Berezan Island

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Berezan Island is a small, historically significant island at the northern end of the Black Sea, known for its ancient Greek colony remains and strategic military importance.


Statements (59)
Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
historic site
island
access restricted
area about 0.9 square kilometres
associatedWithRiver Borysthenes (Dnieper River)
colonizedBy Milesian Greeks
ancient Greeks
country Ukraine
governedBy Ukrainian military authorities
hasAncientName Berezan (Greek colony)
Borysthenes
hasArchaeologicalLayer Archaic Greek period
Classical period
Medieval period
Modern period
hasCoordinates approx. 46.62°N 31.00°E
hasEvidenceOf Greek inscriptions
Greek pottery
early Greek trade in northern Black Sea
hasFeature archaeological remains
cliffs
steppe vegetation
hasGraveOf Platon Odyntsov (Sailor from Potemkin mutiny)
hasMemorial monument to sailors of battleship Potemkin
hasRemainsOf ancient Greek houses
fortifications
harbour installations
hasStructure lighthouse
military installations
knownFor ancient Greek colony remains
archaeological excavations
strategic military importance
length about 0.9 kilometres
locatedIn Black Sea
Mykolaiv Oblast
Ochakiv Raion
northern Black Sea
locatedNear Dnieper–Bug estuary
Kinburn Peninsula
Ochakiv
partOf Black Sea Biosphere Reserve buffer zone
periodOfFlourishing 6th century BCE
7th century BCE
strategicImportance control of Dnieper–Bug estuary access
naval outpost location
uninhabited true
usedAs fortified position
lighthouse station
military outpost
wasSiteOf ancient Greek colony
wasTradingPostFor Greek city-states
Scythian tribes
wasUsedBy Russian Empire military
Soviet military
wasUsedDuring Crimean War
World War I
World War II
width about 0.6 kilometres

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Black Sea
hasIsland

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