Сморжик

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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 2 km northeast of Сморжик.

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 west of Сморжик.

Lapidary

Museum

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The Lapidarium is a lapidarium in Kerch, Crimea. It has a collection of samples of ancient art, containing items found during the excavation of the ancient Bosporan kingdom and other finds discovered on the territory of the Kerch peninsula. Lapidary is situated 1½ km east of Сморжик.

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Aji-Mushkay

Suburb

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Aji-Mushkay is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km north of Сморжик.

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 4 km northwest of Сморжик.

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