Sevastopol The City Museum
Sevastopol plays a significant part of Crimea’s history. The city is hailed as city-museum or city-monument for the large number of monuments and monumental art that it houses. The city has a political significance as it was the bone of contention between Russia and independent Ukraine. The city has been home for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The city has its share of embodiments of architectural brilliance. This multi-ethnic city has been home to many cultures. The boulevards around the Central Hill, the water front with the mesmerizing marine boulevard and the chestnut trees of Sevastopol are a breath taking sight.
Storm in Sevastopol
Sevastopol is one of the major port cities in Ukraine. It is situated on the Black Sea coast of the Crimean peninsula. The city housed the Soviet Black Sea Fleet earlier and is used as Ukrainian Naval base, by both the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Navy. Navigation conditions and geographic location of the city’s harbors has made the city a strategic naval point. Popular as a seaside resort and tourist destination among the CIS countries, Sevastopol is a significant center for marine biology research.
Russian Navy in Sevastopol
A popular naval citadel in Europe, founded in 1783, it developed into a remarkable commercial port, later. The city is renowned for the Siege of Sevastopol by French, British, Sardinian and Turkish troops during the Crimean war. The Axis siege witnessed the attack of the city at the hands of the Germans in the Second World War. It is now under the Ukrainian administration. Russian language dominates the city, though it is part of independent Ukraine.
Russian Navy Days Fireworks
Though the city suffered damage during the Second World War, Sevastopol was rebuilt by top architects and civil engineers from Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and other major cities. Many streets in the city take the names of the Russian and Soviet military heroes. The military past of the city is commemorated by the monuments and plaques in Sevastopol.
The Chersnessos National Archaelogical Reserve, the Panorama Museum, Malakhov Krugan with its White Tower, Vladimirsky Cathedral on the central hill, the Sunken Ships Monument on Marine Boulevard, the Russian Black Sea Fleet Museum and Brotherhood Communal War Cemetery are among the must see list of the tourists who visit the city.
Trainstation of Sevastopol
With a population of about three and a half lakh people, the fifteenth largest city in Ukraine houses a multi-ethnic group of people. The population of Sevastopol consists of Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Armenians, Jews, Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Moldovans, Romanians and Azerbaijanis.
USSR Classified Submarine Base
This multi-ethnic city also houses major industrial ventures like the ‘Phiolent’, the largest Ukrainian power tools manufacturing organizations and Stroitel, the leading plastics manufacturer of the country. The 1997, treaty pronounced the Russian Naval Base to be situated in Sevastopol. The treaty had a history of a long political and diplomatic dispute between Russia and Ukraine. The bilateral treaty of ‘peace and friendship’ stated the city as an integral part of Ukraine.
Pitlivy - Missile Frigate
Sevastopol is the Russia Black Sea fleet headquarters. The Ukrainian naval Headquarters is also based in Sevastopol. The Russian authorities sponsor housing, educational and cultural programs in Sevastopol, even now. Sevastopol is popular for marine life, dolphins, fifteen thousand monuments, monumental art and fraternal cemeteries. The city is hailed as a city-monument and city-museum for its abundance of monuments that reflect the city’s past and is an integral part of the Crimean history.