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Black Sea coast of western Georgia, with the skyline of Batumi on the horizon Swallow's Nest in Crimea Coastline of Samsun in Turkey A sanatorium in Sochi, Russia. The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
Map of the Black Sea with the Crimea highlighted: Date: 18 March 2014: Source: Relief map of the Black Sea.svg; Author: User:Hogweard*derivative work: Hogweard ...
Catherine the Great's incorporation of the Crimea in 1783 into the Russian Empire increased Russia's power in the Black Sea area. [24] From 1853 to 1856, the strategic position of the peninsula in controlling the Black Sea meant that it was the site of the principal engagements of the Crimean War, where Russia lost to a French-led alliance. [25]
The Black Sea Fleet dispute took place between Russia and Ukraine following the dissolution of Soviet Union.The dispute revolved around ownership of former Soviet Black Sea Fleet, basing rights in Sevastopol, the home base of the fleet, and sovereignty over Crimea.
Black Sea map. Persian version. 18:02, 6 December 2015: 786 × 599 (335 KB) Ahmet Gürsakal: Updated maps to add Turkish city of Ordu. 18:10, 10 July 2007: 1,200 × ...
The Ukrainian military said Monday that it recaptured strategic gas and oil drilling platforms from Russia in the Black Sea and claimed gains in occupied areas near Bakhmut, a city in eastern ...
Adalary [ru; uk], pair of rocks near Gurzuf, Crimea; Berezan Island; Dovhyi Island and smaller Kruhly, Velyky and Konsky islands in the Yahorlyk Bay; Dzharylhach Island - the largest one in the Black Sea (56 km 2) Kalanchak Islands , Oyster Islands and others in the Karkinit Bay, east of Dzharylhach
(Reuters) - Russian anti-aircraft units destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the annexed Crimean peninsula and three more over other parts of Russia, the Defence Ministry said ...