The article is dedicated to Berdyansk period in biography of Ivan (Ioan) Halippa, known in Moldova as a historian and publicist, one of the best connoisseurs of the local antiquities, activist of Bessarabian autonomist movement of the early twentieth century. Ivan Halippa came to Berdyansk in 1910 after the dismissal by the Russian authorities from the post of inspector of schools of Chisinau district. From 1910 to 1918 he was an inspector of schools of Berdyansk district, from December 1, 1919 – a teacher of geography, Ukrainian studies and literature in Berdyansk labor school, from September 1, 1921 – a lecturer of history of culture and Ukrainian studies in Berdyansk socio-economic technical school, from March 1, 1922 – a head of Berdyansk pedagogical courses, from October 1, 1923 – a lecturer of study of local lore, pedology, statistics and labor education in the same institution. In March 1924, Halippa was dismissed, but he continued to study local history.