Mariupol' (Donets'k, Ukraine)

Last modified: 2025-03-22 by martin karner
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Мариуполь

image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 February 2009

• Overview
• Coat of Arms
• Symbols under Russian Occupation

See also:

• Ukraine
• Donets'k County
• Donetsk People's Republic (Ukraine)

Overview

Mariupol' – South Donet'sk Oblast, where river Kal'mius empties into the Azov Sea. Area: 159 sq.km Population: 492'000.
Established: 1778 as Pavl'ovsk. Name changed to Mariupol' in 1780 to honor Maria Fedorovna, wife of the future Emperor Pavel I (Paul I).
Settled by significant number of Greek immigrants, hence the Greek name of the town is included in the Arms.
The Port of Mariupol' opened in 1809 and in 1882 the city was linked by railway with Donbass and became an important metallurgical center. Since 1887 Mariupol' has a theatre. First electric power plant opened in 1908.
Between 1948–1989, the city was renamed Zhdanov after communist apparatchik, who was born here.
In 1958 huge heavy machinery plant opened, named "I'yich" after Lenin (Now, Kawasaki Steel).
Mariupol' is also a spa town with 16 km of sandy beaches. It is also a site of Priazovskiy Technical University and Russian Dramatic Theatre.
January mean temperature – minus 5,2°C: July – plus 22,7°C Yearly precipitation – 450mm.
Flag and Arms at the top of this page.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 14 February 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 February 2009

Symbols under Russian Occupation

    images located by Daniel Rentería
(Coat of arms from Heraldicum. For the flag drawing the image was expanded.)

According to https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/67a0eb419a794716c4154d7f, city authorities of occupied Mariupol adopted a flag on 2 February 2025. According to the article:

The Mariupol authorities have approved new official symbols of the city, said acting head of the city district Oleg Morgun. "The new flag and coat of arms were developed by specialized experts based on the previously existing coats of arms of the city of Mariupol", he wrote. According to him, the white and blue background of the coat of arms denotes the location of Mariupol on the shores of the Sea oAzov and the historical features of the city's foundation. The silver (white) color of the upper part of the coat of arms also symbolizes metallurgy as one of the foundations of the city's economy. The anchor means that Mariupol is an important seaport, Morgun added. He noted that the flag was based on the coat of arms of the urban district and repeats its symbols.