Mariupol (ukr)

Mariupol

Mariupol ranks 2,010th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kōchi Prefecture, Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Leicester House, Westminster. Memorable people born in Mariupol include Andrei Zhdanov, Arkhip Kuindzhi, and Oleksandr Sydorenko. Memorable people who died in Mariupol include Oleksandr Sydorenko, Mantas Kvedaravičius, and Oleg Mityaev. Mariupol has been the birth place of many politicians, and painters and the death place of many swimmers, and film directors. Mariupol is located in Ukraine.

Mariupol is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the tenth-largest city in the country and the second-largest city in Donetsk Oblast, with an estimated population of 425,681 people in January 2022; as of August 2023, Ukrainian authorities estimate the population of Mariupol at approximately 120,000. Mariupol has been occupied by Russian forces since May 2022. Read more on Wikipedia