Izmail
Izmail or Ismail (in Ukrainian Ізмаїл , in Russian Измаил , in Rumanian Turkish Ismail and in İşmasıl or Hacidar ), is a city of the south-west of the Ukraine located close to the the Danube in the Oblast d' Odessa. It is one of the Ukrainian main ports of the Delta of the Danube.
Izmail is a small center of agribusiness industries and a regional tourist destination. It is especially since centuries a military city and a naval arsenal. Today it is one of the bases of the Ukrainian river navy, whose forces patrol on the Danube.
The population is approximately 85.000 inhabitants, including 38% of Ukrainian, Russian 30,2% of , 13,5% of Lipovènes, 7% of Bulgares, Moldavian 4,3% of and 3% of Gök-Oguz be.
History
Named initially Oblucitsa, the city was important for the principalities of Valachie at the 14th century and of Moldavie at the 15th century under the reign of Etienne Large the. Taken by the Ottoman Empire in 1484, it becomes military fortified town in 1538 and orders the ford of Plauru. In 1774 the fortress is increased, after being taken in one day by the Russian at the time of the Russo-Turkish war of 1770 (the Turkish commander of the place having affirmed the day before that Ismaïl will fall when water of the Danube runs with wrong way ).Yielded to the Russian Empire in 1812, Ismaïl is emptied of its Moslem inhabitants (established in Dobrogée remained Othoman, in particular around Babadag), and is populated by an important Russian garrison. The mosque is transformed into the church Holy-Cross-of-Krepost and the old Moldavian church of Saint Nicolas's Day is rebuilt in Russian cathedral. The civilians other than the families of the soldiers, are then Moldavian peasants , gardeners Bulgares and fishermen Lipovènes. The city is returned to the Moldavie of 1856 to 1878, becomes again Russian of 1878 to 1917, returns to the Moldavie at the time of its independence of 1917, passes to the Romania when Moldavie is linked with the latter in 1918, becomes Soviet of 1940 to 1941 and 1944 to 1991, to finish Ukrainian since 1991. Under the Soviet Union Izmail is industrialized, increases and is populated many Ukrainian workmen who are now majority.