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Chersonesus (; Latin: Chersonesus; modern Russian and Ukrainian: Херсоне́с, Khersones; also rendered as Chersonese, Chersonesos, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson Χερσών; Old East Slavic: Корсунь, Korsun) is an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC. The ancient city is located on the shore of the Black Sea on the outskirts of presen…

Sarych (Ukrainian: Са́рич; Russian: Са́рыч; ) is a headland (Russian: Мыс; ) located on the shore of the Black Sea on the Crimean peninsula. About five kilometers from the Sarych headland is the resort town of Foros. The city of Sevastopol is located about 30 km away and Yalta about 40 km. The distance from Sarych to the Kerempe headland of the Black Sea coast of Turkey is 229 km (142 miles), making it the narrowest passage of the Black Sea. History Ancient The area presently known as Sarych was…

Ship caption=Zaporizhzhia (U-01) }} ''Zaporizhzhia (U-01) (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя) is a project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric powered submarine, and was the only submarine of the Ukrainian Navy up until her seizure in March 2014 by Russian forces during 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. She formerly carried the Soviet Navy pennant number B-435. Zaporizhzhia was designed at the Rubin Design Bureau (Saint Petersburg). Captured by Russian forces on 22 March 2014 (during the 2014 Crimean crisis…

Naval museum complex Balaklava (Ukrainian: Морський музейний комплекс "Балаклава", Russian: Музей холодной войны, "The Cold War Museum", designation K-825) is an underground submarine base in Balaklava, Crimea (originally known as Object 825 GTS). It was a top-secret military facility during the Cold War, located in Balaklava Bay. Today it serves as a museum and also houses a museum about the Crimean War. Description and purpose The complex is built accordingly to withstand a category-I (nuclear…