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Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast, Southern Ukraine Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Beryslav Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hromada, one of the of Ukraine. Population:
The city is located on the right-bank of the Dnieper across from Kakhovka on the opposite bank. Until the creation of the Kakhovka Reservoir, the city contained one of a historical crossing over the Dnieper.
By the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of July 26, 2001, No. 878, Beryslav was included in the List of Historical Settlements of Ukraine as the oldest settlement in the Kherson region.
Later on it was known as the Turkish fortress of Kizikermen or Kazikermen (Gazikermen). Kazikermen and Islamkermen and Sahinkermen nearby were primary fortifications in the lower Dnieper area starting in the 15th century. According to legend, chains were stretched across the Dnieper between the fortifications to control river traffic. Here was also one of the fords providing access across the Dnieper known as Tawan crossing. At the end of August of 1695, Kazikermen was sacked by the Zaporizhia Host Cossacks of Ivan Mazepa and the Sloboda Ukraine of Boris Sheremetev during the so called Azov-Dnieper campaigns.
By the 1700 Treaty of Constantinople, the Ottomans disbanded the fortifications. Later in the 19th century, ruins of the Kazikermen fortress were completely cleared away. After its 1784 re-establishment, the settlement was renamed Beryslav.
During World War II, Beryslav was occupied by German forces on August 23, 1941. On September 22 about 400 Jews then living in Beryslav were murdered near the town by the members of Einsatzgruppen. Another 35 Jews from Beryslav were shot in early October 1941. In September 1941, the Germans relocated the Dulag 123 transit prisoner-of-war camp from Varvarivka to Beryslav, and in November 1941, it was further relocated to Dzhankoi. (2025). 9780253060891, Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ISBN 9780253060891 Beryslav was recaptured by the Red Army on March 11, 1944. Yad Vashem, Berislav
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Beryslav was one of many settlements occupied by the Russians, but was recaptured by the Ukrainian military during the southern counteroffensive on 11 November.
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