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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> <div id="mw-indicator-coordinates" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><span id="coordinates"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Berezan_Island&params=46_36_N_31_24.6_E_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°36′N</span> <span class="longitude">31°24.6′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.600°N 31.4100°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.600; 31.4100</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Island in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129712854">.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-title-embed{background-color:#efefef;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Berezan</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="ib-islands-native">Native name: <div class="nickname">Березань</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berezan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Berezan.jpg/300px-Berezan.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Berezan.jpg/450px-Berezan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Berezan.jpg/600px-Berezan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Berezan Island as seen from a distance.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:260px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:260px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:260px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mykolaiv_province_physical_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Berezan is located in Mykolaiv Oblast"><img alt="Berezan is located in Mykolaiv Oblast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Mykolaiv_province_physical_map.svg/260px-Mykolaiv_province_physical_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Mykolaiv_province_physical_map.svg/390px-Mykolaiv_province_physical_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Mykolaiv_province_physical_map.svg/520px-Mykolaiv_province_physical_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="462" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:85.47%;left:43.452%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Berezan"><img alt="Berezan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Berezan_Island&params=46_36_N_31_24.6_E_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°36′N</span> <span class="longitude">31°24.6′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.600°N 31.4100°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.600; 31.4100</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total islands</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">0.24 km<sup>2</sup> (0.093 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">0.9 km (0.56 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">0.4 km (0.25 mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Oblast" title="Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv Oblast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">District</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Raion,_Mykolaiv_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv Raion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administered by</th><td class="infobox-data">Olbia Reserve</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">uninhabited (2001)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Additional information</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_b716100b2bf35932744118d5849f046c01c1ae33"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Berezan_Island&revid=1253313894&groups=_b716100b2bf35932744118d5849f046c01c1ae33" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Berezan_Island&revid=1253313894&groups=_b716100b2bf35932744118d5849f046c01c1ae33 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Berezan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">Березань</span>; Ancient Greek: <a href="/wiki/Borysthenes" title="Borysthenes">Borysthenes</a>; former <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Pirezin</i>) is an island in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> at the entrance of the <a href="/wiki/Dnieper-Bug_Estuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper-Bug Estuary">Dnieper-Bug Estuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Raion,_Mykolaiv_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv Raion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Oblast" title="Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv Oblast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. Located 8 kilometers from the city of <a href="/wiki/Ochakiv" title="Ochakiv">Ochakiv</a> and 4 kilometers from the resort village of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rybakivka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rybakivka (page does not exist)">Rybakivka</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="uk:Рибаківка">uk</a>]</span>. It is often being confused with the artificial island of Pervomaisky that is located within <a href="/wiki/Dnieper-Bug_Estuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper-Bug Estuary">Dnieper-Bug Estuary</a>. The Berezan island measures approximately 900 metres in length by 320 metres in width, the height of the northern part is 3-6 metres, the southern part is 21 metres. It is separated from the mainland (to which it may have been connected long ago) by about a mile and a half of shallow water. Berezan is an integral part of the historical and archaeological reserve of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine <a href="/wiki/Pontic_Olbia" title="Pontic Olbia">"Olbia"</a>. The island is uninhabited. In the summer, archaeological expeditions of the <a href="/wiki/NASU_Institute_of_Archaeology" title="NASU Institute of Archaeology">IA NASU</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Museum" title="Hermitage Museum">State Hermitage Museum</a> work here. The archaeological site is regularly destroyed as a result of unauthorized excavations.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berezan_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Berezan was home to one of the earliest <a href="/wiki/Greek_colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek colony">Greek colonies</a> (possibly known as <a href="/wiki/Borysthenes" title="Borysthenes">Borysthenes</a>, after the Greek name of the Dnieper) in the northern Black Sea region. The island was first settled in the mid-7th century B.C.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was largely abandoned by the end of the 5th century B.C., when <a href="/wiki/Olbia,_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Olbia, Ukraine">Olbia</a> became the dominant colony in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 5th century BC, <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a> visited it to gather information about the northern course of the <a href="/wiki/Berezan_River" title="Berezan River">eponymous river</a>. The colony thrived on wheat trade with the <a href="/wiki/Scythia" title="Scythia">Scythian</a> hinterland. </p><p>In the Middle Ages, the island was of high military importance because it commanded the mouth of the Dnieper. During the period of <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%E2%80%99" class="mw-redirect" title="Kievan Rus’">Kievan Rus’</a> there was an important station on the <a href="/wiki/Trade_route_from_the_Varangians_to_the_Greeks" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks">trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks</a>. It was there that <a href="/wiki/Varangians" title="Varangians">Varangians</a> first came into contact with the Greeks. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_colonies_of_the_Northern_Euxine_Sea_(Black_Sea).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Greek_colonies_of_the_Northern_Euxine_Sea_%28Black_Sea%29.svg/350px-Greek_colonies_of_the_Northern_Euxine_Sea_%28Black_Sea%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Greek_colonies_of_the_Northern_Euxine_Sea_%28Black_Sea%29.svg/525px-Greek_colonies_of_the_Northern_Euxine_Sea_%28Black_Sea%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Greek_colonies_of_the_Northern_Euxine_Sea_%28Black_Sea%29.svg/700px-Greek_colonies_of_the_Northern_Euxine_Sea_%28Black_Sea%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1142" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption>Greek colonies in the north coast of the Black Sea(Euxine Sea), 8th to 3rd century BCE. <a href="/wiki/Borysthenes" title="Borysthenes">Borysthenes</a> is shown to be located on the Berezan island (near Olbia)</figcaption></figure> <p>The only <a href="/wiki/Runic" class="mw-redirect" title="Runic">Runic</a> inscription in Southern Ukraine, the <a href="/wiki/Berezan%27_Runestone" title="Berezan' Runestone">Berezan' Runestone</a>, was found on the island in 1905, now on exhibit in the Odesa Historical Museum. The inscription seems to have been part of a gravestone over the grave of a Varangian merchant from <a href="/wiki/Gotland" title="Gotland">Gotland</a>. The text reads: "Grani made this vault in memory of Karl, his partner."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The control of the estuary (known in East Slavic sources as <i>Beloberezhye</i>, or White Shores) was disputed between Kievan Rus and <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a> during the multiple <a href="/wiki/Rus%27-Byzantine_Wars_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Rus'-Byzantine Wars (disambiguation)">Rus'–Byzantine Wars</a>. At last the <a href="/wiki/Rus%27-Byzantine_Treaty_of_944" class="mw-redirect" title="Rus'-Byzantine Treaty of 944">Rus'–Byzantine Treaty of 944</a> stipulated that the Rus' could use the island in the summertime, without establishing winter camps in the estuary or oppressing the citizens of <a href="/wiki/Chersonesos_Taurica" class="mw-redirect" title="Chersonesos Taurica">Chersonesos</a> fishing off shore. Nevertheless, at the conclusion of <a href="/wiki/Sviatoslav_I" title="Sviatoslav I">Sviatoslav I</a>'s war against Byzantium, this overking of Rus was allowed to evacuate his forces from <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Dorostolon" title="Siege of Dorostolon">Dorostolon</a> to Beloberezhye, where his troops spent the hungry winter of 971/972. </p><p>During the 14th and 15th centuries, when the entire Bug-Dniester interfluve was part of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a>, there is little information about the island, and already at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries the island was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Khanate" title="Crimean Khanate">Crimean Khanate</a>, but was not inhabited. At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Zaporozhian_Cossacks" title="Zaporozhian Cossacks">Zaporozhian Cossacks</a> knew about the island and used it for anchorage of ships and rest during numerous sea voyages.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zaporozhian Cossacks revived Berezan as a fort during their campaigns against the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Crimean Tatars</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in the 16th and 17th centuries. After the fall of neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Ochakov" class="mw-redirect" title="Ochakov">Ochakov</a> to the Russians, the island was incorporated with the remainder of <a href="/wiki/New_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="New Russia">New Russia</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. </p><p>The site of the Greek colony and its <a href="/wiki/Necropolis" title="Necropolis">necropolis</a> have been periodically excavated since the 19th century; even though the site has suffered from <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosion</a> (and the <a href="/wiki/Tomb" title="Tomb">tombs</a> also from <a href="/wiki/Looting" title="Looting">looting</a>), the digs produced rich findings (archaic ceramics, inscriptions, etc.). </p><p>In March 1906, <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Schmidt" title="Pyotr Schmidt">Pyotr Schmidt</a> was executed on Berezan. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the island became part of the Romanian <a href="/wiki/Transnistria_Governorate" title="Transnistria Governorate">Transnistria Governorate</a>, along with all of the raion and city of <a href="/wiki/Ochakiv" title="Ochakiv">Ochakiv</a>. </p><p>In 2013, archaeologists found an <a href="/wiki/Encolpion" class="mw-redirect" title="Encolpion">encolpion</a> cross on the island, dating from the late 11th - early 12th centuries, which is evidence of the existence of a settlement here, presumably designed to protect the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, the Ukrainian government constructed an underground munitions supply depot on the island in response to the Russian invasion amid concerns of bombing by the Russian air force. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berezan_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8_922190.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Archaeological excavations of Borysthenida on the island"><img alt="Archaeological excavations of Borysthenida on the island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8_922190.jpg/120px-%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8_922190.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8_922190.jpg/180px-%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8_922190.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8_922190.jpg/240px-%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8_922190.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="419" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Archaeological excavations of Borysthenida on the island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alex-mk-74.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abandoned lighthouses"><img alt="Abandoned lighthouses" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Alex-mk-74.jpg/80px-Alex-mk-74.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Alex-mk-74.jpg/120px-Alex-mk-74.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Alex-mk-74.jpg/160px-Alex-mk-74.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1654" data-file-height="2480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Abandoned lighthouses</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Berezan_Island_a_monument_to_Lieutenant_Schmidt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Obelisk to commemorate Lieutenant Schmidt"><img alt="Obelisk to commemorate Lieutenant Schmidt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Berezan_Island_a_monument_to_Lieutenant_Schmidt.jpg/120px-Berezan_Island_a_monument_to_Lieutenant_Schmidt.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Berezan_Island_a_monument_to_Lieutenant_Schmidt.jpg/180px-Berezan_Island_a_monument_to_Lieutenant_Schmidt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Berezan_Island_a_monument_to_Lieutenant_Schmidt.jpg/240px-Berezan_Island_a_monument_to_Lieutenant_Schmidt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="2480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Obelisk to commemorate Lieutenant Schmidt</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flying_over_Berezan_Island_in_a_Cessna_150L.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flying over Berezan Island in a Cessna 150L"><img alt="Flying over Berezan Island in a Cessna 150L" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flying_over_Berezan_Island_in_a_Cessna_150L.jpeg/120px-Flying_over_Berezan_Island_in_a_Cessna_150L.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flying_over_Berezan_Island_in_a_Cessna_150L.jpeg/180px-Flying_over_Berezan_Island_in_a_Cessna_150L.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flying_over_Berezan_Island_in_a_Cessna_150L.jpeg/240px-Flying_over_Berezan_Island_in_a_Cessna_150L.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1062" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flying over Berezan Island in a Cessna 150L</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berezan_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220408184316/http://ochakov.glo.ua/cultura/ostrov-berezan.html">"Berezan Island"</a>. <i>ochakov.glo</i> (in Russian). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ochakov.glo.ua/cultura/ostrov-berezan.html">the original</a> on 8 April 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ochakov.glo&rft.atitle=Berezan+Island&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fochakov.glo.ua%2Fcultura%2Fostrov-berezan.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABerezan+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Eusebius_of_Caesarea" class="mw-redirect" title="Eusebius of Caesarea">Eusebius</a> states in his <a href="/wiki/Chronicon_(Eusebius)" title="Chronicon (Eusebius)">Chronikoi kanones</a> that the colony was founded in 647–646 BC, by settlers from <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Treister, Michail J.; Vinogradov, Yuri G. "Archaeology on the Northern Coast of the Black Sea", <i>American Journal of Archaeology</i>, Vol. 97, No. 3. (1993), p. 538.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Entry X UaFv1914;47 in <a href="/wiki/Rundata" title="Rundata">Rundata</a> 2.0</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSapojnikov2000" class="citation book cs1">Sapojnikov, Igor (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/16576739/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%88%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BC_%D0%B2_1788_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83_Island_Berezan_and_his_capture_in_1788_._-_2000"><i>The assault on the island of Berezan by the Chornomorsky Cossacks (the island of Berezan and its capture in 1788)</i></a>. "Елтон-2" — "Гратек". pp. 11–12. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/966-7588-11-4" title="Special:BookSources/966-7588-11-4"><bdi>966-7588-11-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+assault+on+the+island+of+Berezan+by+the+Chornomorsky+Cossacks+%28the+island+of+Berezan+and+its+capture+in+1788%29&rft.pages=11-12&rft.pub=%22%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD-2%22+%E2%80%94+%22%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%22&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=966-7588-11-4&rft.aulast=Sapojnikov&rft.aufirst=Igor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F16576739%2F%25D0%259E%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2_%25D0%2591%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B7%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D1%258C_%25D0%25B8_%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B3%25D0%25BE_%25D1%2588%25D1%2582%25D1%2583%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC_%25D0%25B2_1788_%25D0%25B3%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B4%25D1%2583_Island_Berezan_and_his_capture_in_1788_._-_2000&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABerezan+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kp.ua/life/426110-na-yuhe-strany-vpervye-nashly-drevnyi-slavianskyi-krest">"На юге страны впервые нашли древний славянский крест"</a> [An ancient Slavic cross was first found in the south of the country]. <i>kp.ua</i> (in Russian). 27 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 December</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=kp.ua&rft.atitle=%D0%9D%D0%B0+%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%B5+%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B+%D0%B2%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B8+%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82&rft.date=2013-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkp.ua%2Flife%2F426110-na-yuhe-strany-vpervye-nashly-drevnyi-slavianskyi-krest&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABerezan+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berezan_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Krÿzhitskii, Sergei D. "On the Types of Houses on the Island of Berezan", <i>Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia</i>, Vol. 11, Issue 3/4. (2005), pp. 181–197.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Schaub_Noonan" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Schaub Noonan">Noonan, Thomas S.</a> "The Grain Trade of the Northern Black Sea in Antiquity", <i>American Journal of Philology</i>, Vol. 94, No. 3. (1973), pp. 231–242.</li> <li>Solovyov, Sergei L. <i>Ancient Berezan: The Architecture, History and Culture of the First Greek Colony in the Northern Black Sea (Colloquia Pontica; 4)</i>. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 1999 (hardcover, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-11569-2" title="Special:BookSources/90-04-11569-2">90-04-11569-2</a>). <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2000/2000-06-01.html">Reviewed</a> by Balbina Baebler in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/">Bryn Mawr Classical Review</a>, 2000.06.01.</li> <li>Reviewed by Sara Owen in <i>The Journal of Hellenic Studies</i>, Vol. 121. (2001), pp. 216–217.</li></ul></li> <li>Solovyov, Sergey L. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~arkeo/newsletter03/08-Berezan.doc">"Berezan Island: The Main Features for Archaeology"</a>, <i>Bilkent University. The Department of Archaeology & History of Art Newsletter</i>, No. 3. (2004), pp. 17–19.</li> <li>Solovyov, Sergei L. "Monetary Circulation and the Political History of Archaic Borysthenes", <i>Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia</i>, Vol. 12, Issue 1/2. (2006), pp. 63–75.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berezan_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khortytsia" title="Khortytsia">Khortytsia</a> Island</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snake_Island_(Black_Sea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Snake Island (Black Sea)">Snake Island</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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