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Sevastopol. It has long since been known all over the world
as the city of the Russian naval glory as a firm stronghold
in the South of Russia. Its name which translated from the Greek
means "majestic", "worthy of admiration" has been justified
by the whole more than two-century-long hictory of the city.
In remote times on the southern tip of the peninsula washed
by the warm waters of the Black Sea there were Greek colonies
that left on this land magnificent specimens of sublime Hellenic
culture.
Numerous monuments of that period which have survived to this
day have been gathered at the Chersonesus History and Archaeology
Preserve, a museum of specific type, one of the few in the country.
Centuries passed by, tribes and kingdoms replaced one another
on this blessed land abounding in picturesque and convenient
bays. On the shores of one of them - the Akhtiarskaya Bay in
1787 Sevastopol arose, founded by the Russian sailors as a naval
fortress with hope and firm belief that from that time on Russia's
southern frontiers would be protected from the encroachments
of the Empire's enemies.
The history of Sevastopol inseparably connected with that of
the Black Sea Fleet was being shaped out and enriched by the
feats of the Russian sailors.
Today Sevastopol is rightfully called a city of monuments.
There are more than 1,400 of them on the legendary soil of the
Black Sea sailors' capatal. They stand on hills and at their
feet, on the shores of the bays, in the city's streets and squares.
This is a chronicle in stone that has immortalized unforgettable
events, momentons not only in the history of Sevastopol but
in that of the whole country: the Crimean War and Defence in
1854-1855, II World War...
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