Belgorod-dnestrovski was founded in 502 BC (in 1998 it celebrated its 2500 birthday) by ancient Greeks on the cross of trade routes from the West to the East. Since that time the city had about 20 names: one of the first names was Tira, one of the last – Akkerman. According to UNESCO, it is one of the 10 ancient cities of the world that had permanent existence.
During its long history Belgorod-dnestrovski has seen a lot. It was under the reign of Rome, was a part of Kiev Rus, was conquered by Tatar-Mongols, was suffering from Turkish yoke for 300 years. In different times it belonged to Venetians, Genoese, Hungarians, Poles, Russians, Moldavians and Romanians. Only since 1944 it became a Ukrainian city.
Now the population of Belgorod-dnestrovski is 70 thousand. The city and its region are declared to be an ecologically clean zone. Near the city there are many sanatoriums, rest homes and health resorts along by the Dnestrovski liman and the Black Sea, though foreign tourists are mainly interested in visiting Belgorod-dnestrovski fortress and Tira diggings.
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