Chornomorske or Chernomorskoye ( uk, Чорномо́рське; russian: Черномо́рское; crh, Aqmeçit, el, Καλός Λιμήν) is an

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and the

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of Chornomorske Raion in

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, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of

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(the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) and incorporated by

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as the

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. It is located on the northern edge of the

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. Population: 11,643 ( 2001 Census).

History

The first inhabitants on the shore of the current narrow bay were the

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as part of the Greek colonization of the Black Sea. The city of Kalos Limen ( – Lovely Harbor) was founded on this site by

Chersonesus Chersonesus ( grc, Χερσόνησος, Khersónēsos; la, Chersonesus; modern Russian and Ukrainian: Херсоне́с, ''Khersones''; also rendered as ''Chersonese'', ''Chersonesos'', contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson Χερσών; ...

in the second half of the 4th century BC. It was one of the important centers of agriculture and trade, among both Greek and

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centers. By the middle of the 2nd century BC in the Greco-Scythian war, the town had been captured the Scythians. Although liberated by Pontic intervention by the end of the 2nd century, it again fell under Scythian control by the mid-1st century BC to the early 2nd century AD. Scythian control ended permanently thereafter, possibly owing to Roman intervention. In Russian the settlement was originally known as Ak-Mechet (), from the Crimean Tatar "", which literally means ''a white

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''.Pospelov, p. 24 A mosque with a tall white minaret used to exist here. After the

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were forcibly deported in 1944, the settlement was given its present name, which alludes to the settlement's coastal location on the

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Economy

Chornomorske is a peninsula

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center and base port, and where the company

Chornomornaftogaz russian: Черноморнефтегаз , native_name_lang = ru , romanized_name = , former type = , type = State unitary enterprise , traded_as = , industry = Oil and gas , fate = , prede ...

derives its name.

Climate

Chornomorske has a cool semi-arid climate (

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''BSk'') with very warm summers and cold, though not severe winters. Precipitation is low, and heaviest in the autumn months when cyclonic lows may produce significant falls.

References

Notes

Sources

*Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary." Москва, "Русские словари", 1993. {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2015 Urban-type settlements in Crimea Port cities and towns in Ukraine Port cities and towns in Russia Port cities of the Black Sea Seaside resorts in Ukraine Seaside resorts in Russia Chornomorske Raion Chornomornaftogaz property