This monument is regarded as the most important one in Sevatopol. The Russians scuttled their ships to block the entrance to the Bay rather than surrender their fleet to the British in the Crimean War (1854-1856)
Monument to Scuttled Ships
RIVERBOAT JOURNEY IN THE UKRAINE 2008
A Uniworld Cruise on the T. G. Schevchenko
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