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	'''Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi''' ({{langx\|uk\|Білгород-Дністровський}}, {{IPA\|uk\|~~ˈb⁽ʲ⁾iɫɦorod~~ d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈstrɔu̯sʲkɪj\|IPA}}; {{langx\|ro\|Cetatea Albă}}; {{langx\|ru\|Белгород-Днестровский\|Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy}}), historically known as '''Aq Kirmān''' ({{langx\|tr\|Akkerman}}) or by [[#Nomenclature\|other names]], is a port city in [[Odesa Oblast]], southwestern [[Ukraine]]. It is situated on the right bank of the [[Dniester Estuary]] leading to the [[Black Sea]],<ref name=Kaba/> in the historical region of [[Budjak]]. It also serves as the administrative center of [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion]] and is coterminous with ''Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi urban hromada'', one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_bilhorod-dnistrovskyi_city">{{cite web \|title=Белгород-Днестровская городская громада \|url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/bilgorod/ \|publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України \|language=ru}}</ref> It is the location of a large [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport\|freight seaport]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022\|47,727\|punct=.}}		'''Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi''' ({{langx\|uk\|Білгород-Дністровський}}, {{IPA\|uk\|ˈbilɦorod d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈstrɔu̯sʲkɪj\|IPA}}; {{langx\|ro\|Cetatea Albă}}; {{langx\|ru\|Белгород-Днестровский\|Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy}}), historically known as '''Aq Kirmān''' ({{langx\|tr\|Akkerman}}) or by [[#Nomenclature\|other names]], is a port city in [[Odesa Oblast]], southwestern [[Ukraine]]. It is situated on the right bank of the [[Dniester Estuary]] leading to the [[Black Sea]],<ref name=Kaba/> in the historical region of [[Budjak]]. It also serves as the administrative center of [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion]] and is coterminous with ''Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi urban hromada'', one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_bilhorod-dnistrovskyi_city">{{cite web \|title=Белгород-Днестровская городская громада \|url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/bilgorod/ \|publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України \|language=ru}}</ref> It is the location of a large [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport\|freight seaport]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022\|47,727\|punct=.}}

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{{short description|City in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine}}
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'''Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi''' ({{langx|uk|Білгород-Дністровський}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈb⁽ʲ⁾iɫɦorod d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈstrɔu̯sʲkɪj|IPA}}; {{langx|ro|Cetatea Albă}}; {{langx|ru|Белгород-Днестровский|Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy}}), historically known as '''Aq Kirmān''' ({{langx|tr|Akkerman}}) or by [[#Nomenclature|other names]], is a port city in [[Odesa Oblast]], southwestern [[Ukraine]]. It is situated on the right bank of the [[Dniester Estuary]] leading to the [[Black Sea]],<ref name=Kaba/> in the historical region of [[Budjak]]. It also serves as the administrative center of [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion]] and is coterminous with ''Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi urban hromada'', one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_bilhorod-dnistrovskyi_city">{{cite web |title=Белгород-Днестровская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/bilgorod/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> It is the location of a large [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport|freight seaport]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|47,727|punct=.}}

== Name ==
The city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is also referred to by alternative [[transliteration]]s from Ukrainian as '''Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky'''. ''Dnistrovskyi'' was added to differentiate it from [[Belgorod]] (in Ukrainian Bilhorod), a city in Russia, when both were a part of the [[Soviet Union]].

;Previous names
* '''Ophiussa''' (Οφιούσσα),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Масляк |first=П. О. |title=Тринадцять назв одного міста (Білгород-Дністровський) |url=https://geoknigi.com/book_view.php?id=550 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Пізнавальний сайт "Географія" |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mercator |first=Gerard |url=https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/24163/Russia_cum_Confinijs_First_Edition/Mercator.html |title=Atlas |year=1595 |edition=1st |location=Duisberg}}</ref> [[Phoenicia]]n colony (meaning "city of snakes" in [[Greek language|Greek]])
* '''[[Tyras]]''' (Τύρας), [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] colony (also the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] name for the River [[Dniester]])
* '''Turis''', [[Antes people|Antes]] name
* '''Asprokastron''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀσπρόκαστρον}}, "White Castle"), [[Greek language|Greek]] name in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.<ref name="ODB">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Browning | first = Robert | title = Asprokastron | page = 212 | editor-last=Kazhdan | editor-first=Alexander | editor-link=Alexander Kazhdan | year=1991 | encyclopedia = [[The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]] | location = Oxford and New York | publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-504652-6 }}</ref> Name attested from 944 to 1484 AD.
* '''[[Maurocastrum|Maurokastron]]''' (Μαυρόκαστρον, "Black Castle"), Greek name of a Roman/Byzantine fort in Late Antiquity on a site directly opposite Asprokastron, but usually taken together.<ref name="ODB"/>
* '''Album Castrum''' ("White Castle"), [[Roman Empire|Latin]] name
* '''Cetatea Albă''' ("White Citadel"), [[Romanian people|Romanian]] name
* '''Moncastro''', Italian corruption of Maurokastron used by [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] traders and during Genoese rule (14th–15th centuries)<ref name="ODB"/>
* '''Turla''', [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]
* '''Akkerman''', [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] ("White Castle")<ref>C. Blackie, ''Etymological Geography'' (London: Daldy, Isbister, & Co., 1876), [https://archive.org/details/etymologicalgeo00blac/page/19 p. 19].</ref> and Russian name until 1944
* '''Aqkermen''', [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] name
* '''Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy''', Russian (Белгород-Днестровский, "White city on the Dniester")
* '''Weißenburg''', ("White Castle"), [[German language|German]] name

During the reign of [[Burebista]], the city was known as [[Tyras]] and was incorporated into the [[Dacians|Dacian]] kingdom. The town became part of the Principality of [[Moldavia]] in 1359. The fortress was enlarged and rebuilt in 1407 under [[Alexandru cel Bun|Alexander the Good]] and in 1440 under [[Stephen II of Moldavia]].<ref name="Kaba" /> It fell to Ottoman conquest on August 5, 1487.

The city became part of [[Greater Romania|Romania]] from 1918 to 1940, and once again between 1941 and 1944 and is known in [[Romanian language|Romanian]] as '''Cetatea Albă'''<ref name="Kaba">{{cite book|last=Kaba|first=John|title=Politico-economic Review of Basarabia|year=1919|publisher=American Relief Administration|location=United States|page=15|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7313/view/1/15/}}</ref> with other languages using the Turkish name, '''Akkerman''', or variations of the Turkish name. Since 1944 the city has been known as "Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi" (Білгород-Дністровський), while on the Soviet geography maps often translated into its [[Russian language|Russian]] equivalent of "'''Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy'''" (Белгород-Днестровский), literally "white city on the Dniester".

The city is known by translations of "white city" or "castle" in a number of languages including Белгород Днестровски (''Belgorod-Dnestrovski'') in [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], ''Akerman'' (Акерман) in [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]], ''Białogród nad Dniestrem'' in [[Polish language|Polish]], ''Walachisch Weißenburg'' in [[Transylvanian Saxon dialect|Transylvanian German]],<ref>Hans Miksch. ''Wien— das Stalingrad der Osmanen.'' Volume 3 of ''Der Kampf der Kaiser und Kalifen.'' Bernard & Graefe, 1992. {{ISBN|9783763754717}} p. 106.</ref> ''Dnyeszterfehérvár'' in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] and {{lang|he|עיר לבן}} (''Ir Lavan'') in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].

In Western European languages, including English, the city has typically been known by the official name of the time or a transliteration derived from it.

The city's former name ''Akkerman'' is still extensively used as a nickname in informal speech and in local media.

== History ==
[[File:Greek colonies of the Northern Euxine Sea (Black Sea).svg|thumb|300x300px|Ancient Greek colonies on the northern coast of the [[Black Sea]], 8th to 3rd century BC]]
In the 6th century BC, [[Milesians (Greek)|Milesian]] colonists founded a settlement named [[Tyras]] on the future location of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, which later came under [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] rule. In [[Late Antiquity]], the Byzantines built a fortress and named it ''Asprokastron'' ("White Castle" - a meaning kept in several languages), but it passed out of their control in the 7th-15th centuries under control of Bulgaria, the cities called Belgorod (white city), as it was the border of the Bulgarian empire.<ref name="ODB"/>

In the 13th century the site was controlled by the [[Cumans]], and became a center of [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] commercial activity from {{circa|1290}} on. Briefly held by the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]] in the early 14th century, by the middle of the century it was a [[Genoese colony]].<ref name="ODB"/> [[Sfântul Ioan cel Nou]] (''Saint John the New''), the [[patron saint]] of [[Moldavia]], was [[martyr]]ed in the city in 1330 during a [[Nogais|Tatar]] incursion. In 1391, Cetatea Albă was the last city on the right bank of the [[Dniester|Dnister]] to be incorporated into the newly established [[Moldavia|Principality of Moldova]], and for the next century was its second major city, the major port and an important fortress.

In 1420, the citadel was attacked for the first time by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]], but defended successfully by Moldavian [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince]] [[Alexandru cel Bun|Alexander the Kind]].

In the 15th century, the port saw much commercial traffic as well as being frequently used for passenger traffic between central Europe and [[Constantinople]]. Among the travellers who passed through the town was [[John VIII Palaiologos]].<ref name="ODB"/> Following the [[Fall of Constantinople]] to the Ottomans in 1453, Sultan [[Mehmed II]] brought in colonists from Asprokastron to repopulate the city.<ref name="ODB"/>

In 1484, along with [[Kiliia]], it was the last of the Black Sea ports to be conquered by the Ottomans.<ref name="ODB"/> The Moldavian prince [[Stephen III of Moldavia|Stephen the Great]] was unable to aid in its defence, being under threat of a [[Poland|Polish]] invasion. The citadel surrendered when the Ottomans claimed to have reached an agreement with Prince Stephen, and promised safe passage to the inhabitants and their belongings; however, most of the city-dwellers were slaughtered. Later, attempts by [[Stephen the Great]] to restore his rule over the area were unsuccessful. Cetatea Albă was subsequently a base from which the Ottomans were able to attack Moldavia proper. In 1485, [[Tatars]] setting out from this city founded [[Pazardzhik]] in Bulgaria. In 1570 ([[Hijri year|Hijri]] 977) the town of Akkerman was inhabited by Muslims, Christians and Jews. It had 55 Muslim households in 25 neighbourhoods and 113 Non-Muslim households in 9 neighbourhoods and it was a "has" of the [[Sultan]], a land property that was directly owned by the Sultan. The castle of Akkerman also had a Jewish congregation and a [[Romani people|Roma]] congregation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=GÖKBİLGİN |first=M. TAYYİB |date=1956 |title=KANUNÎ SULTAN SÜLEYMAN DEVRİ BAŞLARINDA RUMELİ EYALETİ, LİVALARI, ŞEHİR VE KASABALARI |url=https://belleten.gov.tr/tam-metin-pdf/1214/tur |journal=Belleten |volume=20 |issue=78 |pages=247–294 |issn=0041-4255 |eissn=2791-6472 }}</ref>

It was established as the fortress of ''Akkerman'', part of the Ottoman defensive system against [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland-Lithuania]] and, later, the [[Russian Empire]]. Major battles between the Ottomans and the Russians were fought near Akkerman [[Siege of Akkerman|in 1770]] and 1789. Russia conquered the town in 1770, 1774, and 1806, but returned it after the conclusion of hostilities.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Akkerman|volume=1|page=457|noicon=y}}</ref> It was not incorporated into Russia until 1812, when it was annexed, along with the rest of [[Bessarabia]].

On 25 September 1826, Russia and the Ottomans signed here the ''[[Convention of Akkerman|Akkerman Convention]]'' which imposed that the [[hospodars]] of Moldavia and [[Wallachia]] be elected by their respective [[Sfatul boieresc|Divans]] for seven-year terms, with the approval of both Powers.

The city and the surrounding district became part of the [[Moldavian Democratic Republic|Moldovan Democratic Republic]] after it proclaimed its independence following the [[Russian Revolution]]. The [[Romanian Army]], entered the city on 9 March 1918, fighting with local troops led by the [[Bolsheviks]]. Formal integration followed later that month, when the '[[Sfatul Țării]]' of the Moldovan Democratic Republic proclaimed the whole of Bessarabia [[Union of Bessarabia with Romania|united with Romania]].

During [[Interwar period|the interwar period]], the Romanian administration transformed Cetatea-Albă into an important administrative and cultural center of [[Greater Romania]]. The city was modernized through the restoration of historic buildings and the construction of new ones in modern styles, such as [[Romanian Revival architecture|Neoromanian]] and [[Neoclassicism|Neoclassical]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Leonid |first=Dumitraşcu |title=Arhitectura oraşului Cetatea-Albă în perioada interbelică |url=https://ibn.idsi.md/vizualizare_articol/122388 |language=ro}}</ref> Infrastructure works were carried out, including street paving, the construction of bridges and roads, as well as the development of parks and recreational areas.

Urban development plans included the creation of new neighborhoods and improvements to infrastructure, making the city more functional and pleasant for its inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=C&#226 |first=Ionel |last2=ndea |date=2003 |title=Cetatea Albă în istoriografia românească (II) |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1371 |journal=Studii şi Materiale de Istorie Medie |language=Romanian |issue=XXI |pages=309–330 |issn=1222-4766}}</ref>

Romania ceded the city to the Soviet Union on 28 June 1940 following the [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia|1940 Soviet occupation of Bessarabia]], that year the name was officially changed to 'Belgorod-Dniestrovski'. A part of the population (mostly [[Romanians]]) was deported into [[Kazakhstan]], into [[Gulag|Soviet Gulags]].<ref>Bugai, Nikolai Feodorovici: Депортация народов из Украины, Белоруссии и Молдавии // Лагеря, принудительный труд и депортация. Германия. Эссен. 1999 : Deportarea popoarelor din Ucraine, Bielorusia și Moldova. Ed.: Dittmar Dahlmann și Gerhard Hirschfeld, Essen, Germania, 1999, pp.: 567-581</ref> The Romanian state regained it on 28 July 1941 during the [[Operation Barbarossa|invasion of the USSR]] by the [[Axis forces]] in the course of the [[Second World War]] and had it within its boundaries until 22 August 1944 when the [[Red Army]] reoccupied the city. The Soviets partitioned Bessarabia, creating the [[Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|Moldovian SSR]], taking away its southern flanks and sea access, including Belgorod, which became part of the [[Ukrainian SSR]], and after 1991, nowadays [[Ukraine]].

Until 18 July 2020, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi was incorporated as a [[city of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]] and the center of [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality]]. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality was merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |date=July 17, 2020 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

=== Jewish history ===
In Jewish sources, the city is referred as Weissenburg and Ir Lavan (meaning "white castle" in German and "white city" in Hebrew) as well as Akerman (אַקערמאַן). [[Karaite Judaism|Karaite]] Jews lived there since the 16th century, some even claim the existence of [[Khazar]] [[Jews]] in the town as early as the 10th century. In 1897, 5,613 Jews lived in the city (19.9% of the total population). The town Jewish community was influenced mainly from the Jewish community of nearby [[Odesa]]. During a pogrom in 1905, eight Jews living in the city were killed. During [[World War II]], most of the Jews living in the city fled to nearby Odesa, where they were later killed. About 800 Jews who were left in the city were shot to death in the nearby Leman River.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=imcpl1111&tabID=T003&searchId=R11&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&contentSet=GALE%7CCX2587502349&&docId=GALE%7CCX2587502349&docType=GALE|title=Gale - Product Login|website=go.galegroup.com}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The remaining Jews were deported to Transnistria by the [[Kingdom of Romania under Fascism|Romanian Fascist authorities]] later in 1941, where most of them died.<ref>See Radu Ioanid, The Holocaust in Romania: The Destruction of the Jews and Gypsies Under the Antonescu Regime (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000), p. 129, 131-132, 199, 201.</ref> Around 500 of the prewar town Jews survived the war, and around half of them returned to the city.

== Demographics ==
As of 1920, the population was estimated at 35,000. 8,000 were [[Romanian people|Romanian]], 8,000 were [[Jewish people|Jewish]], and 5,000 were [[German people|German]]. Additional populations included Turks, [[Greek people|Greeks]], [[Bulgarian people|Bulgarians]] and [[Russian people|Russians]].<ref name=Kaba/>

According to the [[2001 Ukrainian census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/|title=All-Ukrainian population census-|website=www.ukrcensus.gov.ua}}</ref> the majority of the city's population are [[Ukrainians]] (62.88%). Other communities include [[Russians]] (28.25%), [[Bulgarians]] (3.72%), [[Moldovans]] (1.89%), Gagauz (0.41%) and Romanians (0.02%).<ref>The Ukrainian census of 2001, ethnicity/nationality data by localities, at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> The language situation is notably different, with self-identified [[Russian language|Russian]]-speakers representing a majority (54.52%), followed by speakers of [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] (42.08%), [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] (1.66%), Moldovan (Romanian)(0.67%) and Gagauz (0.19%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України |url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=socialdata.org.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

== Geography ==
=== Climate ===
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dfb'' bordering on ''Dfa''.).

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== Notable people ==
* [[Nicolas Astrinidis]] (1921–2010), Romanian composer
* [[Elena Cernei]] (1924–2000), Romanian opera singer
* [[Mihail Crama]] (1923–1994), Romanian poet and prose writer
* [[Veronika Habelok]] (born 2001), Ukrainian gymnast and hand-balancer.
* [[Oleksiy Kikireshko]] (born 1977), Ukrainian rally driver
* [[Boris Levenson]] (1884–1947), Russian composer and conductor
* [[Vasyl Lomachenko]] (born 1988), Ukrainian professional boxer
* [[Vladyslav Lupashko]] (born 1986), Ukrainian football player, coach and manager
* [[Jacques Roitfeld]] (1889–1999), French film producer
* [[Porfiriy Stamatov]] (1840–1925), Minister of Justice of Bulgaria (1881)
* [[Tamara Tchinarova]] (1919–2017), ballet dancer
* [[Nicolae Văcăroiu]] (born 1943), former [[Prime Minister of Romania]]
* [[Osip Yermansky]] (1867–1941), Menshevik economist

== Sister cities ==

* {{Flag|TUR}} [[Fethiye]], Turkey <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-25 |title=Місто Білгород-Дністровський та місто Фетхіє стали містами-побратимами |url=http://bilgorod-d.gov.ua/page/msto_blgoroddnstrovskii_ta_msto_feth_stali_mstamipobratimami |access-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725165653/http://bilgorod-d.gov.ua/page/msto_blgoroddnstrovskii_ta_msto_feth_stali_mstamipobratimami |archive-date=25 July 2021 }}</ref>
* {{Flag|ARM}} [[Vagharshapat]], Armenia <ref>{{Cite web |title=Город Белгород-Днестровский обзавелся побратимом в Армении |url=http://trassae95.com/all/news/2018/03/22/gorod-belgorod-dnestrovskij-obzavelsya-pobratimom-v-armenii-45132.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Трасса Е-95}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow="8">
File:Акерманська фортеця. Генуезький замок (цитадель) 03.jpg|The citadel of [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress|Akkerman fortress]]
File:Белгород-Днестровский 3256.jpg|The excavations of [[Tyras]]
File:BilhorodDnistrovskyy Akkerman3.JPG|View of the fortress from the sea
File:Belgorod ua.jpg|The walls of the fortress
File:Аккерманська фортеця - комплекс.jpg|Aerial photo of the fortress
File:Будівля земської управи 065.JPG|High school building
File:Аккерман P1440123 Синагога.jpg|Synagogue
File:Білгород-Дністровський P1440087 Особняк Феміліді.jpg|Local museum
File:Особняк Ярошевича.JPG|Jaroszewicz Manor
File:2021 Білгород-Дністровський, Свято-Вознесенська церква.jpg|Ascension Cathedral
File:Грецька церква, Білгород-Дністровський (7).JPG|St. John Church
File:Білгород-Дністровський .Церква Миколаївська.Профіль.JPG|St. Nicholas Church
File:Церква Успіння Пречистої Богородиці.jpg|Armenian Dormition Church (14th century)
File:Temple and shopping center.JPG|Temple of Salvation and a shopping center
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport]]
* [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi fortress]]
* [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Border Detachment]]
* [[Svitlana Bilyayeva]] - archaeologist who has worked extensively on the fortress

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*{{official website|http://www.bilgorod-d.org.ua/}}
* [https://www.dema-coins.com/2021/04/asprocastron-coin-from-city-of-moncastro.html Asprocastron, silver coin from 15th century: Principality of Moldavia period]
* {{cite EB9 |wstitle = Akerman |volume= I | page=436 |short=1}}

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Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi - Revision history

imported>Shwabb1: Fixes, replaced: City → City

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imported>Dondoronek at 16:38, 30 April 2025