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Yevpatoria (; ; ; ) is a city in western
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 ...
, north of
Kalamita Bay __NOTOC__ Kalamita Bay (, , ), also known as Gulf of Kalamita, is a bay and a gulf in the Black Sea south of Yevpatoria, Crimea. Kalamita was likewise a name used for Inkerman. For a 24 km arch east from Cape Karantinny approximately foll ...
. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative center of
Yevpatoria Municipality The Yevpatoria City Municipality (, translit. ''Yevpatoriis'ka mis'krada'') is one of the 25 regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by almost all countries as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia as the Republic of ...
, one of the districts (''raions'') into which Crimea is divided. It had a population of


History


Greek settlement

The first recorded settlement in the area, called ''Kerkinitis'' (), was built by Greek colonists around 500 BCE. Along with the rest of the Crimea, Kerkinitis formed part of the dominions of King
Mithridates VI Eupator Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (; 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He was an effective, ambitious, and ...
( BCE). The name of the modern city derives from his nickname, ''Eupator'' ('of a noble father').


Khanate period

From roughly the 7th through the 10th centuries, Yevpatoria was a
Khazar The Khazars ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, an ...
settlement; its name in
Khazar language Khazar, also known as Khazaric, was a Turkic dialect group spoken by the Khazars, a group of semi-nomadic Turkic peoples originating from Central Asia. There are few written records of the language and its features and characteristics are unknown ...
was probably ''Güzliev'' (literally 'beautiful house'). It was later subject to the
Cumans The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic people, Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cumania, Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Ru ...
(
Kipchaks The Kipchaks, also spelled Qipchaqs, known as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Russian annals, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe. First mentioned in the eighth cent ...
), the
Mongols Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China ( Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family o ...
, and the
Crimean Khanate The Crimean Khanate, self-defined as the Throne of Crimea and Desht-i Kipchak, and in old European historiography and geography known as Little Tartary, was a Crimean Tatars, Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441 to 1783, the longest-lived of th ...
. During this period the city was called ''Kezlev'' by
Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars (), or simply Crimeans (), are an Eastern European Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group and nation indigenous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted thousands of years in Crimea and the northern regions along the coast of the Blac ...
and ''Gözleve'' by
Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks () were a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group in Anatolia. Originally from Central Asia, they migrated to Anatolia in the 13th century and founded the Ottoman Empire, in which they remained socio-politically dominant for the e ...
. The Russian medieval name ''Kozlov'' is a
Russification Russification (), Russianisation or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians adopt Russian culture and Russian language either voluntarily or as a result of a deliberate state policy. Russification was at times ...
of the Crimean Tatar name. For a short period between 1478 and 1485, the city was administered by the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
. Afterward, it became an important urban center of the
Crimean Khanate The Crimean Khanate, self-defined as the Throne of Crimea and Desht-i Kipchak, and in old European historiography and geography known as Little Tartary, was a Crimean Tatars, Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441 to 1783, the longest-lived of th ...
. The 400-year-old
Juma-Jami Mosque The Juma-Jami Mosque, (; ; ; ) also known as the Friday Mosque, is located in Yevpatoria, Crimea. Built between 1552 and 1564, it is a mosque designed by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. History The Juma-Jami is the largest mosque of Crimea a ...
is one of the many designed by the Ottoman architect
Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...
. It was built in 1552-1564. 35-metre minarets rose on the flanks of the building. The mosque was of great state significance. It was here that a ceremony of the declaration of rights of the Crimean Khans was held at their enthronement. Only after that did they go to their capital, the city of
Bakhchysarai Bakhchysarai is a city in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Bakhchysarai Raion (district), as well as the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Its main landmark is Hansaray, the only extant ...
. Yevpatoria became a residence of the spiritual ruler of the
Crimean Karaites Crimean Karaites or simply Karaites (Crimean Karaim language, Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, ''Qrımqaraylar'', singular къарай, ''qaray''; Trakai dialect: ''karajlar'', singular ''karaj''; ; ; ), also known more broadly as Eastern E ...
, the Ḥakham. In this connection, a complex of two prayer houses was built under the supervision of the Rabovich brothers, in which the Renaissance and Muslim architectural styles entwined in a most unusual manner. The ensemble organically incorporates three courtyards. The entrance to it is marked by gates, built in 1900, which look like a refined triumphal arch.


Imperial Russian rule

In 1783, along with the rest of Crimea, Kezlev was captured by the
Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
. Its name was officially changed to ''Yevpatoriya'' in 1784. This spelling of the city name came to the French, German, Spanish, and English languages at the end of the 18th сentury. Polish poet
Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukra ...
visited the town in 1825 and wrote one of his ''
Crimean Sonnets The Crimean Sonnets (''Sonety krymskie'') are a series of 18 Polish sonnets by Adam Mickiewicz, constituting an artistic telling of a journey through the Crimea. They were published in 1826, together with a cycle of love poems called "The Odesa ...
'' here; it was later translated into Russian by
Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...
. The city was occupied in September 1854 by British, French and Turkish troops 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 ...
prior to the Allied landing in Kalamita Bay, after which the Battle of the Alma south of the bay followed. It became a
garrison A garrison is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a military base or fortified military headquarters. A garrison is usually in a city ...
of Ottoman troops later during the war and was the site of the
Battle of Eupatoria The Battle of Eupatoria (; ) occurred on 17 February 1855 during the Crimean War when the army of the Russian Empire unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Crimean port city of Yevpatoria, Eupatoria held by the forces of the Ottoman Empire. B ...
in February 1855, which was the largest military clash in the Crimean theatre outside the
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 th ...
area.


Soviet rule

Natural factors at Yevpatoria created beneficial conditions for the treatment of osteoarticular
tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...
and other children's diseases; in 1933, at a scientific conference in Yalta, it was agreed that among Soviet
resort town A resort town, resort city or resort destination is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town has one or more actual resorts in the surrounding area. Sometimes ...
s for the organization of children's resorts, most people approved Yevpatoria. In 1936, the
Soviet government The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the executive and administrative organ of the highest body of state authority, the All-Union Supreme Soviet. It was formed on 30 December 1922 and abolished on 26 December 199 ...
placed the All-Union children's resort in Yevpatoria. In 1938, the approved plan of a general reconstruction of the city. During World War II,
sanatorium A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often in a health ...
s were used as
military hospital A military hospital is a hospital owned or operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a m ...
s. By 1 July 1945, Yevpatoria operated 14 sanatoriums, and have taken 2,885 people. By the 1980s, the city operated 78 sanatoriums for 33 thousand people.


Independent Ukraine and Russian annexation

On 24 December 2008, a blast destroyed a five-story building in the town. 27 people were killed.
President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...
Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards Western world, the West, European Union, and N ...
declared 26 December to be a day of national mourning. Two beaches in Yevpatoria have been
Blue Flag beach The Blue Flag is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that a beach, marina, or sustainable boating tourism operator meets its standards. The Blue Flag is a trademark owned by FEE, which is a Not-for-profit organi ...
es since May 2010, these were the first beaches (with two beaches in
Yalta Yalta (: ) is a resort town, resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Crime ...
) to be awarded a Blue Flag in a CIS member state. In 2014 due to the military operation of the
Russian Armed forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. They are organized into three service branches—the Russian Ground Forces, Ground Forces, Russian Navy, Navy, and Russi ...
, the city of Yevpatoria was occupied by
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
along with the entire Crimean peninsula. The UN General Assembly condemned the Russian operation and considered the annexation ''the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine—the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol''. Today, Yevpatoria is a major
Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), 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. It is bound ...
port, a rail hub, and a resort town. The main industries of the city include
fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater or Marine ecosystem, marine), but may also be caught from Fish stocking, stocked Body of water, ...
,
food processing Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing takes many forms, from grinding grain into raw flour, home cooking, and complex industrial methods used in the mak ...
, winemaking,
limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some juri ...
ing, weaving,
manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...
, machinery, furniture manufacturing, and
tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...
. Yevpatoria has spas of mineral water, salt, and mud lakes. These resorts belong to a vast area with curative facilities where the main health-improving factors are the sunshine and sea, air and sand, brine and mud of the salt lakes, as well as the mineral water of the hot springs. The curative qualities of the local mud was witnessed by the manuscripts of
Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...
, a Roman scholar ().


Economy

* Industry, Engineering * Agriculture * AO Vympel NPO (MicroElectronics and Electronics, circuits microchips IC, Electrical parts, connectors, optoelectronics television and other devices and machinery, metallurgy engineering technology) * Eupatoria Aircraft Plant and Repair EupAZ EARZ (An, Mi, Ka, Su, MiG, Yak, Il, Be, Tu; An-22, Su-25, MiG-31, Yak-38, Be-12, transport aircraft and amphibious) * Construction, Building


Education

* Institute of Social Sciences (Branch), Crimean Federal University


Demographics

Ethnic composition of Yevpatoria in 2001 according to the Ukrainian census: #
Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...
: 64,9% #
Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...
: 23,3% #
Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars (), or simply Crimeans (), are an Eastern European Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group and nation indigenous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted thousands of years in Crimea and the northern regions along the coast of the Blac ...
: 6,9% #
Belarusians Belarusians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. They natively speak Belarusian language, Belarusian, an East Slavic language. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide. Nearly 7.99&n ...
: 1,5% #
Armenians Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiq ...
: 0,5% #
Jews Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
: 0,4% #
Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary
are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...
(excluding Crimean Tatars): 0,2% #
Poles Pole or poles may refer to: People *Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland * Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name * Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist ...
: 0,2% #
Moldovans Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (, , ), are an ethnic group native to Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, also referred to locally as Moldovan language, Moldovan. Moldovans form significant communities in Romania, It ...
: 0,2% #
Azerbaijanis Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris (, ), or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. They are predomin ...
: 0,2%


Geography


Climate

Yevpatoria has a
humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...
(''Cfa'') under the
Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
with cool winters and warm to hot summers.


Area attractions

Famous attractions within or near Yevpatoria are: *
Juma-Jami Mosque The Juma-Jami Mosque, (; ; ; ) also known as the Friday Mosque, is located in Yevpatoria, Crimea. Built between 1552 and 1564, it is a mosque designed by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. History The Juma-Jami is the largest mosque of Crimea a ...
*
Eupatorian Kenassas The Eupatorian Kenassas is a complex of Karaite Jewish synagogues located on Karaimskaya Street in Yevpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. The synagogue complex is the oldest active Karaite synagogue in the world. Overview The Crimean Karaites (karaev ...
* St. Nicholas' the Miracle Worker Cathedral *
Tekie Dervishes Tekie is an Eritrean given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Tekie Abraha, Eritrean football manager * Tesfaldet Tekie Tesfaldet Simon Tekie (born 4 June 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central ...


Notable people

*
Denys Andriyenko Denys Andriyovych Andriyenko (, born 12 April 1980) is a Ukrainian former footballer. Career Andriyenko began playing football in the Ukrainian Second League with local club FC Dynamo Saky in 1997. He went on to play in the Ukrainian Premier ...
(born 1980), Ukrainian football player *
Lyudmila Alexeyeva Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva (, ; 20 July 1927 – 8 December 2018) was a Russian historian and human-rights activist who was a founding member in 1976 of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group and one of the last Soviet dissidents active in post-S ...
(1927-2018),
Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
and
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
n
human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...
activist * Borys Babin (born 1981), Ukrainian politician *
Oleksandr Davydov Alexander Sergeevich Davydov (, ) (26 December 1912 – 19 February 1993) was a Soviet and Ukrainian physicist. Davydov graduated from Moscow State University in 1939. In 1963-1990 he was Director of Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Ukr ...
(1912-1993), Soviet and Ukrainian physicist * (1870-1957), City
Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...
and Duma Deputy 1905-1919 *
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (, ; 17 October 1921 – 22 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she was the first woman to win seven medals at one Olympics. That is the highest number of medals wo ...
(1921-2001), Russian-born Soviet
gymnast Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...
*
Nikolaos Himonas Nikolaos Himonas (Greek: Νικόλαος Χειμώνας. Russian: Николай Петрович Химона; 25 September 1864 – 1 August 1929) was a painter and art teacher of Greek ancestry who was born in Russia and spent most of his l ...
(Nikolai Khimona) (1864-1929), painter of Greek descent *
Zula Pogorzelska Zula Pogorzelska (14 August 1896 – 10 February 1936) born Zofia Pogorzelska, was a Polish cabaret and film actress. She was the first Polish performer to introduce the Charleston on stage of the Cabaret ''Pod sukienką'' in 1926. Pogorzelska ...
(1896-1936), Polish cabaret and film actress *
Kseniya Simonova Kseniya Oleksandrivna Paskar (; name at birth, née Simonova; ; born 22 April 1985) is a Ukrainian performance artist; she is involved in sand animation, graphic design, illustration, cinema, and literature. She is a Merited Artist of Ukraine an ...
(born 1985), Ukrainian sand animator * Sergei Sokolov (1911-2012), Russian-born Soviet
Marshal Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society. As marshals became trusted members of the courts of Middle Ages, Medieval Europe, the title grew in reputation. During the last few centuries, it has been used fo ...
*
Ruslana Taran Ruslana Oleksiïvna Taran (; born 27 October 1970 in Yevpatoria, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian sailor. At the 1996 470-European-Sailing-Championship she won with her Partner Olena Pakholchyk the gold medal. References ...
(born 1970), Ukrainian
sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...
*
Vitya Vronsky Vronsky & Babin were regarded by many as one of the foremost duo-piano teams of the twentieth century. Vitya Vronsky (''Viktoria Mikhailovna Vronskaya'', 22 August 190928 June 1992) was born in the Crimean city of Yevpatoria, Russia. Victor Babin ...
(1909-1992), Russian-born American
pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...


Names of asteroid number 6489 and number 24648

Asteroid number 6489 has the name Golevka, which has a complicated origin. In 1995, Golevka was studied simultaneously by three
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observatories across the world: Goldstone in
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, Eupatoria RT-70 radio telescope (Yevpatoriya is sometimes
romanized In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, ...
as Evpatoria or Eupatoria ( Russian origin), and Kashima in
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. 'Gol-Ev-Ka' comes from the first few letters of each observatory's name; it was proposed by the discoverer following a suggestion by Alexander L. Zaitsev. Asteroid 24648 Evpatoria was discovered on September 19, 1985, by
Nikolai Chernykh Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh ( rus, Никола́й Степа́нович Черны́х, , nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrˈnɨx, links=yes; 6 October 1931 – 25 May 2004Казакова, Р.К. Памяти Николая Сте ...
and
Lyudmila Chernykh Lyudmila Ivanivna Chernykh (; ; June 13, 1935 – July 28, 2017) was a Ukrainian- Russian-Soviet astronomer, wife and colleague of Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. Professional career Chernykh was bo ...
at the
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO, obs. code: 095) is located at Nauchnij research campus, near the Central Crimean city of Bakhchysarai, on the Crimean peninsula. CrAO is often called simply by its location and campus name ...
, and named in honor of Evpatoria (transliteration from Russian to English). The minor planet marked the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the town in 2003.JPL Small-Body Database
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Twin towns – sister cities


Gallery

File:Eupatoria, View of Yevpatoria, Crimea.jpg, View over Yevpatoria city centre File:Eupatoria 04-14 img14 Old city tower.jpg, Odun-Bazar-Kapusu - reconstructed tower of the medieval Kezlev File:Eupatoria 04-14 img12 Juma Jami Mosque.jpg, The
Juma-Jami Mosque The Juma-Jami Mosque, (; ; ; ) also known as the Friday Mosque, is located in Yevpatoria, Crimea. Built between 1552 and 1564, it is a mosque designed by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. History The Juma-Jami is the largest mosque of Crimea a ...
designed in 1552 by
Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...
File:Krimmi-tatarlaste paviljonid Jevpatorija rannajoonel Musta mere kaldal.jpg, Vacation on the
Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), 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. It is bound ...
coast in Yevpatoria File:Морской порт г Евпатория.jpg, The port of Yevpatoria File:Monument-Omer-Gezlevi-Eupatoria.jpg, Monument to Crimean Tatar poet
Omer Gezlevi Omer may refer to: __NOTOC__ * Omer (unit), an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem * The Counting of the Omer (''sefirat ha'omer''), a 49 day period in the Jewish calendar People * A variant spelling of the g ...
File:Jevpatorija kuldne supelrand Musta mere ääres..jpg, Golden beach of the Black Sea coast File:Yevpatoria.Holiday on Lake Moinaki.jpg, Holiday by Lake Moinaki File:Лиман Мойнаки в Евпатории.Черное море..jpg, Healing Lake Moinaki File:Egiptlaste mudaravi meetod Jevpatorijas.jpg, Therapeutic mud File:Evpat gotta.JPG, Tramway


See also

*
Battle of Eupatoria The Battle of Eupatoria (; ) occurred on 17 February 1855 during the Crimean War when the army of the Russian Empire unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Crimean port city of Yevpatoria, Eupatoria held by the forces of the Ottoman Empire. B ...
*
Yevpatoria assault The Yevpatoria assault was an amphibious assault during World War II by Soviet marine battalion on 5 January 1942 at Yevpatoria aiming at diverting part of German troops attacking Sevastopol and the Kerch peninsula. History The assault was under ...
* Yevpatoria Bay


References


External links

* http://evpatoriya-history.info/ * https://evp.rk.gov.ru/ru/index
Yevpatoriya Photo gallery
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The murder of the Jews of Yevpatoria
during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. * https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-07/biden-says-illegal-russian-occupation-of-crimea-must-end * http://www.kalamit.info/ {{Authority control Yevpatoria, Yevpatoria Municipality Port cities of the Black Sea Port cities and towns in Russia Seaside resorts in Russia Populated coastal places in Russia Cities in Crimea Port cities and towns in Ukraine Seaside resorts in Ukraine Populated coastal places in Ukraine Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Yevpatoriysky Uyezd Greek colonies on the Black Sea coast Greek colonies in Crimea Populated places established in the 5th century BC Khazar towns Bosporan Kingdom Crimean Khanate Holocaust locations in Ukraine Territorial disputes of Ukraine Mithridates VI Eupator