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Mariupol is a city in the Ukraine. It was known from the beginning of the 16th century as the Cossack fortress Kalmius. After the migration of the Greeks from the Crimea to that region in 1780 the town was renamed "Mariupol" at their request.
It is a splendid city situated on the coast of the Azov Sea, at the mouth of Kalmius River, only 116 km from Donetsk. The population of Mariupol is more than 500,000 people.
Mariupol is an important seaport, a railroad terminus, and an industrial center. There are steel mills, shipyards, chemical plants, fish canneries and a metallurgical institute in the city.
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.
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