Sevastopol
Port
Naval port in southwest Crimea, founded in 1783 as the base of the Black Sea Fleet. It was besieged in the Crimean War and again in World War II.
Names
- 1797 – May 10, 1826 Akhtiar
- until February 10, 1784 Akhtiar
Held with Crimea.
Events here 8
- October 16, 1853 – March 30, 1856 Crimean War
- October 17, 1854 – September 11, 1855 Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
- October 25, 1854 Battle of Balaclava
- November 5, 1854 Battle of Inkerman
- September 8, 1855 Battle of Malakoff
- September 8, 1855 Battle of the Great Redan
- October 30, 1941 – July 4, 1942 Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
- September 22, 2023 Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters