 2005 - 860.4 million gryvnas, volume of retail trade for the same term - 838.7 million грн.

The enterprises of city for 9 months 2005 receive positive financial result (profit) by the sum 3.2 billion gryvnas, that on 23.6% more last year's (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 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. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: the most abundant species of fish in the world. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ...

In Mariupol 56 industrial enterprises of various patterns of ownership operate. The industry of city diversified with prevalence of the heavy industry. The total amount of industrial production of city for 8 months 2005 (January - August) has made 21,378.2 million gryvnas, i.e. 4.233 billion USD (in 1999 - 6,169.806 million gryvnas, i.e. 1.222 billion USD). Densities of city on this parameter in Donetsk oblast - 37,5%.

Leading branch is ferrous metallurgy. Its densities in city volume of industrial production makes 93.5%.

Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works.

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

Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works is the collective property of a society of tenants ("Joint-Stock Company " Ilyich-steel ""; about 37000 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 agroshops (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 92000 workers work in enterprise (the end of 2005). 6 million tone of iron, 7 million tone of steel, 5,3 million tone of rolled iron, 13,5 million tone of agglomerate annually. Image File history File links Ilyicha_Mariupol. ... Image File history File links Ilyicha_Mariupol. ... 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 monopolist in Ukraine on release of some names of metal rolling, the enterprise with a full metallurgical cycle. The general director - Bely Aleksey.

Mariupol. Blocks of Azovstal at night.

On a level of the gross revenue Azovstal takes the third place among the metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine. 6 million tone of pig-iron, 7 million tone of steel, 4,5 million tone of rolled iron annually. It is closely connected with Mariupol cokes factory " Markokhim " (prevailing which part of production is consumed by Azovstal) Image File history File linksMetadata Azovstal_Mariupol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Azovstal_Mariupol. ...

• Open Society " Concern " Azovmash " " - the largest machine-building enterprise of Ukraine (city of Mariupol), specializing on release of the equipment for a mining-metallurgical complex, tanks-cars, port cranes, boilers, fuel-fillers etc. The President - Savchuk Aleksandr. The enterprise formally belongs to the state, but actually - " System Capital Management " (Donetsk financial and economic group led by Akhmetov Rinat).

• Azov ship-repair factory ("АСРЗ") - the largest enterprise of the class on sea of Azov (city of Mariupol). The enterprise is subordinated " System Capital Management " (Donetsk financial and economic group led by Akhmetov Rinat).

Mariupol sea trading port.

• 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 next areas of Ukraine, Russia.

• Azov sea shipping company (since 2003 of Open Company " Merchant marine fleet of Donbass ") - already gone bankrupt enterprise which is earlier carrying out sea transportations from ports of sea of Azov (Mariupol, Berdyansk, Taganrog). The property (with 2003 - officially) " System Capital Management " (Donetsk financial and economic group led by Akhmetov Rinat).

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Building

A industrial construction prevails. Mass building of inhabited quarters in city has terminated in 80th years of the last century. Mainly the comfortable habitation now is under construction.

The building organizations of city for 9 months 2005 execute volume of contract civil and erection works on 304.4 million gryvnas. Densities of city on this parameter in city is 22.1%.

Transportation

Mariupol. Street-car.

Mariupol. Trolley bus.

Mariupol. Routes of urban electric transports.

• Urban electric transport ("МТТУ", Mariupol Tram-trolleybus management):
  • A trams, street-cars (since 1933) - 12 routes (machines of mark КТМ-5 and КТМ-8 work),
  • A trolley buses (since 1970) - 14 routes (machines of marks work: Skoda 14Тr, ZIU-10, ZIU-9, YuMZ T-1, YuMZ T-2).
• Buses - mainly the private minibuses which are carrying out transportations on city, on the suburban and long-distance message.
• Road service station (from which including transportations in Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Kiev, Odessa, Yalta, Dnepropetrovsk are carried out etc.) and suburban autostation (routes mainly on Pershotravnevy and to Volodarsky to areas Donetsk oblast).
• Railway station " Mariupol ". The city is connected by the railway to Donbass (the Direction of trains: Moscow, Kiev, Lvov, Saint Petersburg, Minsk, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kharkov, Poltava, Slavyansk).
• A marina in territory of sea trading port.
• International airport " Mariupol " (the property Ilyich Mariupol steel and iron works).

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Ecology

Due to stable work of the majority of the large enterprises, the city constantly collides with environmental problems. At the end of 70-th Zhdanov (Mariupol) by quantity of industrial emissions in an atmosphere occupied 3 place to the USSR (is after Novokuznetsk and Magnitogorsk). In 1989 by all enterprises of city it was thrown out in an atmosphere through 5,215 sources of pollution of 752.9 thousand tone of harmful substances in a year (about 98% fell at metallurgical enterprises and "Markokhim"). Even during some easing activity of the industry in the state (the middle of 90th of XX century) maximum-permissible concentration (maximum concentration limit) many pollutions things of environment has been exceeded: Novokuznetsk (Russian Новокузне́цк, pop. ... A steel production facility in Magnitogorsk in the 1930s. ...

• For ammonia and in 1,3 times
• For phenol and in 1,3 times
• For formaldehyde and in 2,0 times

In the residential areas adjoining to industrial giants, concentration benzapiren and (cancerogen) changes within the limits of 6-9 maximum concentration limits, fluoric hydrogen, ammonia, formaldehyde - 2-3,5 maximum concentration limits, a dust, oxides of carbon, hydrogen sulphide and - 6-8 maximum concentration limits, dioxides of nitrogen - 2-3 maximum concentration limits. It has been fixed cases of excess of maximum concentration limit on phenol in 17 (!) time, and benzapiren till 13-14 time. Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. ... Phenol, also known under the old name 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.

In a distress is and the sea of Azov near to city. Catch of fish on all sea it was reduced for last 30-40 years in some times.

In nature protection activity leading enterprises of Mariupol put millions grivnas, but it appears to resolve not enough environmental problems saved up in city years.

Culture of Mariupol

Cultural institutions

City children's school of arts.

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Art & literature

Social associations

Religious communities

Media and entertainment

Tourism and recreation

Professional sports

The city's steel industry sponsor the FC Metalurg Mariupol' soccer club, currently playing in the highest division of the Ukrainian national championship. Logo of the club Illychivets Mariupil. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

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. ...

Social services

Health Service

Education

Famous Mariupolers

External links

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