Marioupol

Marioupol (Маріуполь in Ukrainian) is a town of Ukraine on the Mer of Azov. Of 1948 with 1989, the city was called Jdanov (Жданов in Ukrainian). In 2005, the population of Marioupol was of: 481626 inhabitants.

History

Under Catherine II of Russia, Marioupol knew the immigration of the Greeks coming from the Crimea, who had settled originally with Chersonèsos, Kerch and Féodosia since sixth century BC and which was driven out by the Othoman .

In 1948, Stalin re-elected the city Jdanov , in the honor of its collaborator close relation Andreï Jdanov which had been born there. The city found its original name in 1989 and the statue of Jdanov was unbolted in 1990.

Marioupol was known at the beginning of the 16th century like the fortress Kalmious cossack, but the city was born truly after the migration from Greeks from the Crimea in 1778 - 1780.

At the end of the 19th century, Marioupol is transformed thanks to the railroad, with the creation of a large port and iron and steel plants. The saving in Marioupol is still dominated by heavy industry: two large iron and steel plants, Azovstal and Ilytch, and a large factory of mechanical engineering, Azovmach.

Since the end of the Soviet Union, many Greeks left Marioupol for Greece.

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