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The Azov Fortress is a fortified complex overlooking the Don River and the Port of Azov to the north. It includes a rampart, watchtowers and gates. [20] Azov. Monument to the sailors of the Azov Flotilla. 1975. Monument to Peter I is a bronze monument of Peter the Great in the center of Azov. It was designed by sculptors Oleg Komov and Andrey ...
The Sea of Azov [a] is an inland shelf ... A formerly common spelling of the name in English was the Sea of Azoff. [10] In antiquity, the sea was known as the Maeotis ...
a derivation from the Greek Cremnoi (Κρημνοί, in post-classical Koiné Greek pronunciation, Crimni, i.e., "the Cliffs", a port on Lake Maeotis (Sea of Azov) cited by Herodotus in The Histories 4.20.1 and 4.110.2). [16] However, Herodotus identifies the port not in Crimea, but as being on the west coast of the Sea of Azov.
Azov (Russian and Ukrainian: Азов), previously known as Dzerzhynske (Ukrainian: Дзержинське), is a village [1] in Novoazovsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, [2] [3] The village is located 124 km SSE of Donetsk city center. Azov was captured by Donetsk People's Republic forces during the war in Donbas. [4]
The Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, or Azovstal Metallurgical Combine (Ukrainian: Mеталургійний Kомбінат Азовсталь, pronounced [ɐˌzɔvˈstɑl]; PFTS: AZST), was a metallurgical facility located in Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, and one of the largest steel rolling companies in the country.
Mariupol [a] is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.It is situated on the northern coast 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; [5] as of August 2023, Ukrainian authorities estimate the ...
The 12th Special Operations Brigade "Azov" (Ukrainian: 12-та бригада спеціального призначення «Азов», romanized: 12-ta bryhada spetsialnoho pryznachennya "Azov") [8] is a formation of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name. [9]
The town of Azov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. [1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Azovsky Municipal District. [4] Azov Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district. [8]