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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]
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.
Greek Crimea concerns the ancient Greek settlements on the Crimean Peninsula. Greek city-states first established colonies along the Black Sea coast of Crimea in the 7th or 6th century BC. [ 1 ] Several colonies were established in the vicinity of the Kerch Strait , then known as the Cimmerian Bosporus .
It connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai in the east. The strait is 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) to 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) wide and up to 18 metres (59 ft) deep.
Donuzlav Lake on the map. Lake Donuzlav (Russian and Ukrainian: Донузлав, Crimean Tatar: Doñuzlav), also referred to as Donuzlav Bay, is the deepest lake [1] of Crimea (27 m, 89 ft) and biggest in Chornomorske Raion (47 km 2, 18 sq mi). It is a protected landscape and recreational park of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
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) - Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the ...
Sevastopol (/ ˌ s ɛ v ə ˈ s t oʊ p əl, s ə ˈ v æ s t ə p oʊ l /), [a] sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base throughout its history.