Sevastopol is located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa.
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The history of the city is
closely connected with the sea.
It was founded in 1783 as a base of
Russian fleet on the Crimean seashore to guard the southern boarders of the
country.
Our town
has a very interesting past. It is the town of two heroic defenses. The word “Sevastopol” means” worthy of glory” in Greek.
During Crimean war for 349 days people defended Sevastopol and the whole
country. The city was besieged by the armies of England, France, Turkey and some other
countries. The soldiers and sailors turned the town into the fortress.
There
are many monuments devoted to those hard days: monuments to Russian admirals
Nakhimov, Kornilov, Istomin, to sailor Koshka and general Totleben, the
Panorama (the Defense of Sevastopol, 1854-1855), monument to Scuttled Ships,
Konstantinovskaya Battery, some other monuments on the Northern side of the
city, etc. 
The second defense of Sevastopol (1941-1942) lasted
250 days and nights. There were many heroes in those days: Ivan Golubets,
general Ostryakov, captain Khrustalyov, Nina Onilova and many others whose
names are in the names of ships, streets, factories and plants.
 
Nowadays Sevastopol is one of the
biggest and most important industrial and cultural centers on the south of Ukraine. It is the base of
Ukrainian Navy and Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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