History of Sevastopol

Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson (), was an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC.

flying training school of the Soviet Air Forces

earthquake struck south of Crimea on September 11, 1927

ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Sevastopol