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The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is part of Ukraine and lies on a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea. The Sea of Azov is on the east. The Strait of Kerch connects the waters of the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov, and the peninsula is connected to the Ukraine mainland by the Isthmus of Perekop. The capital city is Simferopol, and other major settlements include Yalta, Sevastopol, Kerch, Yevpatoria, Feodosiya, Dzhankoy,  Bakhchisaray, Krasnoperekopsk, and  Alushta.

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Balaklava - a view of the bay.

Balaklava became famous for the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War as the site of the Charge of the Light Brigade, a British cavalry charge mistakenly sent up a valley strongly held on three sides by the Russians, in which about 250 men were killed or wounded, and over 400 horses lost. The poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson immortalized this battle in verse. The balaclava helmet, a tight knitted garment covering the whole head and neck with holes for the eyes and mouth, also takes its name from this settlement.

There is a remarkable resemblance between Balaklava Harbour in the postcard above and the Harbour of St John's in Newfoundland. Have a look at our St John's page.

Inkerman - a train amongst the spring floods on the Black River.

Yalta from the Boulevard.

Yalta from the Gurzuf Road.

Primorski Boulevard, Sevastopol.

Sevastopol, the Southern Harbour.

The Fraternal Cemetery, Sevastopol.

Baidar, from the Tunnel.

Yalta from the North-East.

Yalta from the South-West.

Yalta - a view similar to that above.

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Gurzuf.

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Sevastopol.

A railway tunnel near Sevastopol.

Yalta from the south-west.