Mariupol is a city situated in the south of Ukraine, on the coast of the Azov Sea at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Mariupol is an important seaport and an important industrial center.
The city was known from the beginning of the 16th century as a Cossack fortress Kalmius, but it became the real city became only after the migration from the Crimea to Priazovye the Crimean Greeks in 1778 - 1780.Half of the population of Mariupol make Ukrainians, there are many Russians and Greeks.
The climate in this region is moderate-continental with dry winds in summer and fogs in winter.
Those who visit Mariupol should see monuments to Vysotsky, Lenin, Shevchenko, Kuindzhi, monuments in honour of Donbass liberation, monument to metropolitan Ignatiy, the founder of Mariupol.