sevastopol

     

Sevastopol (English pronunciation, IPA: /ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/ or /səˈvæstəpoʊl/) (Ukrainian an Russian: Севастополь; Crimean Tatar: Aqyar, Greek: Sevastopolis), formerly known as Sebastopol, is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 (2001). The city, formerly the home of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, is now a Ukrainian naval base mutually used by the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Navy.

Trivia about sevastopol

  • Catherine the Great fortified the port settlement of Akhtiar & renamed it this
  • A real Crimea river, the Chernaya, runs just east of this city that was besieged in 1854 & 1855
  • The Black Sea fleet in dispute between Russia & Ukraine is based at this Crimean port

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