Sevastopol Севастополь  (Ukrainian) Севастополь  (Russian) Акъя́р  (Crimean Tatar)
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Map of the Crimean Peninsula with Sevastopol highlighted
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Coordinates: 44°36′00″N 33°32′00″E / 44.6°N 33.5333°E / 44.6; 33.5333Coordinates: 44°36′00″N 33°32′00″E / 44.6°N 33.5333°E / 44.6; 33.5333
Country	Disputed:  Ukraine (de jure)  Russia (de facto)
Status	Independent city1
Founded	1783 (239 years ago)
Government  (de facto)
• Governor	Mikhail Razvozhayev
Area
• Total	849 km2 (328 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	509,992
• Density	600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Sevastopolitan, Sevastopolian
Time zone	UTC+03:00 (MSK, de facto)
Postal code	299000–299699 (Russian system)
Area code(s)	+7-8692 (Russian system)[1]
License plate	92 (Russian system)
Website	council.gov.ru/en/structure/regions/SEV/ (in Russian), de facto
1 City with special status of Ukraine (de jure) or federal city of Russia (de facto)

Sevastopol (/ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl, səˈvæstəpoʊl/^[a]) or 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 throughout its history. Since the city's founding in 1783 it has been a major base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, and it was previously a closed city during the Cold War. As of January 2021, the city of Sevastopol, largely concentrated around Sevastopol Bay and with a total area of 864 square kilometres (334 sq mi), had a population of 429,922, while the larger conglomerate of surrounding towns and rural communities boosts the total population of the area to 509,992.^[2]

Sevastopol, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and under the Ukrainian legal framework the city enjoys special status. However, de facto it is administered by Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards Sevastopol as a federal city. Both claimants consider the city to be administratively separate from the (Autonomous) Republic of Crimea. The city's population has an ethnic Russian majority, with a substantial minority of Ukrainians.

Sevastopol's unique naval and maritime features have been the basis for a robust economy. The city enjoys mild winters and moderate warm summers, characteristics that help make it a popular seaside resort and tourist destination, mainly for visitors from the former Soviet republics. The city is also an important centre for marine biology research. In particular, the military has studied and trained dolphins in the city for military use since the 1960s.^[3]

Etymology

The name of Sevastopolis was originally chosen in the same etymological trend as other cities in the Crimean peninsula; it was intended to express its ancient Greek origins. It is a compound of the Greek adjective, σεβαστός (sebastós, Byzantine Greek pronunciation: [sevasˈtos]; 'venerable') and the noun πόλις (pólis, 'city'). Σεβαστός is the traditional Greek equivalent (see Sebastian) of the Roman honorific Augustus, originally given to the first emperor of the Roman Empire, Augustus and later awarded as a title to his successors.

Despite its Greek origin, the name is not from Ancient Greek times. The city was probably named after Empress ("Augusta") Catherine II of the Russian Empire who founded Sevastopol in 1783. She visited the city in 1787, accompanied by Joseph II, the Emperor of Austria, and other foreign dignitaries.

In the west of the city, there are well-preserved ruins of the ancient Greek port city of Chersonesos, founded in the 5th^[4] century BC by settlers from Heraclea Pontica. This name means "peninsula", reflecting its immediate location. It is not related to the ancient Greek name for the Crimean Peninsula as a whole: Chersonēsos Taurikē ("the Taurian Peninsula").

The name of the city is spelled as:

• English: Sevastopol, the current prevalent spelling; the previously common spelling Sebastopol is still used by some publications such as The Economist. The current spelling has the pronunciation /ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl, -ˈstɒpəl, sɪˈvæstəpəl, -pɒl, -poʊl/,^[5][6] while the former spelling has the pronunciation /sɪˈbæstəpəl, -pɒl, -poʊl/.^[7][8]
• Ukrainian: Севасто́поль, pronounced [sewɐˈstɔpolʲ]; Russian: Севасто́поль, pronounced [sʲɪvɐˈstopəlʲ].^[9]
• Crimean Tatar: Aqyar, pronounced [aqˈjar], or Sivastopol.

History

The ruins of the ancient Greek theatre in Chersonesos Taurica

Ancient Chersonesus

In the 6th century BC, a Greek colony was established in the area of the modern-day city. The Greek city of Chersonesus existed for almost two thousand years, first as an independent democracy and later as part of the Bosporan Kingdom. In the 13th and 14th centuries, it was sacked by the Golden Horde several times and was finally totally abandoned. The modern day city of Sevastopol has no connection to the ancient and medieval Greek city, but the ruins are a popular tourist attraction located on the outskirts of the city.

Part of the Russian Empire

"Soldier and Sailor" Memorial to Heroic Defenders of Sevastopol

The Monument to the Sunken Ships, dedicated to ships scuttled during the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, designed by Amandus Adamson

Sevastopol, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC

Sevastopol was founded in June 1783 as a base for a naval squadron under the name Akhtiar^[10] (White Cliff),^[11] by Rear Admiral Thomas MacKenzie (Foma Fomich Makenzi), a native Scot in Russian service; soon after Russia annexed the Crimean Khanate. Five years earlier, Alexander Suvorov ordered that earthworks be erected along the harbour and Russian troops be placed there. In February 1784, Catherine the Great ordered Grigory Potemkin to build a fortress there and call it Sevastopol. The realisation of the initial building plans fell to Captain Fyodor Ushakov who in 1788 was named commander of the port and of the Black Sea squadron.^[12] It became an important naval base and later a commercial seaport. In 1797, under an edict issued by Emperor Paul I, the military stronghold was again renamed to Akhtiar. Finally, on 29 April (10 May), 1826, the Senate returned the city's name to Sevastopol.^{[citation needed]}

British Memorial Complex, Sevastopol, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC

World War II

During World War II, Sevastopol withstood intensive bombardment by the Germans in 1941–42, supported by their Italian and Romanian allies during the Battle of Sevastopol. German forces used railway artillery—including history's largest-ever calibre railway artillery piece in battle, the 80-cm calibre Schwerer Gustav—and specialised mobile heavy mortars to destroy Sevastopol's extremely heavy fortifications, such as the Maxim Gorky Fortresses. After fierce fighting, which lasted for 250 days,^[13][14][15] the fortress city finally fell to Axis forces in July 1942.^[16] It was intended to be renamed to "Theodorichshafen"^[17] (in reference to Theodoric the Great and the fact that the Crimea had been home to Germanic Goths until the 18th or 19th century) in the event of a German victory against the Soviet Union, and like the rest of the Crimea was designated for future colonisation by the Third Reich. It was liberated by the Red Army on 9 May 1944 and was awarded the Hero City title a year later.

Part of Ukrainian SSR

During the Soviet era, Sevastopol became a so-called "closed city". This meant that any non-residents had to apply to the authorities for a temporary permit to visit the city.

On 29 October 1948, the Presidium of Supreme Council of the Russian SFSR issued an ukaz (order) which confirmed the special status of the city.^[18] Soviet academic publications since 1954, including the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, indicated that Sevastopol, Crimean Oblast was part of the Ukrainian SSR.^[19][11]

In 1954, under Nikita Khrushchev, both Sevastopol and the remainder of the Crimean peninsula were administratively transferred from being territories within the Russian SFSR to being territories administered by the Ukrainian SSR. Administratively, Sevastopol was a municipality excluded from the adjacent Crimean Oblast.^{[citation needed][further explanation needed]} The territory of the municipality was 863.5 km² and it was further subdivided into four raions (districts). Besides the City of Sevastopol proper, it also included two towns—Balaklava (having had no status until 1957), Inkerman, urban-type settlement Kacha, and 29 villages.^[20]

At the 1955 Ukrainian parliamentary elections on 27 February, Sevastopol was split into two electoral districts, Stalinsky and Korabelny (initially requested three Stalinsky, Korabelny, and Nakhimovsky).^[18] Eventually, Sevastopol received two people's deputies of the Ukrainian SSR elected to the Verkhovna Rada, A. Korovchenko and M. Kulakov.^[18][21]

In 1957, the town of Balaklava was incorporated into Sevastopol.

Part of Ukraine

The Black Sea Fleet Museum

Following Ukraine's declaration of independence from the USSR in 1991, Sevastopol became the principal base of the Ukrainian navy. As the key naval base of the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet, it was a source of tensions for Russia–Ukraine relations until a temporary lease agreement was reached.

On 10 July 1993, the Russian parliament passed a resolution declaring Sevastopol to be "a federal Russian city".^[22] At the time, many supporters of the president, Boris Yeltsin, had ceased taking part in the Parliament's work.^[23] On 20 July 1993 the United Nations Security Council denounced the decision of the Russia parliament. According to Anatoliy Zlenko, it was the first time that the council had to review actions and come up with qualification of them for a legislative body.^[18]

On 14 April 1993, the Presidium of the Crimean Parliament called for the creation of the presidential post of the Crimean Republic. A week later, the Russian deputy, Valentin Agafonov, stated that Russia was ready to supervise the referendum on Crimean independence and include the republic as a separate entity in the CIS. On 28 July 1993, one of the leaders of the Russian Society of Crimea, Viktor Prusakov, stated that his organisation was ready for an armed mutiny and establishment of the Russian administration in Sevastopol.

In September, the commander of the joint Russian-Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet, Eduard Baltin ^[ru], accused Ukraine of converting some of his fleet and conducting an armed assault on his personnel, and threatened to take countermeasures of placing the fleet on alert. (In June 1992, the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk had agreed to divide the former-Soviet Black Sea Fleet between Russia and Ukraine. Eduard Baltin had been appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet by Yeltsin and Kravchuk on 15 January 1993.)

In May 1997, Russia and Ukraine signed the Peace and Friendship Treaty, ruling out Moscow's territorial claims to Ukraine.^[24] On 28 May 1997, was followed by the Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet. A separate agreement established the terms of a long-term lease of land, facilities, and resources in Sevastopol and the Crimea by Russia.^{[citation needed]} Russia kept its naval base, with around 15,000 troops stationed in Sevastopol.^[25]

Vladimir Putin with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on board the Black Sea Fleet's flagship, July 2001

The ex-Soviet Black Sea Fleet and its facilities were divided between Russia's Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian Naval Forces. The two navies co-used some of the city's harbours and piers, while others were demilitarised or used by either country. Sevastopol remained the location of the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters with the Ukrainian Naval Forces Headquarters also in the city. A judicial row periodically continued over the naval hydrographic infrastructure both in Sevastopol and on the Crimean coast (especially lighthouses historically maintained by the Soviet or Russian Navy and also used for civil navigation support).

As in the rest of the Crimea, Russian remained the predominant language of the city, although following the independence of Ukraine there were some attempts at Ukrainisation with very little success. The Russian society in general and even some outspoken government representatives never accepted the loss of Sevastopol and tended to regard it as temporarily separated from the homeland.^[26]

In July 2009, the chairman of the Sevastopol city council, Valeriy Saratov (Party of Regions)^[27] stated that Ukraine should increase the amount of compensation it is paying to the city of Sevastopol for hosting the foreign Russian Black Sea Fleet, instead of requesting such obligations from the Russian government and the Russian Ministry of Defense in particular.^[28]

On 27 April 2010, Russia and Ukraine ratified the Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas treaty, extending the Russian Navy's lease of Crimean facilities for 25 years after 2017 (through 2042) with an option to prolong the lease in five-year extensions. The ratification process in the Ukrainian parliament encountered stiff opposition and erupted into a brawl in the parliament chamber. Eventually, the treaty was ratified by a 52% majority vote—236 of 450. The Russian Duma ratified the treaty by a 98% majority (without incident).^[29]

Reintegration into Russia

On 23 February 2014, a large pro-Russian rally took place in Nakhimov Square declaring allegiance to Russia and protesting against the new government in Kyiv following the overthrow of the president, Viktor Yanukovych.^[30] On 27 February, pro-Russian militia, including Russian troops, seized control of government buildings in Crimea, and by 28 February, controlled other strategic locations such as the military airport in Sevastopol.^[31][32]

On 16 March 2014, an internationally criticized referendum was held in Sevastopol with official results indicating a 89.51% turnout and 95.6% of voters choosing to join Russia. Western countries and Ukraine considered the referendum illegitimate.^[33][34] On 18 March, Russia formally annexed Crimea, incorporating the Republic of Crimea and federal city of Sevastopol as federal subjects of Russia.^[35][36] However, the annexation remains internationally unrecognized, with most countries recognizing Sevastopol as a city with special status within Ukraine.^[37]

Geography

Satellite image of the Sevastopol area.

A view of the Bay of Sevastopol.

Fiolent rocks formation on the coast of Sevastopol.

The city of Sevastopol is located at the southwestern tip of the Crimean peninsula in a headland known as Heracles peninsula on a coast of the Black Sea. The city is designated a special city-region of Ukraine which besides the city itself includes several of its outlying settlements. The city itself is concentrated mostly at the western portion of the region and around the long Bay of Sevastopol. This bay is a ria, a river canyon drowned by Holocene sea-level rise, and the outlet of Chorna River. Away in a remote location southeast of Sevastopol is located the former city of Balaklava (since 1957 incorporated within Sevastopol), the bay of which in Soviet times served as a main port for the Soviet diesel-powered submarines.

The coastline of the region is mostly rocky, in a series of smaller bays, a great number of which are located within the Bay of Sevastopol. The biggest of them are the Southern Bay (within Bay of Sevastopol), the Archer Bay, a gulf complex that consists of the Deergrass Bay, the Bay of Cossack, the Salty Bay, and many others. There are over thirty bays in the immediate region.

Through the region flow three rivers: the Belbek, Chorna, and Kacha. All three mountain chains of Crimean mountains are represented in Sevastopol, the southern chain by the Balaklava Highlands, the inner chain by the Mekenziev Mountains, and the outer chain by the Kara-Tau Upland (Black Mountain).

Climate

Sevastopol has a mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate. Due to the summer mean straddling 22 °C (72 °F) it is also bordering on a four-season oceanic climate, with cool winters and warm to hot summers.

The average yearly temperature is 15–16 °C (59–61 °F) during the day and around 9 °C (48 °F) at night. In the coldest months, January and February, the average temperature is 5–6 °C (41–43 °F) during the day and around 1 °C (34 °F) at night. In the warmest months, July and August, the average temperature is around 26 °C (79 °F) during the day and around 19 °C (66 °F) at night. Generally, summer/holiday season lasts 5 months, from around mid-May and into September, with the temperature often reaching 20 °C (68 °F) or more in the first half of October.

The average annual temperature of the sea is 14.2 °C (58 °F), ranging from 7 °C (45 °F) in February to 24 °C (75 °F) in August. From June to September, the average sea temperature is greater than 20 °C (68 °F). In the second half of May and first half of October; the average sea temperature is about 17 °C (63 °F). The average rainfall is about 400 millimetres (16 in) per year. There are about 2,345 hours of sunshine duration per year.^[38]

Politics and government

2012 Navy Day joint celebration (Russian AF)

2012 Navy Day joint celebration (Ukrainian AF)

Ukrainian Navy artillery boat U170 in the Bay of Sevastopol

Victory Day in Sevastopol, 9 May 2014

On 18 March 2014, Russia formally annexed Crimea with Sevastopol de facto becoming the third federal city in Russia, the two others being Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Executive

Until 2014, executive power in Sevastopol was exercised by the Sevastopol City State Administration, led by a chairman (also known as mayor) appointed by the Ukrainian president.^[40] Since 2014, executive power is exercised by the Government of Sevastopol. The head of the executive branch in the city is the Governor of Sevastopol. According the city charter, amended on 29 November 2016, the governor is elected in a direct election for a term of five years and no more than two consecutive terms.^[41]

Legislature

Until 2014, the Sevastopol City Council was the legislature of Sevastopol. However, during the 2014 Crimean crisis, the pro-Russian City Council threw its support behind Russian citizen Alexei Chaly as the "people's mayor" and said it would not recognise orders from Kyiv.^[42][43] After Russia annexed Crimea, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol replaced the City Council.

Administrative and municipal divisions

Sevastopol is administratively divided into four districts.

Districts of Sevastopol:

  Gagarin Raion (Gagarinsky District)

  Lenin Raion (Leninsky District)

  Nakhimov Raion (Nakhimovsky District)

  Balaklava Raion (Balaklavsky District)

Within the Russian municipal framework, the territory of the federal city of Sevastopol is divided into nine municipal okrugs and the town of Inkerman. While individual municipal divisions are contained within the borders of the administrative districts, they are not otherwise related to the administrative districts.

Economy

Apart from navy-related civil facilities, Sevastopol hosts some other notable industries. An example is Stroitel,^[44] one of the leading plastic manufacturers in Russia.

The city received millions of US Dollars in compensation for hosting the Russian Black Sea Fleet from the Russian and the Ukrainian government.

Industry

• Sevastopol Aircraft Plant, SMZ Sevastopol Shipyards (main at Naval Bay) & Inkerman Shipyards, Balaklava Bay Shipyard
• Impuls 2 SMZ
• Chornomornaftogaz § Chernomorneftegaz (Chjornomor), oil/gas extraction, petrochemical, jack rigs and oil platforms, LNG and oil tankers.
• AO FNGUP Granit subsidiary of Almaz Antej, assembly, overhaul, and maintenance of SAM and radar EW complexes, ADS services.
• Sevastopol (Parus SPriborMZ, Mayak, NPO Elektron, NPP Kvant, Tavrida Elektronik, Musson, and other industrial plants)
• Sevastopol Economic Industrial Zone SevPZ (SE area)
• Persej SMZ ship repair and floating dock yard plant (South Bay, Sevastopol)
• Sevastopol ship repair and floating docks yards (various)
• Metallurgy, Chemical Plants, and other industries.
• Agriculture: rice, wheat, grapes, tea, fruits, and tobacco (lesser).
• Mining: iron, titanium, manganese, aluminum, calcite silicates, and amethyst.
• Kerch bridge, Taurida highway, Sevastopol GasTES plus solar FV plants, gas and petrol depots, and coal derivatives.

Infrastructure

Trolleybuses ZiU-9 in Sevastopol

There are different types of transport in Sevastopol:

• Bus – 101 lines
• Trolley bus – 14 lines
• Minibus – 52 lines
• Cutter – 6 lines
• Ferry – 1 line
• Express bus – 15 lines
• HEV train (local, suburban route) – 1 route
• Airport – 1

Sevastopol Shipyard comprises three facilities that together repair, modernise, and re-equip Russian Naval ships and submarines.^[45] The Sevastopol International Airport is used as a military aerodrome at the moment and being reconstructed to be used by international airlines.

Sevastopol maintains a large port facility in the Bay of Sevastopol and in smaller bays around the Heracles peninsula. The port handles traffic from passengers (local transportation and cruise), cargo, and commercial fishing. The port infrastructure is fully integrated with the city of Sevastopol and naval bases of the Black Sea Fleet.

Panorama of the Sevastopol port entrance (left) with its monument to Russian ships which were sunk in the Crimean War to blockade the harbour (far right side).

Tourism

After World War II, Sevastopol was entirely rebuilt. Many top architects and civil engineers from Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and other cities and thousands of workers from all parts of the USSR took part in the rebuilding process which was mostly finished by the mid-1950s. The downtown core situated on a peninsula between two narrow inlets, South Bay and Artillery Bay, features mostly Mediterranean-style, three-story residential buildings with columned balconies and Venetian-style arches, with retail and commercial spaces occupying the ground level. Some carefully restored landmarks date back to the early 20th century (e.g., the Art Nouveau Main Post Office on Bolshaya Morskaya St and the Art Museum on Nakhimovsky Prospect). It has been a long-time tradition for the residents of surrounding suburbs to spend summer evenings by coming to the downtown area for a leisurely stroll with their families along the avenues and boulevards encircling the Central Hill, under the Sevastopol chestnut trees, and usually ending up on the waterfront with its Marine Boulevard.^{[citation needed]}

Due to its military history, most streets in the city are named after Russian and Soviet military heroes. There are hundreds of monuments and plaques in various parts of Sevastopol commemorating its military past.

Attractions include:

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  Sevastopol Artillery Bay view.

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  The seaside of Sevastopol.

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  St. Vladimir's Cathedral at 'the city hill'.

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  Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.

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  View of the Northern side.

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  Old city cemetery.

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  Main railway station.

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  The Panorama Museum (The Heroic Defence of Sevastopol during the Crimean War).

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  The Storming of Sapun-gora of 7 May 1944, the Diorama Museum (World War II).

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  Entrance to Balaklava bay, 2010.

Education

• Economics and Humanities Institute (Branch), Crimean Federal University
• Sevastopol National Technical University
• Sevastopol National University of Nuclear Energy and Industry

Demographics

The population of Sevastopol proper is 429,922 (2021),^[46] making it the largest city of the Crimean Peninsula. The city's agglomeration has about 509,992 people (2021). The city has retained an ethnic Russian majority throughout its history. In 1989 the proportion of Russians living in the city was 74.4%,^[47] and by the time of the Ukrainian National Census, 2001, the ethnic groups of Sevastopol included Russians (71.6%), Ukrainians (22.4%), Belarusians (1.6%), Tatars (0.7%), Crimean Tatars (0.5%), Armenians (0.3%), Jews (0.3%), Moldovans (0.2%), and Azerbaijanis (0.2%).^[48]

Age structure 0–14 years old male 27,856 / female 26,532 (14.3% ) 15–64 years old male 126,918 / female 141,304 (70.3% ) 65 years and over male 19,038 / female 39,826 (15.4% ) Source:[citation needed][disputed – discuss]

Median age Male 36.0 years Female 44.6 years Total 40.2 years Source:[citation needed]

Vital statistics for 2015

• Births: 5 471 (13.7 per 1000)
• Deaths: 6 072 (15.2 per 1000)

Culture

There are many historical buildings in the central and eastern parts of the city and Balaklava, some of which are architectural monuments. The Western districts have modern architecture. More recently, numerous skyscrapers have been built. Balaklava Bayfront Plaza (on hold), currently under construction, will be one of the tallest buildings in Ukraine, at 173 m (568 ft) with 43 floors.^[49]

After the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea the city's monument to Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny was removed and handed over to Kharkiv.^[50]

Notable people

Ileana Leonidoff, 1919

Aleksandr Nosatov, 2018

• Arkady Averchenko (1881-1925) a Russian playwright and satirist.
• Oleksiy Bessarabov (born 1976) a Ukrainian journalist
• Igor Cassini (1915–2002) a Russian-American syndicated gossip columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain.
• Aleksei Chaly (born 1961) a businessman and former de facto mayor of Sevastopol.
• Alexander Galich (1918–1977) a Soviet poet, playwright, singer-songwriter and dissident.
• Gulyayev Dmitry Igorevich (born 1986), stage name Dimal, rapper, songwriter and entertainer, based in Malta.
• Lola Gjoka (1910–1985) an Albanian pianist
• Tatiana Godovalnikova (born 1962) a Russian contemporary artist.
• Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008) a Soviet/Russian poet who wrote popular songs.
• Sasha Krasny (1882– 1995), a Russian poet and songwriter.
• Aleksandr Kuznetsov (born 1992) a Ukrainian-Russian actor in Russian films and TV
• Ileana Leonidoff (1893–1968) emigrée actress in silent films; then dancer and choreographer.
• Kseniya Mishyna (born 1989) a Ukrainian film and stage actress.
• Mikhail Samoilovich Neiman (1905–1975) a Soviet physicist and academic professor.
• Aleksandr Nosatov (born 1963) an admiral in the Russian Navy.
• Ivan Papanin (1894–1986) a Soviet polar explorer, scientist and Counter Admiral
• Sergei Pinchuk (born 1971) a vice-admiral in the Russian Navy.
• Mikhail Sablin (1869-1920), an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy
• Anton Shkaplerov (born 1972) a Russian cosmonaut with four spaceflights.
• Antonina Shuranova (1936–2003) a Russian stage, TV and film actress.
• Alexandra Voronin (1905—1993) the Russian wife of Norwegian fascist Vidkun Quisling

Sport

• Lyudmila Aksyonova (born 1947) 400 metre athlete, team bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Aleksandr Fyodorov (born 1981) water polo player and team bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
• Svitlana Matevusheva (born 1981) a sailor and team silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Alexander Onischuk (born 1975) a Ukrainian-American chess Grandmaster
• Galina Prozumenshchikova (1948–2015) a Soviet breaststroke swimmer; five Olympic medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972

Gallery

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  View of Sevastopol

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  Ships of the Black Sea Fleet docked in Sevastopol

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  Nakhimov Square

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  Palace of Culture

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  Lunacharsky Theater

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  Artillery Bay

See also

• 2121 Sevastopol – asteroid discovered in 1971 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova and named after the city.^[51]
• Sebastopol, Victoria
• Novorossiysk (new planned headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet)

References

External links

• "Sevastopol" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 707.
• Official website (in Russian) (Russian administration)
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (Ukrainian administration)
• Satellite picture by Google Maps
• The murder of the Jews of Sevastopol during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.