Region
The southeastern region of Ukraine located on the shores of the Sea of Azov, between Russia and the Crimean Peninsula. Mariupol is the region's largest city and its industrial and cultural heart. A unique Greek community (the so-called Mariupol Greeks) lives in Pryazovia. In addition to industry, there are resort towns here. The sand spit of the Arabatska Strilka has a long beach, healing mud, and thermal springs. Table salt has been mined in Henichesk Lake for a long time. The oldest steppe reserve in the world, Askania-Nova, is in Pryazovia. The region has a developed port infrastructure, and ancient lighthouses still operate here.
