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Beryslav (Ukrainian: Берислав, IPA: [berɪˈsɫɑu̯]) is a city in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Beryslav Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 11,895 (2022 estimate).[2]
Beryslav
Берислав | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Beryslav  Beryslav | |
| Coordinates: 46°50′N 33°25′E / 46.833°N 33.417°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Beryslav Raion |
| Hromada | Beryslav urban hromada |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total |  11,895 |
| Climate | Dfa |
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The city is located on the right-bank of the Dnieper River across from Kakhovka on the opposite bank. Until the creation of the Kakhovka Reservoir, the city contained one of a historical crossing over the Dnieper.
By the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of July 26, 2001, No. 878,[3] Beryslav was included in the List of Historical Settlements of Ukraine as the oldest settlement in the Kherson region.
History
editOne of the oldest settlements in the Kherson Oblast, in the late 14th century Beryslav was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Grand Duke Vytautas built a castle here. It served as a Lithuanian customs point, as the lower Dnieper formed the Lithuanian border.
Later on it was known as the Turkish fortress of Kizikermen or Kazikermen (Gazikermen). Kazikermen and Islamkermen and Sahinkermen nearby were primary fortifications in the lower Dnieper area starting in the 15th century.[4][5][6] According to legend, chains were stretched across the Dnieper between the fortifications to control river traffic.[7] Here was also one of the fords providing access across the Dnieper known as Tawan crossing. At the end of August of 1695, Kazikermen was sacked by the Zaporizhia Host Cossacks of Ivan Mazepa and the Sloboda Ukraine Cossacks of Boris Sheremetev during the so called Azov-Dnieper campaigns.
By the 1700 Treaty of Constantinople, the Ottomans disbanded the fortifications. Later in the 19th century, ruins of the Kazikermen fortress were completely cleared away. After its 1784 re-establishment, the settlement was renamed Beryslav.
On 16 December, 1918, Hetman of Ukraine Pavlo Skoropadsky signed a telegram in Beryslav addressed to Kyiv where he officially resigned from his post.
Beryslav was occupied by German forces on August 23, 1941. On September 22 about 400 Jews then living in Beryslav were murdered near the town by the members of Einsatzgruppe D. Another 35 Jews from Beryslav were shot in early October 1941. Beryslav was liberated by the Red Army on March 11, 1944.[8]
Since August 2016, the city has hosted the revived Ukrainian Premier League and UEFA Europa League football club, Tavriya Simferopol.[9]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Beryslav was one of many settlements occupied by the Russians, but was recaptured by the Ukrainian military during the southern counteroffensive on 11 November.[10]
Demographics
editEthnic makeup of the town according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[11]
Native language according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[12]
Sights
edit- Holy Presentation Church, a wooden church from 18th century.
Gallery
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Siege of Kazikermen in 1695 by united forces of Ivan Mazepa and Boris Sheremetev, engraving by Tarasiewicz -
Fragment of the New Servia map by Chez le Rouge (Paris, 1769)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Бериславская городская громада" [Berislav city community] (in Russian). Portal of united communities of Ukraine.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Про затвердження Списку історичних населених місць України" [On the approval of the List of historical settlements of Ukraine]. Official website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "favoritekherson.co". favoritekherson.co. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Stepanchenko, Aleksandr (2015-12-24). "Судьба османских мечетей в Украине" [The fate of Ottoman mosques in Ukraine]. Islam in Ukraine (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "325 років Дніпровському походу 1695 року" [325 years since the Dnipro campaign of 1695]. pkm.poltava.ua (in Ukrainian). 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "В рамка фестиваля «Terra Futura» херсонцы смогут посетить башню Витовта" [As part of the Terra Futura festival, Kherson residents will be able to visit the Vytautas Tower]. Мост (in Ukrainian). 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Yad Vashem, Berislav
- ^ ""Таврію" (Сімферополь) включено до Чемпіонату України серед аматорів" ["Tavria" (Simferopol) is included in the Championship of Ukraine among amateurs] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Football Amateur Association. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "ЗСУ звільнили Берислав на Херсонщині - соцмережі" [The Armed Forces of Ukraine freed Beryslav in the Kherson region - social networks]. korrespondent.net (in Ukrainian). 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Національний склад міст" [National composition of cities]. Datatowel.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" [Native languages in the united territorial communities of Ukraine]. socialdata.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
External links
edit- Kniazkov, Yu. Kazikermen. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2007
- Vyrskyi, D. Beryslav. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2003
- The murder of the Jews of Beryslav during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
- How Russian drones _target civilians in a small Ukrainian City - DW Documentary "[1]"