Institute of Urban History - The Consulate General of Germany organized a presentation of the monograph "German Consuls in the Northern Azov Region"

The Consulate General of Germany organized a presentation of the monograph "German Consuls in the Northern Azov Region"

Within the framework of the Weeks of Germany in Ukraine, the presentation of a monograph by Professor Igor Lyman and Viktoria Konstantinova "German Consuls in the Northern Azov Region" was held.

This book was published thanks to the support rendered by the Consulate General of Germany in Donetsk / Dnipro office.

The event took place on November 2, 2018 in the conference hall of the main building of the BSPU.

The book presents the history of the German consuls carrying out their diplomatic duties in the Northern Azov region in the period from establishing diplomatic representative offices of Prussia and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin after the Eastern (Crimean) war and to the closure of representative offices of the German Empire at the beginning of the First World War. Biographies and analysis of the consuls’ activities are presented in the context of relations of the Northern Azov region and its port cities with the German lands, and in the context of the role of the Germans in the development of the region in question. Following the tradition of historiography, the authors distinguish the Northern (Ukrainian) Azov region with port cities of Berdyansk and Mariupol from the Eastern (Russian) Azov region with its port cities of Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don. The geographical scope of the study, however, is not limited to the two cities above. At different times, the jurisdiction of the German consular offices in Berdyansk and Mariupol included quite extensive lands of modern Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine.

Organizers and partners of the event:
the Consulate General of Germany in Donetsk / Dnipro office;
Berdyansk State Pedagogical University;
Research Institute of Urban History;
NGO "Urban Initiatives".

The Consulate General of Germany at the presentation was represented by Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Donetsk / Dnipro office Mr. Peter Schmahl.