Beryslav

Beryslav (Ukrainian: Берислав) is a city in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It is a city of district significance and it serves as the administrative center for Beryslav Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Population: 12,250 (2020 est.)[1]

For city in western Ukarine, see Boryslav.
Beryslav

Берислав
City
Church in Beryslav
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Beryslav
Beryslav
Coordinates: 46°50′N 33°25′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kherson Oblast
Raion Beryslav Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total12,250
ClimateDfa

History

One of the oldest settlements in the Kherson Oblast. In the late 14th century it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Grand Duke Vytautas built a castle here. It served as a Lithuanian customs point, as lower Dnieper formed the Lithuanian border.

Later on it was known as the Turkish fortress of Kizikermen or Kazikermen (Gazikermen). Kazikermen along with Islamkermen and Sahinkermen in close vicinity were main fortifications in lower Dnieper area since 15th century. [2][3][4] According to a legend across Dnieper between the fortifications were stretched chains to control travel along the river.[5] Here also existed one of Dnieper crossings known as Tawan crossing. At the end of August of 1695 Kazikermen was sacked by Zaporizhia Host Cossacks of Ivan Mazepa and Sloboda Ukraine Cossacks of Boris Sheremetiev during the so called Azov-Dnieper campaigns.

By the 1700 Treaty of Constantinople, the Ottomans disbanded the fortifications. Later in 19th century ruins of the Kazikermen fortress were completely cleared away.

Since the 1784 re-establishment of the settlement it is named 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.

Since August 2016 the city is hosting the revived Ukrainian Premier League and UEFA Europa League football club, Tavriya Simferopol.[6]

  • 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)

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Sentry tower shared with Kherson residents its legends (Дозорная башня поведала херсонцам свои легенды). Liubimyi gorod.
  3. Aleksandr Stepanchenko. Fate of Ottoman mosques in Ukraine (Судьба османских мечетей в Украине). islam.in.ua. 24.12.2015
  4. (325 років Дніпровському походу 1695 року). Poltava regional studies museum. 20 August 2020
  5. As part of the "Terra Futura" festival, Kherson residents will be able to visit the Vitaut tower (В рамка фестиваля «Terra Futura» херсонцы смогут посетить башню Витовта). Most. 13 October 2016
  6. ""Таврію" (Сімферополь) включено до Чемпіонату України серед аматорів" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Football Amateur Association. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.


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