Berdiansk

Berdiansk, also written Berdyansk, is a port city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in south-eastern Ukraine and the administrative center of Berdiansk Raion. It lies on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, at the foot of the Berdiansk Spit on the Berda River, from which it takes its name, and it has been under Russian occupation since 27 February 2022. The Russian imperial government planned a seaport in the northern Azov region in the 1820s, and the settlement that became Berdiansk was founded in 1827 on the site of a Nogai settlement called Kutur-Ohla, with a Jewish community present from the start. Today the city is known for a safari zoo, a water park, museums and health resorts offering mud baths, and Berdiansk Airport lies nearby. The city had an estimated population of 106,311 in 2022.