admire from the Seaside square or from quay in the Gorky street. The rumour about a new seaside seaport city was carried far beyond the district. One behind another in Berdyansk appeared trading consulates of Greece, England, Italy, Spain, Austro-Hungary, France, Denmark and other states. The increasing importance of port was underlined in 1867 by the memorable book of Taurian province: "Already there is no doubt, that for all Azov coast the Berdyansk port will be that Odessa for the Black Sea coast".
In 1876 the participant of the Sevastopol defence, rear admiral P.P.Schmidt have been appointed to a post of the town governor and the chief of port. The person of progressive sights, he has made much for port and city development. Everyone who stood at a wheel of the city power, have left the trace in city history. N.S.Kobozev, I.F.Matias, I.F.Gemmerle, V.I.Sahanev, K.P.Konstantinov, K.S.Argiropulo, I.D.Demetriadis, V.E.Gaevsky, V.I.Apopov and other people known at that time, promoted growth and city prosperity. Soon in a city there were small industrial enterprises, banks have opened. In all Europe D.Grievza's factory on manufacturing harvesters was known. Factory of farming machines have opened by Schr�der and Matias. There was cordage factory of Venz and Yanzen,Selstrem's candle-wax works Sels, Litsmen sausage factory, Fetter's brewery, Klavdin macaroni factory, Ediger's printing house. Italians have constructed city power station. Berdyansk turned to a port-industrial and trading-merchant city. By this time in the city there were two daily newspapers, three libraries, four bookshops worked. In the city was a water pipe and illumination. To 1899 Berdyansk has received a railway communication. In the beginning of the 20th century the city population numbered 26,500. In the city was about ten orthodox temples, two Jewish and one Karaite synagogues, boys and female grammar schools, nautical classes, city college, some credit institutions. Except the extensive
