Berezan Island

The Berezan island is situated in the Black Sea at the entrance of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast [1]. Berezan was home to one of the earliest Greek colonies (possibly known as Borysthenes, after the Greek name of the Dnieper) in the northern Black Sea region [1]. The island was first settled in the mid-7th century B.C. and was largely abandoned by the end of the 5th century B.C., when Olbia became the dominant colony in the region [1]. In the 5th century BC, Herodotus visited it to gather information about the northern course of the eponymous river [1]. The colony thrived on wheat trade with the Scythian hinterland [1].