Kerchenskyi Zavod

Kerchenskyi Zavod is a railway station in Kerchenska Terytorialna Hromada, Kerch City Council, Crimea. Kerchenskyi Zavod is situated nearby to the village Yehorove, as well as near the park парк Юрия Гагарина.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.) and Melek-Chesme kurghan.

Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.)

Archaeological site

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Pantikapaion was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat. Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.) is situated 3½ km south of Kerchenskyi Zavod.

Melek-Chesme kurghan

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Melek-Chesme kurghan is situated 2½ km south of Kerchenskyi Zavod.

Royal Kurgan

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The Royal Kurgan or Tsarskyi Kurgan from the 4th century BC, is one of the most impressive tumuli of the eastern Crimea. The burial barrow is located at Kul-Oba in present-day Kerch, which developed out of the ancient Greek town of Pantikapaion founded by Miletus. Royal Kurgan is situated 3½ km east of Kerchenskyi Zavod.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yehorove and Bondarenkovo.

Yehorove

Village

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Yehorove is a village in Lenine Raion, Crimea. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the native languages of the inhabitants of the village were 89.29% Russian, 8.93% Ukrainian, and 1.79% Belarusian.