别列赞岛(Berezan Island) 位在第聂伯河到黑海的出海口，行政区域上属于乌克兰尼古拉耶夫州。约900米长，320米宽，与陆地间被浅水分隔，距离约二公里半。
历史
别列赞岛被认为可能是黑海北部最早的希腊殖民地，在公元前7世纪中期就有人居住了，但到了公元前5世纪末，奥里维亚(Olvia)成为了这附近主要的殖民地，于是别列赞岛就大半被废弃了。这些殖民地与斯基泰的小麦贸易相当兴盛，古希腊人从奥里维亚与波雷斯廷尼斯(Borysthenes)输入许多斯基泰人的谷物。
延伸阅读
- Krÿzhitskii, Sergei D. "On the Types of Houses on the Island of Berezan", Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, Vol. 11, Issue 3/4. (2005), pp. 181–197.
- Thomas Schaub Noonan|Noonan, Thomas S. "The Grain Trade of the Northern Black Sea in Antiquity", American Journal of Philology, Vol. 94, No. 3. (1973), pp. 231–242.
- Solovyov, Sergei L. Ancient Berezan: The Architecture, History and Culture of the First Greek Colony in the Northern Black Sea (Colloquia Pontica; 4). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 1999 (hardcover, ISBN 90-04-11569-2).
- Reviewed by Balbina Baebler in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2000.06.01.
- Reviewed by Sara Owen in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 121. (2001), pp. 216–217.
- Solovyov, Sergey L. "Berezan Island: The Main Features for Archaeology", Bilkent University. The Department of Archaeology & History of Art Newsletter, No. 3. (2004), pp. 17–19.
- Solovyov, Sergei L. "Monetary Circulation and the Political History of Archaic Borysthenes", Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, Vol. 12, Issue 1/2. (2006), pp. 63–75.