The Chorna, Chyornaya or Chorhun (, ''Chorna'', , ''Chyornaya'', ), which translates from the Ukrainian and Russian as "Black River", is a small river in southern

Crimea Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...

. It is 34.5 km long. The Chorna River begins in the

Baydar Valley The Baydar or Baydari valley sprawls for 16 km north-east in the Balaklava Raion of Sevastopol, Crimea. It is the source of the Chorna (river), Chorna river and the location of the Chorna River Reservoir, Sevastopol's largest body of fresh ...

northeast of the small town of Rodnikivs'ke (44° 28' N 33° 51' EG), just west of which it flows into a reservoir. From there it continues in a westerly direction to the town of

Inkerman Inkerman (; ; ) is a city in the Crimean peninsula. It is '' de facto'' within the federal city of Sevastopol within the Russian Federation, but ''de jure'' within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea within Ukraine. It lies 5 kilometres (3 miles ...

(Belokamensk) where it enters the

Bay of Sevastopol A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

, on the southwest coast of the Crimean peninsula. Inkerman was a key location during the

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

of 1853–1856 and the Chorna lends its name to the Battle of Chernaya (Chyornaya) River of 1855.

Object 221 (Nora)

Located at the coordinates +44° 31' 4.00", +33° 42' 5.00" near the Chorna River and Morozivka, which was previously known as Alsou or Alsu before 1948, in the Alsou tract about east of

Balaklava Balaklava ( Ukrainian and , , ) is a settlement on the Crimean Peninsula and part of the city of Sevastopol. It is an administrative center of Balaklavsky District that used to be part of the Crimean Oblast before it was transferred to Sevast ...

near the Yalta Sebastopol highway is the reserve command post (ZKP) of the USSR Black Sea Fleet () in Crimea, which is also known as Objekt 221 or Object 221 and code named "Alsu-2" () or "Nora" (), and is on the eastern slope of the mountains and beneath the Mount Mishen () which is also called Shaan-Kaya () or the Nishan-Kaya mountain (). The construction of the underground command post started in 1977 and continued for about 15 years. The pioneer camp "Alsu" is located nearby. In July 2021 with

Russian Marines The Russian Naval Infantry (), often referred to as Russian Marines in the West, operate as the naval infantry of the Russian Navy. Established in 1705, they are capable of conducting amphibious operations as well as operating as more traditiona ...

wearing black berets on guard duty, construction began to restore the underground facility allegedly as part of Patriot Park ().

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{{Rivers of Ukraine Rivers of Crimea