Mariupol

The city history starting in 16th century the Cossack fortress called Kalmius was built at the mouth of Kalmius river for the purpose of protecting their hunting grounds, fisheries and salt-works against devastating raids of Crimean Tatars. After the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), the great influx of orthodox Greeks from Crimea to the area caused the local population growth. In 1782 it was the capital of Uyezd in Azov Governorate of Russian Empire. After construction of the railway line from Yuzovka in 1882 made this city to a local trading centre. At the end of the 19th century, a subsidiary of the Belgian company SA Providence Russe opened a steelworks in Sartana near Mariupol. In 1933 along the Kalmius River a new steelworks (Azovstal) were built.

Orientation

Mariupol is divided into four neighborhoods or 'raions'. There are:

• Ilyichivsky Raion is the northern part of the city, the largest and most industrialized neighborhood in the city. Commonly known as: Zavod (“Factory”) of Ilyich.
• Ordzhonikidzivsky Raion (after Sergo Ordzhonikidze) is at the east part of the city, on the left coast of Kalmius river. Common name: the Left Coast.
• Prymorsky Raion is in the south of the city, on the coast of the Azov Sea. The everyday name of the central part this neighbourhood is simply "Port".
• Zhovtnevy Raion (Russian: Oktyabrsky – after the Great October Revolution, 1917) is the central city raion. The everyday name of the raion is simply "the Centre", or "the City".

Climate

Mariupol has a humid continental climate. December-March is the humid period, about 15 rainy days per month. The highest temperature is 38 °C, in August. The temperature of the water in summer (Jun-Aug) is 22–24 °C.

By plane

• Mariupol International Airport

  phone: +380 629 511359
  The airport has been closed since 2014.

By bus

• Suburban autostation

  phone: +380 629 511588
  address: Prospekt Myru & Vulytsya kuprina (Проспекту Миру і вулиці Купріна) crossing

• Mariupol bus terminal

  phone: +380 629 331168
  address: Vulytsya Artema, 115
  To the region centre Donetsk ~hourly (04:00-19:00), ~1½ hours some buses go to Donetsk Zakhidnyi (Western station); Kherson (west 200 km) ~every second hour (between 00.30-19.30), ~8-hour journey; Simferopol (Crimea) two a day 08:00 & 21:50 (last one someday earlier! depart), 10½-hour journey; to Zaporizhia (northwest 220 km), four a day (between 05:45-17:30), ~6-hour journey; Luhansk (northeast 280 km), six a day (between 04:45-14:30), 6-7-hour journey; to Kiev at 17:30 ~14-hour journey; Odessa (west 660 km) ~six a day (03:30-20:30), ~12-hour journey;

By train

• Railway station

  phone: +380 629 334217
  address: Vulytsya Linnika, 74 (Pavlova Michmana sq., 10)
  Trains to Moscow at 10:57, Kiev (~16½ hours, at ~16:30 ~US$100 (sleeper)), at ~10:30 to Lviv (~26½ hours) via (Donetsk 2½ hours, Dnipro ~7½ hours, Vinnytsya ~17.5h, Khmelnytskyi ~23½ hours), Bryansk, Voronezh, Kharkiv (9½ hours, three a day), Poltava (11½ hours, at 16:30), Donetsk (2½ hours, four a day); Vitebsk (~33½ hours, at 15:11) via (Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy). There are suburban electric trains from Yasinovataya via Donetsk).

Public transportation

Include: bus transportation, trolley-buses (14 routes), trams (12 routes) & fixed-route taxis.
Install the App "City Bus Mariupol" which shows all buses and minibuses in real time. (10/2019)

• Sviato-Nikolskyi Russian Orthodox Cathedral

  phone: +380 629 331303
  address: Vulytsya Kalmiusskaya, 114
  St. Nicholas has long been considered the patron saint of sailors, and it is true in the coastal city. The temple has two large sanctuary - in the first is a copy of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Mariupol" and in the second is relics of Saint Ignatius of Mariupol.

• Svyato-Nikolaevskiy Portovskiy temple

  address: Chernomorskii ln./Prospekt Nakhimova, 37A

• Sviato-Preobrazhens'kyi Temple

  phone: +380 629 515048
  address: Vulytsya Otradnaya, 22

• Sviato-Amvrosievskyi Temple

  address: Vulytsya Volonterovskaya, 4

• City MosqueBuilt in honor of Sultan Suleyman and his wife Roksolany. Mosque built all of marble brought from Turkey. Mosque seen from the sea, to the Muslims arriving in Mariupol on vessels also came to pray. - The mosque is named in honor of Suleiman the Magnificent and Roxelana. The architecture of the mosque was styled after the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. The mosque was financed by Turkish businessman Salih Cihan, who was born in Trabzon.

Museums

• Greeks of Azov region Museum

  address: Vulytsya General Kurkchi (вул. Генерала Куркчи), 37-a
  The museum exposition (six rooms on two floors) is very rich in exhibits related to the culture and daily life of the Greeks. Tell about history of Greek's migration from the Crimean Khanate to the Sea of Azov. The museum staff also pays much attention to the cuisine of the Greeks of Azov regularly publishing the collections of receipts.

• House of culture

  phone: +380 629 563630
  address: Vulytsya Semashko (вул. Семашко), 19
  Built at the end of the 19th century as a club for the engineers of factory of Il'icha. Reconstructed in 2003. There are creative exhibitions, collections.

• Kuindzhi modern art gallery

  phone: +380 629 33-22-26
  address: Prospekt Metallurgov, 25 or 35
  Annually more than 100 displays of all kinds and genres of modern art. The unique in Ukraine Museum of medall art functions on the basis of center.

• Folk Life Museum of the people of Pryazovia, branch of local history museum

  phone: +380 629 33-52-07
  address: Vulytsya Georgievskaya (вул. Георгіївська,), 55
  The exposition is about the features of daily life and culture of different nationalities that settled in the territory of the Azov Sea from the end of the 18th century - Ukrainians, Russians, Greeks, Jews, and Germans.

• Mariupol Regional local history museum

  address: vulytsya Heorhiyivska, (вул. Георгіївська),20
  More than 53 000 museum objects are saved in the funds of museum, including material, graphic, writing (handwritten and printing), numismatic, archaeological, fotodokumental'nye, natural et al. The exhibition highlights the natural conditions of the southern part of Donetsk region and the history of the region since ancient times.

• "Art Lyuks" Arts Center

  address: Vulytsya Kuyindzhi, 72

• George Korotkov

  address: Vulytsya Italiyska (ул. Італійська), 115

Monuments

• Volodymyr Karpov MonumentKarpov - Hero of Socialist Labor, deputy of Supreme Council of Ukraine. Volodymyr Karpov quite a bit did for converting of «Azovmasha» into a diverzificated enterprise, which is second in the USSR and first in Ukraine on production volumes.

• Makar Mazai Monument

• Doktor Gamper House

  address: Vulytsya Zemska, 51

• Liberators of Donbassa

  address: Leninskogo sq.
  2nd WW Monument

• Soldiers Internacionalists Monument

  address: Vulytsya Karpinskogo

• Prymorskyi district Court

  address: Prospekt Stroitelei, 52A

• Seamen-paratroopers Monument

  address: Vulytsya Klynova 51

• Crocodile Godzilla

  address: Primorskyi blvd, 21

• Prymorskyi district State Administration

  phone: +380 629 375932
  address: Prospekt Nakhimova, 86

• House with a spire

  address: Vulytsya Kuyindzhi, 48

• Commercial seaport

  phone: +380 629 538657
  address: Prospekt Myru, 99

• Monument of Tolia Balabukha, the pioneer-hero

• Monument of mayor G. Semenishinu & captain N. E. Lavickomu, Air Force Heroes,A rectangular obelisk which leans against foundation in form cube. They lost at execution of combat missions in 1943 & 1944 to both the rank of Hero of Soviet Union was appropriated.

• Water-tower

  address: Vulytsya Soborna
  Until 1910 the city has not had running water, & the water brought in barrels from the source of drinking water to homes Mariupol. In 1908, the City Duma approved the draft device in Mariupol water supply network. The "Father" (first) water tower now is more than one hundred years old. From Rostov brought in ready, an octahedral building project, and added fire towers overview. The height of the tower 33 m. Now located in the tower unit Privatbank.

• Shevchenko Monument

  address: On crossing of Boulevard Shevchenko and Boulevard Metalurhov

• Monument of Pushkin

• Victims of famine and political repression

  address: Sq. Teatralnaya
  A reinforced concrete construction, 4.5 meter high

• Vysotskiy Monument

  address: Vulytsya Kazantseva
  Vladimir Semenovich Vysotskiy is a prominent Soviet poet, singer and actor.

• Monument military 221th rifle unit

  address: 221 Strelkovoi Divizii blvd
  Monument to the warriors by 221th Mariupol and 130th Taganrog divisions. On a pedestal is a 76-mm artillery instrument. At a foot is a fire of Eternal glory.

• 9th aviation division (destroyer MIG-17) Monument

  address: Prospekt Mury, 120 ?

Cinemas

• Savona

  phone: +380 629 511777
  address: Prospekt Budivelnykiv (пр. Будівельників), 134

• Pobeda (“Victory”)

  phone: +380 629 33-14-08
  address: Prospekt Myru (Пр. Миру), 34

Parks and gardens

• City garden

  address: By the roadway Prospekt Myru
  There is a fountain, playground, open-air cafes.

• City ParkFounded in 1863. Total area - 8.34 ha. There is entertainment, aerial playground, two cafes. In the park there are: a mass grave Heroes of the Soviet Union VG Semenyshyna and NE Lavitskaya, a monument to the heroes of the Civil War ("Cannon"), a monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

• Mykova Gurov ParkThere are light and music fountain, shopping pavilions. Bordered by the Extreme Park.

• Seaside ParkArea - 6.4 hectares. Work attractions, cafes.

• Petrovsky ParkThere is a year-round indoor ice rink, bowling alley & cafes.

• Extreme Park

  phone: +380 629 543756
  address: Vulytsya Karpynskoho, 90
  Summer stationary amusement park in the floodplain. Bordered by meows. There are 14 attractions, a playground and a cafe.

• Private "Sartan zoo"

  phone: +380 982 180708
  address: lane Park
  Included in cultural and entertainment complex Village Vashury.

Sports

• Municipal Beach

  address: Prymorskyi bulvar, 24

• Neptun Swimming pool

  address: Prospekt Metallurgov, 19
  Water polo games

• Illichivets' Sportkompleks

  address: Prospekt Nakhimova, 55
  For football

• Azovstal' YachtclubYachting, Sailing

• Il'icha Athletic-health center

  address: Vulytsya Levchenko, 1
  Swimming pool

• Alaska Center

  address: intersection of vul. Hrusheskoho and vul Hranitna (вул. Грушевського и вул. Гранітної)
  Two ski slopes, snoutyubing, paintball field, bike path, board games, children's playground, there is winter ski slope with artificial snow

• Ice complex "Iceberg"

  phone: +380 629 492299
  address: Petrovsky Park

• City Bowling

  phone: +380 629 493180
  10 lanes, billiards, bar.

Theatres

• Puppet Theatrecreated in 1999

• Donetsk regional Russian drama theatre

  phone: +380 629 345663
  address: Teatralnaya sq, 1
  Founded in 1878. Started in 1960. The econdery small stage is opened in 1985.

• Mahiia Theater

  address: Prospekt Metalurhiv (пр.Металургів), 54

Events

• Metallurgist Day (3rd Sunday of July) - a professional holiday for many residents.
• City Day (next Sunday after September 10).
• Mega Yurts - the annual festival of Greek culture, held in early September in Mariupol, or in one of the nearby villages.

• ATB Supermarket

  address: Vulytsya Bakhchivandzhi, 17
  Other units at Vulytsya Latysheva, 43; at Prospekt Metalurhiv, 27; Vulytsya Soborna 15; Prospekt Metalurhiv, 69; bulvar Bohdana Khmelnytskoho, 41; Prospekt Myru, 4 & 106 thee all in centre, there is more than a dozen units in the city

• Bookstore

  phone: +380 629 412771
  address: Prospekt Metallurgov, 64

• Epicenter hypermarket

  phone: +380 629 539530
  address: Prospekt Myru (проспект Миру), 130
  Based on building materials and decoration

Malls

• Amstor Shopping centre

  phone: +380 629 490414
  address: Prospekt Metalurhiv, 112
  Other two units at Prosp. Lenina, 149; Prosp. Pobedy, 21;

• Bravo Shopping centre

  phone: +380 629 534764
  address: Prospekt Metalurhiv, 53.
  Books & Media House

• Elizaveta Shopping centre

  phone: +380 629 404040
  address: Prospekt Metalurhiv, 64

• Obzhora Shopping centre

  phone: +380 629 888080
  address: Prospekt Stroitelei, 121-125

• Prymoria Shopping centre

  phone: +380 629 417052
  address: Ushakova str., 12

Markets

• Tsentral'nyi Market

• Yumovila Market

  phone: +380 629 544977
  address: Vul. 50 let SSSR, 77
  A ware and vegetable market

• Zastava Market

  phone: +380 629 371010
  address: Prospekt Stroitelei, 62

Local feature is the so-called "Greek cuisine." But this concept often includes not only and not so much the dishes come from the Greece. The local Greeks food has a very strong influence from the cuisine of the Crimean Tatar (Turkish).

• Bistro Fast Food

  address: Prospekt Engelsa, 33

• Cafe Domashniaia kuhnia Zhdanov (Home Made Kitchen)

  address: Vul. Gromovoi, 63
  Fast food

• Kafe Na Georgivskoi

  phone: +380 629 412822
  address: Vul. Georgivskaia (ул. Георгиевская), 2
  Regular budget dining with a decent size delicious food.

• Cheburechnaya

  address: Square Kirova (пл. Кірова)
  more unit at intersection Lenina & Nahimova; at Metallurgov ave. & Nikolaevskaia street. Many options for ordering, but the most popular is a very tasty Greek chebureks and pies.

• Potato House

  address: Prospekt Lenina, 95.
  Fast food chain.

Mid-range

• Acropolis Restaurant

  phone: +380 629 53-4688
  address: Khazantseva ( ул. Казанцева), 20
  Cuisine: Greek, Ukrainian and European. Four halls.

• Cafe Aquatoria

  phone: +380 629 33-5190
  address: Prospekt Lenin (пр. Ленина), 98
  European cuisine. Large selection of dishes from fish and other seafood.

• Cafe Ellada

  phone: +380 629 34-3291
  address: Prospekt Stoytelei (пр. Cтроителей), 72-а
  Greek cuisine.

• Cafe de Soleil

  address: Prospekt Lenina (пр. Ленина), 76/9
  French food.

• Restaurant Dukanka

  phone: +380 629 346039
  address: Prospekt Lenina (пр.Ленина), 95
  Ukrainian food.

• Cafe Chumakov

  address: Karl Liebknechta (ул. К. Либкнехта), 90a
  Microbrewery

• Restaurant Petrovskyi farmstead (Petrovskyi Hutorok)

  address: Petrovsky Park

• Cafe Ledo

  phone: +380 629 49-3704
  address: Petrovsky Park

• Restaurant Fishermen

  phone: +380 629 338456
  address: Prospekt Lenin, 13
  European cuisine. Fish dishes.

Splurge

• Cafe "Oba-na"

  phone: +380 629 492433
  address: Prymorsky bulvard 27
  Cuisine: European, Japanese. Playing background or live music. Sea View.

• Restaurant "Mesto vstrechy"

  phone: +380 629 332415, +380 629 530369
  address: Prospekt Lenina, 83
  Cuisine: Japanese, European and Mediterranean. Two halls. Playing background or live music, art song. Wi-Fi.

Budget

• Morskaya Hotel

  phone: +380 629 331256
  address: Pereulok Kuznechnyy (пер. Кузнечный), 2

• Na Bakhchyke

  phone: +380 629 373999
  address: Prospekt Stroiteley (пр. Строителей), 54

Mid-range

• Druzhba Hotel

  phone: +380 629 387767
  address: Prospekt Metallurgov (пр. Металлургов), 211
  Hotel with cafe-bar and parking.

• Ecohotel Iris

  phone: +380 629 523113
  address: Kirova Street (ул.Кирова) 201

• Moriak Hotel

  phone: +380 629 379887
  address: Prospekt Lunina (пр. Адмирала Лунина), 85
  Modern hotel. Main services: cafe-bar (European cuisine), sauna, laundry, Wi-Fi, parking.

• Merydian Hotel

  phone: +380 629 400234
  address: Prospekt Lunina, 3
  Main services: restaurant, gym, sauna, parking

• Spartak Hotel

  phone: +380 629 331088
  address: Kharlampievskaya str.(ул.Харлампиевская), 13
  The hotel is in historic building built in the 19th century. Main services: restaurant (European cuisine), cafe, bar, billiards, beauty salon, safe, Wi-Fi, conference hall, ATM.

• Kolumb

  phone: +380 629 38-6101 or +380 629 381150
  address: Vul. Karpinskovo (ул. Карпинского), 80

• Grand Hotel

  phone: +380 629 402464, +380 629402-464, +380 629 401-706
  address: Per. Korolenko (пер. Короленко), 6
  ICQ 404802738

• Gusy-lebedy Mini-Hotel

  phone: +380 997 770096
  address: Prospekt Metallurgov (пр.Металлургов), 106

Splurge

• Chaika Hotel

  phone: +380 629 376084
  address: Primorskii blvd., 7
  Four-storey building of the hotel with cafe-bar.

• Yevropeis'kyi Hotel

  phone: +380 629 530373
  address: Primorskii blvd., 9
  Luxury hotel, built in 2003 and renovated in 2008. Main services: restaurant (European and Ukrainian cuisine), billiards, laundry, dry-cleaning, Wi-Fi, business center, translator, transfer, parking.

• Mariupol' communication center

  address: Prospekt Lenina, 85

Banks

• Raiffaisen bank Aval, Mariupol #1

  address: Prospekt Lenina, 10

• OTP bank

  phone: +380 800 300050, +380 629 499966
  address: Prospekt Lenina, 75

• PUMB bank

  address: Vulytsya Engelsa, 39
  Building of the modern First Ukrainian world participating bank is built in style of constructivism in pre-war years.Long years in building a shop was disposed the «Child's world». At the end of 1990th given for PUMB.

• Unicredit bank, Mariupol office

  phone: +380 629 541813, +380 800 500020
  address: Vulytsya Grecheskaya, 43

Post-offices

• 10 post-office

  phone: +380 629 378113
  address: Prospekt Lunina, 27

• No.13 post-office

  address: 25 block, 3

• No.15 post-office

  phone: +380 629 333496
  address: Vulytsya Artema, 58

• No.24 post-office

  address: Prospekt Metallurgov, 166

• No.25 post-office

  phone: +380 629 372164
  address: Khmel'nitskogo Bogdana blvd., 2

• 35 post-office

  address: Prospekt Metallurgov, 235

Internet

• V. Korolenko Central Library

  phone: +380 629 34-4323
  address: Prospekt Lenina (Ленина пр-т., 93б), 93B

• Serafimovich LibraryThe oldest library of city

Free Wi-Fi access: Children's Square at the cinema " Lukomorie ", the square at the Drama Theatre, Seaside Park, Extreme Park.

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