Пирс крепости

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Fortress Kerch

Museum

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Kerch Fortress is a fortress in eastern Crimea, located on Cape Ak-Burun at the narrowest point of the Kerch Strait. Built in the 19th century, the fortress was originally intended to protect the southern border of the Russian Empire.

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 4 km northwest of Пирс крепости.

Mount Mithridat

Peak

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Mount Mithridat is a large hill located in the center of Kerch, a city on the eastern Kerch Peninsula of Crimea. It is 91.4 metres in elevation. From the top of Mount Mithridat a scenic view spreads across the Strait of Kerch and the city of Kerch. Mount Mithridat is situated 4 km northwest of Пирс крепости.

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Kerch

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Kerch, is a city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea. It was decorated by the Soviet Union as a "Hero City" of World War II.

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. Yehorove is situated 8 km north of Пирс крепости.

Aji-Mushkay

Suburb

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Aji-Mushkay is a suburb, which is situated 8 km north of Пирс крепости.

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