Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, historically known as Aq Kirmān or by 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, 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 hromadas of Ukraine. It is the location of a large freight seaport. Population: 47,727.
Image: Bilhorod Dnistrovskyi
Image: Akkerman fortress aerial 2 (cropped)
Image: Собор Спасо Преображенський (Свято Вознесенський) вид з БПЛА
The citadel of Akkerman fortress
Odesa Oblast, also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Odesa. Population: 2,351,382.
Akkerman fortress
Rapeseed field in Odesa Oblast
The remains of the buildings of Tyras, under the walls
Potemkin Stairs, Odesa