別列贊島(Berezan Island) 位在第聶伯河到黑海的出海口，行政區域上屬於烏克蘭尼古拉耶夫州。約900公尺長，320公尺寬，與陸地間被淺水分隔，距離約二公里半。
歷史
別列贊島被認為可能是黑海北部最早的希臘殖民地，在公元前7世紀中期就有人居住了，但到了公元前5世紀末，奧里維亞(Olvia)成為了這附近主要的殖民地，於是別列贊島就大半被廢棄了。這些殖民地與斯基泰的小麥貿易相當興盛，古希臘人從奧里維亞與波雷斯廷尼斯(Borysthenes)輸入許多斯基泰人的穀物。
延伸閱讀
- 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.