Berdyansk city by its birth is obliged to earl Vorontsov who being again appointed the governor general, has sent expedition to the Sea of Azov. Expedition's task was to find a place for building of new seaport. In the autumn of 1824 the captain Kritsky, supervising this expedition, in the report has informed on several prospective places, but the best was a place closed from the sea by the Berdyansk Spit. In an official report to Vorontsov Kritsky has written: "the Berdyansk Spit surpasses extremely by quality Obitochnaya Spit, and on it you can get landing stage and port which unless will concede to Sevastopol..." And here on 3 November 1827 the certificate about dissociation of the land for a mooring and a city has been issued. From this day also conducts the family tree Berdyansk. Same year on the bank of a gulf the landing stage has been built. Has grown here and the small settlement which has begun the future city.
Its original name was Kutur-Ogly. The neighbouring settlement arisen due to these foundations was known under the name Berdy. The name of the city was changed to Novo-Nogaisk in 1830 (meant "New Nogaisk") (see Nogai). Its present name was given to the city in 1841 by the special decree of Nicholas I. The name "Berdyansk" is derived from the name of the river Berda falling into the sea not far from the city. Between 1939 and 1958 the city was known as Osipenko, named after Hero of the Soviet Union Polina Osipenko. This name is now used by the nearby village Osipenko, where Polina Osipenko was born.
Solemn opening of a mooring on July, 1st, 1830 has taken place. The authority of new port quickly dews, and in 1835 Berdyansk has received the city status. In 1838 its population consist of 3200 inhabitants, and in 1842 Berdyansk became the district centre. Then, on 31 January 1845, the first arms of Berdyansk and the Berdyansk district have been founded. In the top strip, in a green field a silver nogay's nomad tent and the black plough,
