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Mariupol' - Architecture. Old Mariupol (the area is limited in the south to coast of sea of Azov, in the east - Kalmius river, in the north -Shevchenko Blvd., in the West – Metallurgov Av.) built up mainly few-storey houses, has kept the pre-revolutionary architecture. Only the Artyom Str. and Lenin Av. after Great Patriotic War are built up by modern buildings, for example, 2 houses with a spike, a building of Dramatic theatre, DOSAAF (abbr. from “Volunteer society of assistance of army, aircraft and to fleet”), the Children's World (a modern building of ban ...

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Mariupol': Encyclopedia II - Mariupol' - City image

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Mariupol' - Architecture

Old Mariupol (the area is limited in the south to coast of sea of Azov, in the east - Kalmius river, in the north -Shevchenko Blvd., in the West – Metallurgov Av.) built up mainly few-storey houses, has kept the pre-revolutionary architecture. Only the Artyom Str. and Lenin Av. after Great Patriotic War are built up by modern buildings, for example, 2 houses with a spike, a building of Dramatic theatre, DOSAAF (abbr. from “Volunteer society of assistance of army, aircraft and to fleet”), the Children's World (a modern building of bank PUMB), department store “Ukraine”.

The house with a spike - one of symbols of Mariupol

Theatre in the evening

Building of bank PUMB (the former Children's World)

The central area of Mariupol (from the Metallurgov Av. up to the Stroiteley Av.) is almost entirely administrative and commercial building (a building of city council, post office, a Lukov cinema, Mariupol humanitarian university, Priazov state technical university - PGTU, the Korolenko central city library, large shops (a supermarket "Moscow", "One thousand trifles ", etc.).

Architecture of other residential areas ("Zapadny", "Vostochny", "Kirov", "Cheremushki", 5-th, 17-th catchment area, etc.) do not differ especial originality and are submitted typical 5-and 9-storeyed houses.

The sketch of the general plan of city is developed.

Mariupol' - Important streets

Avenues (“Prospects”): Lenin /'lʲɛnina/, Metallurgov (“Metallurgists’” /mʲɛta'lufgʌf/), Stroiteley (“Builders’” /strʌ'itʲɛlʲɛj/), Ilyich (/ilʲi'ʧʲa/, after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin), Nakhimov /na'hʲimʌvʌ/, Pobedy (/pʌ'bʲɛdɪ/, “Victory”), Lunin (/'lunina/, after admiral Lunin).

Streets (“Ulitsas”): Artyom (after Soviet revolutionary Artyom Sergeyev), Torgovaya (“Trade”), Apatov, Kuprin, Uritsky, Bahchivandzhi, Gagarin, Karpinsky, Mamin-Sibiryak, Taganrogskaya, Olimpiyskaya, Azovstalskaya, Makar Mazay, Karl Libknekht).

Boulevards: Shevchenko, Komsomolsky, Primorsky.

Squares (“Ploschads”): Administrativnaya, Nezavisimosti, Pobedy (“Victory”), Mashinostroiteley (“Mechanical engineers’”), Leninsky Komsomol, Osvobozhdeniya (“Liberation”).

Mariupol' - Parks

City Square ("Theatrical Sq."), Extreme-park (new attractions near the biggest in city of the Palace of Culture of Metallurgov, the City garden (“Gorsad”, " Children's park used for recreational purposes"), parks "Veselka" and "Azovstal" in Ordzhonikidzevsky borough, "Petrovsky" (about modern stadium "Ilyichevets" and constructions of basketball club "Azovmash") - in Ilyichevsky one, “Primorsky” - in Primorsky borough.

City garden in the winter

A fountain in square about dramatic theatre

Extreme - park

Mariupol' - Monuments

Lenin V.I., Kuindzhi Arkhip, Vysotsky V., Shevchenko T.G., Makar Mazay, Gorban G.Yu., Apatov K.P., Balabukha Tolya, to seamen - commandoes, pilots Semenishin V.G. and Lavitsky N.E., soldiers of 9-th aviation division, victims of political reprisals of 1930-50, etc. During the Soviet system the central square of city decorated monument Zhdanov A.A. at which name was carried with city (it is demounted in 1990). Konstantinov V. and Kuzminkov L. artists - sculptors of monuments create a monument to metropolitan Ignatiy, the founder of Mariupol.

Mariupol' - Public holidays

Except for nation-wide holidays in Mariupol mark:

Liberation Day (of city from fascist aggressors; on September, 10)
City Day (the following after Liberation Day of Mariupol Sunday of September)
Metallurgist Day - a professional holiday for many city dwellers
Machine engineer Day
Seamen Day, etc.

Mariupol' - Hotels

Meridian
Druzhba (“Friendship”)
Chaika (“Seagull”)
Spartak
Tourist
Azovstal
Morskaya (“Sea”)

Mariupol' - Casinos & night-clubs

Maxim
Kleopatra
Split
Laguna (“Lagoon”)
Imperiya (“Empire”)
Brodvey (“Broadway”)

Mariupol' - Emblem

The modern emblem of Mariupol was confirmed in 1989. It is the shield per fess wavy to argent and azure. In the shield is the anchor with a ring as a ladle with poured metal. The number 1778 indicates the year of the city foundation. The argent symbolizes steel, azure means sea, anchor means the port, and the ladle is for metallurgy.