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Sevastopol (other)
Sevastopol is a port city in Crimea. Sevastopol may also refer to: Places * Sevastopol, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the US * Sevastopol, Wisconsin, a town in the US * 2121 Sevastopol, a main-belt binary asteroid discovered in 1971 Ships * Russian ironclad Sevastopol, Russian ironclad ''Sevastopol'', an armored frigate that was converted to an ironclad while under construction * Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895), Russian battleship ''Sevastopol'' (1895), a ''Petropavlovsk''-class pre-dreadnought battleship scuttled during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 * Russian battleship Sevastopol (1911), Russian battleship ''Sevastopol'' (1911), a ''Gangut''-class battleship that participated in World War I and World War II before she was scrapped in 1949 * Kronshtadt-class battlecruiser#Ships, Russian battlecruiser ''Sevastopol'' (1939), a Soviet ''Kronshtadt''-class battlecruiser that was never completed * Russian amphibious assault ship Sevastopol, Russian amphibious as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevastopol
Sevastopol ( ), 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. Since the city's founding in 1783 it has been a major base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet. During the Cold War of the 20th century, it was a closed city. The total administrative area is and includes a significant amount of rural land. The urban population, largely concentrated around Sevastopol Bay, is 479,394, and the total population is 547,820. Sevastopol, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and under the Ukrainian legal framework, it is administratively one of two cities with special status (the other being Kyiv). However, it has been occupied by Russia since 27 February 2014, before Russia annexed Crimea on 18 March 2014 and gave it the status of a federal city of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
