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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kerch_in_World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Kerch in World War II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kerch_in_World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kerch_in_the_Soviet_Union" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kerch_in_the_Soviet_Union"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Kerch in the Soviet Union</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kerch_in_the_Soviet_Union-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kerch_in_Independent_Ukraine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kerch_in_Independent_Ukraine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Kerch in Independent Ukraine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kerch_in_Independent_Ukraine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Russian_occupation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Russian_occupation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Russian occupation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Russian_occupation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Industry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Industry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-City_transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#City_transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>City transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-City_transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crimean_Bridge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crimean_Bridge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Crimean Bridge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crimean_Bridge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul 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</li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Twin towns – sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Honours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Footnotes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Kerch" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C3%A7" title="Kerç – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kerç" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%86" title="کرچ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کرچ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87" title="Керч – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Керч" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87" title="Керч – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Керч" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87" title="Керч – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Керч" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertx" title="Kertx – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kertx" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch_(lungsod_sa_Okraniya)" title="Kerch (lungsod sa Okraniya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kerch (lungsod sa Okraniya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%8D" title="Kerč – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kerč" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertj_(by)" title="Kertj (by) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kertj (by)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertsch" title="Kertsch – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kertsch" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kert%C5%A1" title="Kertš – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kertš" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%84%CF%82" title="Κερτς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κερτς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kerch" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%89o" title="Kerĉo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kerĉo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertx" title="Kertx – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kertx" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%86" title="کرچ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کرچ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertch" title="Kertch – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kertch" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kerch" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EB%A5%B4%EC%B9%98" title="케르치 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="케르치" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B9" title="Կերչ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կերչ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%8D" title="Kerč – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Kerč" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%8D" title="Kerč – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kerč" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kerch" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Kerch" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C" title="Керчь – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Керчь" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%8D%27" title="Kerč' – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kerč'" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A5%27" title="קרץ' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קרץ'" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98" title="ქერჩი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ქერჩი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kerch" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C" title="Керчь – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Керчь" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerc" title="Kerc – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Kerc" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertschia" title="Kertschia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kertschia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%8Da" title="Kerča – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kerča" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%8D%C4%97" title="Kerčė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kerčė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C4%8D" title="Kerč – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Kerč" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kercs" title="Kercs – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kercs" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87" title="Керч – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Керч" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%86" title="کرچ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کرچ" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C" title="Керчь – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Керчь" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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title="Kertsj – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kertsj" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C" title="Керчь – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Керчь" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kerch" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kercz" title="Kercz – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kercz" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%84%CF%82" title="Κερτς – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" data-title="Κερτς" data-language-autonym="Ποντιακά" data-language-local-name="Pontic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ποντιακά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Querche" title="Querche – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Querche" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keri%C3%A7" title="Keriç – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Keriç" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerci" title="Kerci – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kerci" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87" title="Керч – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Керч" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C" title="Керчь – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Керчь" 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data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kert%C5%A1" title="Kertš – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kertš" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertj" title="Kertj – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kertj" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="கெர்ச் நகரம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கெர்ச் நகரம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kire%C3%A7" title="Kireç – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Kireç" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%8A" title="เคียร์ช – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เคียร์ช" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C3%A7" title="Kerç – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kerç" 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.pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crimea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kerch is located in Crimea"><img alt="Kerch is located in Crimea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Crimea_location_map.svg/250px-Crimea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Crimea_location_map.svg/375px-Crimea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Crimea_location_map.svg/500px-Crimea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="377" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.67%;left:92.525%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kerch"><img alt="Kerch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Kerch</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Kerch in Crimea</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Crimea</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Ukraine_under_russian_occupation,_grey_(2014%E2%80%932022).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kerch is located in Ukraine"><img alt="Kerch is located in Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Ukraine_under_russian_occupation%2C_grey_%282014%E2%80%932022%29.svg/250px-Map_of_Ukraine_under_russian_occupation%2C_grey_%282014%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Ukraine_under_russian_occupation%2C_grey_%282014%E2%80%932022%29.svg/375px-Map_of_Ukraine_under_russian_occupation%2C_grey_%282014%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Ukraine_under_russian_occupation%2C_grey_%282014%E2%80%932022%29.svg/500px-Map_of_Ukraine_under_russian_occupation%2C_grey_%282014%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3780" data-file-height="2540" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:85.326%;left:77.975%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kerch"><img alt="Kerch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Kerch</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Kerch in Ukraine</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Ukraine</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Russia_location_map_(2014%E2%80%932022,_Crimea_disputed).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kerch is located in European Russia"><img alt="Kerch is located in European Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/250px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/375px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/500px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1558" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:84.5%;left:34.149%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kerch"><img alt="Kerch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Kerch</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Kerch in European Russia</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of European Russia</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kerch is located in Europe"><img alt="Kerch is located in Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/250px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/375px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/500px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1401" data-file-height="1198" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.067%;left:78.145%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kerch"><img alt="Kerch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Kerch</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Kerch in Europe</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Europe</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kerch&params=45_21_43_N_36_28_16_E_region:RUS_type:city(149566)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">45°21′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">36°28′16″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">45.36194°N 36.47111°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">45.36194; 36.47111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea" title="Political status of Crimea">Disputed</a>: <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> (<i>de jure</i>)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (<i>de facto</i>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_republic" title="Autonomous republic">Autonomous republic</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Crimea</a> (<i>de jure</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Raions_of_Ukraine" title="Raions of Ukraine">Raion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerch_Raion" title="Kerch Raion">Kerch Raion</a> (<i>de jure</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Federal subject</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Crimea</a> (<i>de facto</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerch_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerch Municipality">Kerch Municipality</a> (<i>de facto</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">108 km<sup>2</sup> (42 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">10 m (30 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2017)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">149,566</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,464.49/km<sup>2</sup> (3,793.0/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">298300 – 298399</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+7-36561</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_renamed_cities_in_Ukraine" title="List of renamed cities in Ukraine">Former name(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Panticapaeum, Bosporus, Vosporo, Korchev, Cerchio</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">Sister cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mogilev" title="Mogilev">Mogilev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smolensk</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale" title="Çanakkale">Çanakkale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oryol" title="Oryol">Oryol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odintsovo" title="Odintsovo">Odintsovo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi">Sochi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Cfa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://горсовет-керчь.рф/">горсовет-керчь.рф</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 250px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="250" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_e339138c026a8ae231af9ee2184cfec5bbc0273b"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x250.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Kerch&revid=1257640711&groups=_e339138c026a8ae231af9ee2184cfec5bbc0273b" width="270" height="250" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x250@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Kerch&revid=1257640711&groups=_e339138c026a8ae231af9ee2184cfec5bbc0273b 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kerch</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known as <b>Keriç</b> or <b>Kerich</b> (<a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatar_language" title="Crimean Tatar language">Crimean Tatar</a>: <i><span title="Crimean Tatar-language text" lang="crh-Latn">Keriç</span></i>, <span title="Crimean Tatar-language text" lang="crh-Cyrl">Керич</span>), is a city of regional significance<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> on the <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Peninsula" title="Kerch Peninsula">Kerch Peninsula</a> in the east of <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a>. It has a population of <span class="nowrap">147,033 (<a href="/wiki/Crimean_Federal_District_Census_(2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Federal District Census (2014)">2014 Census</a>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-2014Census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style></p><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">104,443</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1959</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">98,769</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">127,804</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+29.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">156,827</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+22.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1989</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">174,365</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+11.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">157,007</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−10.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2014</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">147,033</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">154,621</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Census data</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Founded 2,600 years ago as the <a href="/wiki/Colonies_in_antiquity#Greek_colonies" title="Colonies in antiquity">ancient Greek colony</a> <a href="/wiki/Pantikapaion" title="Pantikapaion">Pantikapaion</a>, Kerch is one of the most ancient cities in Crimea. The city experienced rapid growth starting in the 1920s and was the site of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kerch_Peninsula" title="Battle of the Kerch Peninsula">a major battle</a> during World War II. </p><p>Today, it is one of the largest cities in Crimea and is among the area's most important industrial, transport and tourist centres. As with the rest of Crimea, it has been occupied by Russian forces since the <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">Russian annexation of Crimea</a> in 2014. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerch_Pantikapaeum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kerch_Pantikapaeum.jpg/220px-Kerch_Pantikapaeum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kerch_Pantikapaeum.jpg/330px-Kerch_Pantikapaeum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kerch_Pantikapaeum.jpg/440px-Kerch_Pantikapaeum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Ruins of <a href="/wiki/Panticapaeum" class="mw-redirect" title="Panticapaeum">Panticapaeum</a> from the 6th century BC</figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_times">Ancient times</h3></div> <p>Archeological digs at Mayak village near the city ascertained that the area had already been inhabited in the 17th–15th centuries BC. While many finds from Kerch can be found in the <a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Museum" title="Hermitage Museum">Hermitage Museum</a> in St Petersburg and the local museum, a large number of antique sculptures, reliefs, bronze and glassware, ceramics and jewellery were excavated in 1855–1856 during the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> by Duncan MacPherson, a surgeon from the British Army, and later donated to the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerch as a city starts its history in the 7th century BC, when <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek colonists</a> from <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a> founded a city-state named <a href="/wiki/Panticapaeum" class="mw-redirect" title="Panticapaeum">Panticapaeum</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mithridat" title="Mount Mithridat">Mount Mithridat</a> near the mouth of the Melek-Chesme river. Panticapaeum subdued nearby cities and by 480 BC became the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bosporus" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bosporus">Kingdom of Bosporus</a>. Later, during the rule of <a href="/wiki/Mithradates_VI_Eupator" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithradates VI Eupator">Mithradates VI Eupator</a>, Panticapaeum for a short period of time became the capital of the much more powerful and extensive <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pontus" title="Kingdom of Pontus">Kingdom of Pontus</a>. The city was located at the intersection of trade routes between the <a href="/wiki/Steppe" title="Steppe">steppe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. This caused it to grow rapidly. The city's main exports were grain and salted fish; wine-making was also common. Panticapaeum minted its own coins. According to extant documents the Melek-Chesme river (small and shallow nowadays) was navigable in Bosporan times, and sea <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galleys</a> were able to enter the river. A large portion of the city's population was ethnically <a href="/wiki/Scythian" class="mw-redirect" title="Scythian">Scythian</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Sarmatian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarmatian">Sarmatian</a>, as the large royal barrow (<a href="/wiki/Kurgan" title="Kurgan">Kurgan</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Kul-Oba" title="Kul-Oba">Kul-Oba</a> testifies. </p><p>In the 1st century AD Panticapaeum and the Kingdom of Bosporus suffered from <a href="/wiki/Ostrogoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrogoth">Ostrogoth</a> raids; then the city was devastated by the <a href="/wiki/Huns" title="Huns">Huns</a> in AD 375. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Myrmekion" class="mw-redirect" title="Myrmekion">Myrmekion</a> was founded in the eastern part of the Kerch, 4 km NE of ancient <a href="/wiki/Panticapaeum" class="mw-redirect" title="Panticapaeum">Panticapaeum</a>. The settlement was founded by <a href="/wiki/Ionians" title="Ionians">Ionians</a> in the first half of the 6th c. BC.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yenikale_fortress_in_Kerch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Yenikale_fortress_in_Kerch.jpg/220px-Yenikale_fortress_in_Kerch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Yenikale_fortress_in_Kerch.jpg/330px-Yenikale_fortress_in_Kerch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Yenikale_fortress_in_Kerch.jpg/440px-Yenikale_fortress_in_Kerch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1253" /></a><figcaption>Yenikale fortress</figcaption></figure> <p>From the 6th century the city was under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>. By order of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian I</a>, a citadel named Bospor was built there. Bospor was the centre of a <a href="/wiki/Bishopric" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric">bishopric</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Bosporus" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Bosporus">diocese of Bosporus</a> and developed under the influence of Greek <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. In 576, it withstood a siege by the <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks" title="Göktürks">Göktürks</a> under Bokhan, aided by Anagai, the last <a href="/wiki/Khan_(title)" title="Khan (title)">khan</a> (ruler) of the <a href="/wiki/Uturgurs" class="mw-redirect" title="Uturgurs">Uturgurs</a> (tribe of <a href="/wiki/Huns" title="Huns">Huns</a>). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerch_ChurchOfStJohn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kerch_ChurchOfStJohn.jpg/220px-Kerch_ChurchOfStJohn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kerch_ChurchOfStJohn.jpg/330px-Kerch_ChurchOfStJohn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kerch_ChurchOfStJohn.jpg/440px-Kerch_ChurchOfStJohn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2461" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Church of St John the Baptist, built in the 8th century</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 7th century, the <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turkic</a> <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazars</a> took control of Bospor, and the city was named <b>Karcha</b> from Turkic "karşı" meaning 'opposite, facing.' The main local government official during Khazar times was the <a href="/wiki/Tudun" title="Tudun">tudun</a>. During Khazar rule, Kerch was used as a major port for the <a href="/wiki/Khazar_slave_trade" title="Khazar slave trade">Khazar slave trade</a>, through which slaves were exported to the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_slave_trade" title="Black Sea slave trade">Black Sea slave trade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Christianity was a major religion in Kerch during the period of Khazar rule. Kerch's Church of <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">St. John the Baptist</a> was founded in 717; thus, it is the oldest church in Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church of the Apostles existed during the late 8th and early 9th centuries, according to the <i>Life of the Apostle Andrew</i> by <a href="/wiki/Epiphanius_of_Salamis" title="Epiphanius of Salamis">Epiphanius of Salamis</a>. </p><p>Following the fall of Khazaria to <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Kievan Rus'</a> in the late 10th century, Kerch became the centre of a Khazar <a href="/wiki/Successor-state" class="mw-redirect" title="Successor-state">successor-state</a>. Its ruler, <a href="/wiki/Georgius_Tzul" title="Georgius Tzul">Georgius Tzul</a>, was deposed by a <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a>-<a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Rus</a> expedition in 1016. </p><p>From the 10th century, the city was a <a href="/wiki/Slavic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic peoples">Slavic</a> settlement named Korchev, which belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Tmutarakan" title="Tmutarakan">Tmutarakan</a> principality. Kerch was a center of trade between Russia', <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Orient" title="Orient">Orient</a>. </p><p>In the 13th century, Crimea including Korchev was invaded by <a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Rus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol invasion of Rus">Mongols</a>. After the Mongols, the city became the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoese</a> colony of Cerco (Cherkio) in 1318 and served as a sea harbour, where townspeople worked at salt works and fishery. </p><p>In 1475, the city was passed to the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. During the Turkish rule Kerch fell into decay and served as a <a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery" title="History of slavery">slave-market</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It repeatedly suffered from raids of <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhian_Sich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaporizhian Sich">Zaporizhian Cossacks</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th–20th_centuries"><span id="18th.E2.80.9320th_centuries"></span>18th–20th centuries</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerch_aivazovsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Kerch_aivazovsky.jpg/220px-Kerch_aivazovsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Kerch_aivazovsky.jpg/330px-Kerch_aivazovsky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Kerch_aivazovsky.jpg/440px-Kerch_aivazovsky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1910" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption><i>Kerch</i> by <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky" title="Ivan Aivazovsky">Ivan Aivazovsky</a>, 1839</figcaption></figure> <p>In response to the strengthening of <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a> military forces in <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Azov" title="Sea of Azov">Azov</a> area, the Turks built a fortress, named <a href="/wiki/Yenikale" class="mw-redirect" title="Yenikale">Yenikale</a>, near Kerch on the shore of <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Strait" title="Kerch Strait">Kerch Strait</a>. The fortress was completed by 1706. In 1771 the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a> invaded <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> and approached Yenikale. The Turks decided to abandon the fortress, though reinforcements from the Ottoman Empire had arrived a few days earlier. By the Peace <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Kuchuk-Kainarji" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji">Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji</a> in 1774, Kerch and Yenikale were ceded to Russia. As a result, the Turkish heritage has been almost completely wiped out. </p><p>In 1790 Russian naval forces under the command of admiral <a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Fyodorovich_Ushakov" class="mw-redirect" title="Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov">Fyodor Ushakov</a> defeated the Turkish fleet at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kerch_Strait_(1790)" title="Battle of Kerch Strait (1790)">Battle of Kerch Strait</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of its location, from 1821 Kerch developed into an important trade and fishing port. The state museum of ancient times and a number of educational institutions were opened in the city. The ironwork factory was built in 1846 based on a huge <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> deposit found on Kerch Peninsula. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> the city was devastated by <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> forces in 1855. </p><p>In the late 19th century, mechanical and <a href="/wiki/Cement" title="Cement">cement</a> factories were built, and tinned food and <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a> factories were established. By 1900, Kerch was connected to a railroad system, and the fairway of Kerch Strait was deepened and widened. At this time, the population had reached 33,000. </p><p>After suffering a decline during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>, the city resumed its growth in the late 1920s, with the expansion of various industries, iron ore, and metallurgy in particular, and by 1939 its population had reached 104,500. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kerch_in_World_War_II">Kerch in World War II</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C._%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C._%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82..jpg/220px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C._%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C._%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82..jpg/330px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C._%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C._%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82..jpg/440px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C._%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82..jpg 2x" data-file-width="2380" data-file-height="3174" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monument_of_Glory_in_Kerch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Monument of Glory in Kerch (page does not exist)">Monument of Glory in Kerch</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87)" class="extiw" title="uk:Обеліск Слави (Керч)">uk</a>]</span></figcaption></figure> <p>On the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front of World War II</a> from 1941 to 1945, Kerch was the site of heavy fighting between <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a> forces. After fierce fighting, the city was taken by the <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germans</a> in November 1941. On 31 December 1941, the <a href="/wiki/302nd_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" title="302nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">302nd Mountain Rifle Division</a> recaptured the city following a naval landing operation at Kamysh Burun, to the south of the city, five days earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1942 the Germans occupied the city again. The Red Army lost over 160,000 men, either killed or taken <a href="/wiki/POW" class="mw-redirect" title="POW">POW</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kerch_Peninsula_(1942)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (1942)">Battle of the Kerch Peninsula</a>. On 31 October 1943 another Soviet naval landing operation was launched. Kerch returned to Soviet control on 11 April 1944. </p><p>The German invaders killed about 15,000 citizens and deported another 14,000 during their occupation. Evidence of German atrocities in Kerch was presented in the <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a>. After the war, the city was awarded the title <a href="/wiki/Hero_City_(Soviet_Union)" title="Hero City (Soviet Union)">Hero City</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_the_Adzhimushkay_quarry" title="Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry">Adzhimushkay</a> <a href="/wiki/Catacombs" title="Catacombs">catacombs</a> in the city's suburbs were the site of <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrilla warfare</a> against the occupation. Thousands of soldiers and refugees found shelter inside and were involved in counterattacks. Many of them died underground, including those who died of numerous alleged poison gas attacks. Later, a memorial was established on the site. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kerch_in_the_Soviet_Union">Kerch in the Soviet Union</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <span class="anonymous-show"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AKerch&preload=Template%3ASubmit+an+edit+request%2Fpreload&action=edit&section=new&editintro=Template%3AEdit+protected%2Feditintro&preloadtitle=Protected+edit+request+on+30+November+2024&preloadparams%5B%5D=edit+fully-protected&preloadparams%5B%5D=Kerch">making an edit request</a></span></span><span class="user-show"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerch&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a> </span>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kerch_in_Independent_Ukraine">Kerch in Independent Ukraine</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <span class="anonymous-show"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AKerch&preload=Template%3ASubmit+an+edit+request%2Fpreload&action=edit&section=new&editintro=Template%3AEdit+protected%2Feditintro&preloadtitle=Protected+edit+request+on+30+November+2024&preloadparams%5B%5D=edit+fully-protected&preloadparams%5B%5D=Kerch">making an edit request</a></span></span><span class="user-show"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerch&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a> </span>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 11 November 2007, a powerful storm passed through the city, causing much damage and an ecological disaster as a few ships, including an oil tanker, were shipwrecked and blocked the <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Strait" title="Kerch Strait">Kerch Strait</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_occupation">Russian occupation</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <span class="anonymous-show"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AKerch&preload=Template%3ASubmit+an+edit+request%2Fpreload&action=edit&section=new&editintro=Template%3AEdit+protected%2Feditintro&preloadtitle=Protected+edit+request+on+30+November+2024&preloadparams%5B%5D=edit+fully-protected&preloadparams%5B%5D=Kerch">making an edit request</a></span></span><span class="user-show"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerch&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a> </span>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As with the other parts of Crimea, as of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerch&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> Kerch is occupied by Russian forces following the <a href="/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Crimea" title="Russian occupation of Crimea">Russian occupation of Crimea</a> in 2014. </p><p>On 17 October 2018, <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Polytechnic_College_massacre" title="Kerch Polytechnic College massacre">a student killed 20 people and himself</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Polytechnic_College" title="Kerch Polytechnic College">Kerch Polytechnic College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerch_ViewFromMithridates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kerch_ViewFromMithridates.jpg/220px-Kerch_ViewFromMithridates.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kerch_ViewFromMithridates.jpg/330px-Kerch_ViewFromMithridates.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kerch_ViewFromMithridates.jpg/440px-Kerch_ViewFromMithridates.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2482" data-file-height="1074" /></a><figcaption>Kerch, view from Mount Mithridat</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <p>Kerch has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfa</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with cool to cold winters and warm to hot summers. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kerch (1991–2020, extremes 1936–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7<br />(99.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.9<br />(100.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.9<br />(100.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−23.7<br />(−10.7) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−23.1<br />(−9.6) </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.6<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.5<br />(20.3) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.1<br />(30.0) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.4<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.8<br />(10.8) </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.6<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−23.7<br />(−10.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #C6FFC6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #D2FFD2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53<br />(2.1) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(1.6) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #C8FFC8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">429<br />(16.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(0.8) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2<br />(0.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">111 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">76 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #757575; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64.5 </td> <td style="background: #B0B085; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.9 </td> <td style="background: #C0C021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">142.7 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">207.2 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">282.3 </td> <td style="background: #F2F215; color:#000000;" class="notheme">307.7 </td> <td style="background: #F9F926; color:#000000;" class="notheme">349.0 </td> <td style="background: #F3F317; color:#000000;" class="notheme">322.3 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246.7 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">172.5 </td> <td style="background: #ABABA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.9 </td> <td style="background: #6D6D6D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59.9 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,344.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net<sup id="cite_ref-pogoda_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pogoda-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMOCLINO_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMOCLINO-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2></div> <p>The city municipality stretches over a substantial area and includes several separate neighborhoods that are part of the Kerch city: Eltigen (Heroyevskoe), Kamysh-Burun (Arshyntsevo), <a href="/wiki/Port_Krym" title="Port Krym">Port Krym</a>, Adzhimushkai, and <a href="/wiki/Tuzla_Island" title="Tuzla Island">Tuzla Island</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <p>Today Kerch is home to many <a href="/wiki/Metallurgist" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallurgist">metallurgists</a>, shipbuilders, and fishermen. It also has a significant tourism sector. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3></div> <p>The largest enterprises in the city are: </p> <ul><li>Kerch Metallurgical Works Factory launched in 1900<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kamysh-Burun Iron Ore Plant</li> <li>"Zaliv" ("Gulf") shipbuilding factory that produces and repairs tankers and cargo ships.</li></ul> <p>Construction-materials, food processing, and light industries play a significant role in the city's economy. Kerch is also a fishing fleet base and an important processing centre for numerous fish products. </p> <ul><li>Kerch Aircraft Repair Plant KeARZ</li> <li>KMZ KMK Metallurgical Plant, Kerch east</li> <li>Oil and Gas extraction industry petrochemical and storage</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaliv_Shipbuilding_yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaliv Shipbuilding yard">Zaliv Shipyard</a>, (Kamysh Burun Zheleznogoroda)</li> <li>Kvartz Quartz Glass Factory Plant KSZ (Glass (various) and optics, optical materials and instruments) (Kerch)</li> <li>PSZ Albatros, PSZ KMPZ Vityaz Priladobudivni (Instruments and Instruments making, Machinery, Engineering)</li> <li>Kamysh Burun Iron Metallurgy Plant</li> <li>KMZ KMTP SV Fregat floating docks yard and ship repair yard</li> <li>KSRZ uvas-trans floating docks yards and ship repair (also lesser Kerch ship repair yards around)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Mithridates_stairs_2021-05-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Grand_Mithridates_stairs_2021-05-09.jpg/220px-Grand_Mithridates_stairs_2021-05-09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Grand_Mithridates_stairs_2021-05-09.jpg/330px-Grand_Mithridates_stairs_2021-05-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Grand_Mithridates_stairs_2021-05-09.jpg/440px-Grand_Mithridates_stairs_2021-05-09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3130" data-file-height="2075" /></a><figcaption>Mithridates Staircase (19th century)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C,_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0,_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C.jpg/220px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C.jpg/330px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C.jpg/440px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4208" data-file-height="3160" /></a><figcaption>Lenina street in Kerch</figcaption></figure> <p>Because of its location on the shores of the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Azov" title="Sea of Azov">Azov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black</a> seas, Kerch became a popular summer resort among people of the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">USSR</a>. Also, several mud-cure sources are located near the city. Despite the seaside location, the tourist appeal of Kerch today is limited because of the industrial character of the city and associated pollution. Despite the lack of beaches in the town's area, there are a lot of them at a distance of 20 minutes' travel by bus, train or taxi. </p><p>Kerch has a number of impressive architectural and historical monuments. Ancient historical heritage of the city makes it attractive for scientific tourism. The most notable of Kerch's sights are: </p> <ul><li>Site of ancient settlement Pantikapaeum (5th century BC–3rd century AD).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Kurgan_(Kerch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Kurgan (Kerch)">Tsarskiy Kurghan</a> (4th century BC) – burial mound for one of the Bosporian kings</li> <li>Church of <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">St. John the Baptist</a> (AD 717)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yenikale" class="mw-redirect" title="Yenikale">Fortress of Yenikale</a> (18th century)</li> <li>The Great Mithridates Staircase leading on top of the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mithridat" title="Mount Mithridat">Mount Mithridat</a>, contains 428 footsteps, built in 1833–1840 under the guidance of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> architect <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Digbi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexander Digbi (page does not exist)">Alexander Digbi</a></li> <li>Obelisk of Glory on the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mithridat" title="Mount Mithridat">Mount Mithridat</a>, built after World War II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapidarium,_Kerch" title="Lapidarium, Kerch">Lapidarium</a></li> <li>Memorial of heroic <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_the_Adzhimushkay_quarry" title="Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry">guerilla warfare in Adzhimushkay mines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch_(fortress)" title="Kerch (fortress)">Kerch Fortress</a>; restricted area in Soviet times but free to enter in present days. The fortress was built by the Russian military architect <a href="/wiki/Eduard_Totleben" title="Eduard Totleben">Totleben</a> in the middle of 19th century.</li> <li>Sites of ancient settlements Mirmecium, Tiritaka and Nimphei. There are also some settlements which have gone underwater due to earthquakes.</li> <li>So called <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demetra</a>'s Crypt, a crypt with numerous frescos dated 1st century BC.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerch_Housing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kerch_Housing.jpg/220px-Kerch_Housing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kerch_Housing.jpg/330px-Kerch_Housing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kerch_Housing.jpg/440px-Kerch_Housing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1426" data-file-height="1300" /></a><figcaption>Private houses are common in Kerch.</figcaption></figure> <p>Kerch has a harbour on the Kerch Strait, which makes it a key to the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Azov" title="Sea of Azov">Sea of Azov</a>. It has several railroad terminals and a small airport. The <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Strait_ferry_line" title="Kerch Strait ferry line">Kerch Strait ferry line</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Strait" title="Kerch Strait">Kerch Strait</a> was established in 1953, connecting Crimea and the <a href="/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnodar Krai">Krasnodar Krai</a> (<a href="/wiki/Port_Krym" title="Port Krym">Port Krym</a> – <a href="/wiki/Port_Kavkaz" title="Port Kavkaz">Port Kavkaz</a> line); (as of November 2009) there are also plans for a Kerch-<a href="/wiki/Poti" title="Poti">Poti</a> ferry route.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tavrida Highway work in progress along Kerch railway (two rails) highway (four lanes) bridge to connect Rostov Krasnodar with peninsula. </p><p>There are several ports in Kerch, including Kerch Maritime Trading Port, Kerch Maritime Fishing Port, <a href="/wiki/Port_Krym" title="Port Krym">Port Krym</a> (ferry crossing), Kamysh-Burun Port. </p><p>The railroad terminals include: Kerch, Kerch I, Kerch Factory, Arshyntsevo, and Krym. </p><p>A bus network connects Kerch to other cities in Crimea and <a href="/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnodar Krai">Krasnodar Krai</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="City_transport">City transport</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerch-tram-opendates.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kerch-tram-opendates.png/220px-Kerch-tram-opendates.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kerch-tram-opendates.png/330px-Kerch-tram-opendates.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kerch-tram-opendates.png/440px-Kerch-tram-opendates.png 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="837" /></a><figcaption>Map of tram lines with opening dates</figcaption></figure> <p>Kerch had a tram system that was established in 1935 and destroyed in 1941. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png/220px-Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png/330px-Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png/440px-Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png 2x" data-file-width="1113" data-file-height="837" /></a><figcaption>Trolleybus lines map with dates of opening</figcaption></figure> <p>A trolleybus system was established in 2004, and has one line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Crimean_Bridge">Crimean Bridge</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Bridge" title="Crimean Bridge">Crimean Bridge</a></div> <p>On 25 April 2010, Ukrainian President <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a> and Russian President <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a> signed an agreement to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait. In January 2015, with Russia now in control, the contract for the construction of the bridge was awarded to <a href="/wiki/Arkady_Rotenberg" title="Arkady Rotenberg">Arkady Rotenberg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stroygazmontazh" title="Stroygazmontazh">S.G.M. Group</a>. In May 2015 construction commenced, and the road section of the bridge was opened to traffic in May 2018. The rail section was opened in 2019, with Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> taking the first train across on 23 December.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was <a href="/wiki/2022_Crimean_Bridge_explosion" title="2022 Crimean Bridge explosion">heavily damaged by an explosion</a> on 8 October 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015._%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8_042.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/2015._%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8_042.jpg/220px-2015._%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8_042.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/2015._%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8_042.jpg/330px-2015._%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8_042.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/2015._%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8_042.jpg/440px-2015._%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8_042.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Games of <a href="/wiki/Bogatyr" title="Bogatyr">Bogatyrs</a> in Kerch</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals_and_celebrations">Festivals and celebrations</h3></div> <ul><li>Liberation Day (11 April)</li> <li>Day of Fishermen (the second Sunday of July)</li> <li>Day of the City (the second Saturday of September)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C.%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C.%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.jpg/220px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C.%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C.%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.jpg/330px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C.%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C.%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.jpg/440px-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C.%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Kerch Brotherhood</figcaption></figure> <p>Kerch hosts (2004): </p> <ul><li>28 schools,</li> <li>9 institutes and branches of Ukrainian and Russian universities,</li> <li>shipbuilding and polytechnical colleges,</li> <li>medical school,</li> <li>6 <a href="/wiki/Professional_technical_school" title="Professional technical school">PTU</a> schools,</li> <li>a number of pre-school child institutions</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panticapaea_excavations.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Panticapaea_excavations.JPG/220px-Panticapaea_excavations.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Panticapaea_excavations.JPG/330px-Panticapaea_excavations.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Panticapaea_excavations.JPG/440px-Panticapaea_excavations.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Excavations in Pantikapaeum</figcaption></figure> <p>Archaeological digs in Kerch were launched under Russian auspices in the middle of the 19th century. Since then the site of ancient <a href="/wiki/Panticapaeum" class="mw-redirect" title="Panticapaeum">Panticapaeum</a> city on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mithridat" title="Mount Mithridat">Mount Mithridat</a> has been systematically excavated. Located nearby are several ancient burial mounds (<a href="/wiki/Kurgan" title="Kurgan">kurgans</a>) and excavated cities. Kerch takes part in <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>" programme.<br /> Treasures and historical findings of Kerch adorn the <a href="/wiki/Lapidarium,_Kerch" title="Lapidarium, Kerch">Lapidarium</a> in Kerch and the collections of major museums around the world. Such as: the <a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Museum" title="Hermitage Museum">Hermitage</a>, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Berlin Museum, the Moscow State Museum of fine arts and many others.<br /> Currently, excavations at ancient fortresses of Kerch are led by scientists from Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="background:white;"> <tbody><tr> <th>City </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mogilev" title="Mogilev">Mogilev</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Belarus </td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smolensk</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Russia </td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale" title="Çanakkale">Çanakkale</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Turkey </td> <td>1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oryol" title="Oryol">Oryol</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Russia </td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Odintsovo" title="Odintsovo">Odintsovo</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Russia </td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi">Sochi</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Russia </td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Ukraine </td> <td>1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tula,_Russia" title="Tula, Russia">Tula, Russia</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Russia </td> <td>2014 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_(Voyno-Yasenetsky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky)">Luke of Simferopol</a>, (1877–1961), aka <i>Saint Luke the Blessed Surgeon</i>, surgeon and bishop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Voykov" title="Pyotr Voykov">Pyotr Voykov</a> (1888–1927), a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Terapiano" title="Yuri Terapiano">Yuri Terapiano</a> (1892–1980), a Russian poet, writer, translator and literary critic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jia_Ruskaja" title="Jia Ruskaja">Jia Ruskaja</a> (1902–1970), a Russian dancer and choreographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Soskin" title="Paul Soskin">Paul Soskin</a> (1905–1975), Russian born, British screenwriter and film producer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Khodorov" title="Boris Khodorov">Boris Khodorov</a> (1922–2014), physiologist and professor of physiology</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alime_Abdenanova" title="Alime Abdenanova">Alime Abdenanova</a> (1924—1944), a Crimean Tatar scout in the Red Army during WWII.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volodia_Dubinin" title="Volodia Dubinin">Volodia Dubinin</a> (1928–1942), a <a href="/wiki/Young_Pioneers_(Soviet_Union)" title="Young Pioneers (Soviet Union)">Pioneer</a> <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Filippenko" title="Vasily Filippenko">Vasily Filippenko</a> (1936–1968), known as <i>The Leningrad Strangler</i>, a Soviet serial killer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatoliy_Kokush" title="Anatoliy Kokush">Anatoliy Kokush</a> (born 1951), a Ukrainian film engineer, businessman and inventor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Adzhem" title="Yuri Adzhem">Yuri Adzhem</a> (born 1953), a Russian former football coach and player with over 330 club caps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Ivanenko" title="Volodymyr Ivanenko">Volodymyr Ivanenko</a> (1954-2006), a Ukrainian television producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Dorenko" title="Sergey Dorenko">Sergey Dorenko</a> (1959–2019), Russian TV and radio journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Reva" title="Mikhail Reva">Mikhail Reva</a> (born 1960), a Ukrainian artist, sculptor, architect and jewelry craftsman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihor_Leonov" title="Ihor Leonov">Ihor Leonov</a> (born 1967), a Ukrainian former football midfielder and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masha_Efrosinina" class="mw-redirect" title="Masha Efrosinina">Masha Efrosinina</a> (born 1979), a Ukrainian TV host and media personality.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulyana_Nesheva" title="Ulyana Nesheva">Ulyana Nesheva</a> (born 1983), a Ukrainian contemporary painter and tattoo artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valeriya_Strakhova" title="Valeriya Strakhova">Valeriya Strakhova</a> (born 1995), a Ukrainian tennis player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">minor planet</a> <a href="/wiki/2216_Kerch" class="mw-redirect" title="2216 Kerch">2216 Kerch</a> discovered in 1971 by <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> astronomer <a href="/wiki/Tamara_Mikhailovna_Smirnova" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova">Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova</a> is named after the city.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <table class="graytable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td width="29%"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8C_14.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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</td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crimea_Kerch_Tsar%27s_barrow-12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Crimea_Kerch_Tsar%27s_barrow-12.jpg/200px-Crimea_Kerch_Tsar%27s_barrow-12.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Crimea_Kerch_Tsar%27s_barrow-12.jpg/300px-Crimea_Kerch_Tsar%27s_barrow-12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Crimea_Kerch_Tsar%27s_barrow-12.jpg/400px-Crimea_Kerch_Tsar%27s_barrow-12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kerch_(fortress)" title="Kerch (fortress)">Fortress Kerch</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">Interior of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist,_Kerch" title="Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kerch">Church of Saint John the Baptist</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Kurgan_(Kerch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Kurgan (Kerch)">Royal barrow</a> (Royal Kurgan) entrance. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bosporan_Kingdom" title="Bosporan Kingdom">Bosporan Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch_(fortress)" title="Kerch (fortress)">Kerch (fortress)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch_Polytechnic_College_massacre" title="Kerch Polytechnic College massacre">Kerch Polytechnic College massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch_Strait" title="Kerch Strait">Kerch Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Mithridat" title="Mount Mithridat">Mount Mithridat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panticapaeum" class="mw-redirect" title="Panticapaeum">Panticapaeum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuzla_Island" title="Tuzla Island">Tuzla Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeni-Kale" 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Bealby, John Thomas (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Kerch"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Kerch">"Kerch" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). p. 754.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kerch&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=754&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Kropotkin&rft.aufirst=Peter+Alexeivitch&rft.au=Bealby%2C+John+Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKerch" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.panoramio.com/map/?tag=Kerch">Photos of Kerch</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001718/http://www.panoramio.com/map/?tag=Kerch">Archived</a> 4 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> from <a href="/wiki/Panoramio" title="Panoramio">Panoramio</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asinfo.com.ua/crimea/map/kerch_2.jpg">Map of Kerch's Center</a> (by "Kartografia", 2004)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external 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Municipality">Armiansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhankoi" title="Dzhankoi">Dzhankoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feodosia_Municipality" title="Feodosia Municipality">Feodosia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kerch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya%C3%B1%C4%B1_Qap%C4%B1" class="mw-redirect" title="Yañı Qapı">Krasnoperekopsk / Yany Kapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saky_Municipality" title="Saky Municipality">Saky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol_Municipality" title="Simferopol Municipality">Simferopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudak_Municipality" title="Sudak Municipality">Sudak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta_Municipality" title="Yalta Municipality">Yalta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria_Municipality" title="Yevpatoria Municipality">Yevpatoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Cities_in_Crimea" title="Category:Cities in Crimea"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Cities in 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title="Krasnoperekopsk">Krasnoperekopsk / Yany Kapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saky" title="Saky">Saky</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudak" title="Sudak">Sudak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta" title="Yalta">Yalta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria" title="Yevpatoria">Yevpatoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_district_significance_(Ukraine)" title="City of district significance (Ukraine)"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Cities of district significance">District</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alupka" title="Alupka">Alupka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai" title="Bakhchysarai">Bakhchysarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilohirsk" title="Bilohirsk">Bilohirsk</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai_Raion" title="Bakhchysarai Raion">Bakhchysarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilohirsk_Raion" title="Bilohirsk Raion">Bilohirsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhankoi_Raion" title="Dzhankoi Raion">Dzhankoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria_Raion" title="Yevpatoria Raion">Yevpatoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch_Raion" title="Kerch Raion">Kerch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnohvardiiske_Raion" title="Krasnohvardiiske Raion">Kurman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk_Raion" title="Krasnoperekopsk Raion">Perekop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol_Raion" title="Simferopol Raion">Simferopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feodosia_Raion" title="Feodosia Raion">Feodosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta_Raion" title="Yalta Raion">Yalta</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Crimea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Emblem_of_Crimea.svg/80px-Emblem_of_Crimea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Emblem_of_Crimea.svg/120px-Emblem_of_Crimea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Emblem_of_Crimea.svg/160px-Emblem_of_Crimea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="451" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities and rural settlements <br />under the hromadas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities of Ukraine">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alupka" title="Alupka">Alupka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alushta" title="Alushta">Alushta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armiansk" title="Armiansk">Armiansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilohirsk" title="Bilohirsk">Bilohirsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai" title="Bakhchysarai">Bakhchysarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhankoi" title="Dzhankoi">Dzhankoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feodosia" title="Feodosia">Feodosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inkerman" title="Inkerman">Inkerman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kerch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk" title="Krasnoperekopsk">Krasnoperekopsk / Yany Kapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saky" title="Saky">Saky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shcholkine" title="Shcholkine">Shcholkine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staryi_Krym" title="Staryi Krym">Staryi Krym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudak" title="Sudak">Sudak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta" title="Yalta">Yalta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria" title="Yevpatoria">Yevpatoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Populated_places_in_Ukraine#Rural_settlements" title="Populated places in Ukraine">Rural settlements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeroflotskyi" title="Aeroflotskyi">Aeroflotskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahrarne" title="Ahrarne">Ahrarne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azovske" title="Azovske">Azovske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baherove" title="Baherove">Baherove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berehove,_Yalta_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Berehove, Yalta municipality">Berehove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chornomorske" title="Chornomorske">Chornomorske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foros,_Crimea" title="Foros, Crimea">Foros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaspra" title="Gaspra">Haspra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurzuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurzuf">Hurzuf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holuba_Zatoka" title="Holuba Zatoka">Holuba Zatoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hresivskyi" title="Hresivskyi">Hresivskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hvardiiske,_Simferopol_Raion" title="Hvardiiske, Simferopol Raion">Hvardiiske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsiveli" title="Katsiveli">Katsiveli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirovske,_Crimea" title="Kirovske, Crimea">Kirovske / Isliam-Terek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koktebel" title="Koktebel">Koktebel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komsomolske,_Crimea" title="Komsomolske, Crimea">Komsomolske / Bakachyk-Kyiat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koreiz" title="Koreiz">Koreiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnohvardiiske" title="Krasnohvardiiske">Krasnohvardiiske / Kurman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnokamianka_(urban-type_settlement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Krasnokamianka (urban-type settlement)">Krasnokamianka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albat" class="mw-redirect" title="Albat">Kuibysheve / Albat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurortne,_Feodosia_Municipality,_Crimea" title="Kurortne, Feodosia Municipality, Crimea">Kurortne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurpaty" title="Kurpaty">Kurpaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenine,_Crimea" title="Lenine, Crimea">Lenine / Yedy-Kuiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livadiya,_Crimea" title="Livadiya, Crimea">Livadiia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Masandra">Masandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molodizhne,_Simferopol_Raion" title="Molodizhne, Simferopol Raion">Molodizhne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaivka,_Simferopol_Raion" title="Mykolaivka, Simferopol Raion">Mykolaivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrnyi" title="Myrnyi">Myrnyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauchnyi" title="Nauchnyi">Nauchnyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikita,_Crimea" title="Nikita, Crimea">Nikita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novofedorivka" title="Novofedorivka">Novofedorivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novoozerne" title="Novoozerne">Novoozerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novoselivske" title="Novoselivske">Novoselivske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novyi_Svit" title="Novyi Svit">Novyi Svit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyzhnohirskyi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyzhnohirskyi">Nyzhnohirskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oktiabrske" title="Oktiabrske">Oktiabrske / Biiuk-Onlar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordzhonikidze,_Crimea" title="Ordzhonikidze, Crimea">Ordzhonikidze / Kaihador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oreanda" title="Oreanda">Oreanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkove" title="Parkove">Parkove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partenit" title="Partenit">Partenit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pervomaiske,_Crimea" title="Pervomaiske, Crimea">Pervomaiske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponyzivka" title="Ponyzivka">Ponyzivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poshtove,_Crimea" title="Poshtove, Crimea">Poshtove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prymorskyi" title="Prymorskyi">Prymorskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rozdolne" title="Rozdolne">Rozdolne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanatorne" title="Sanatorne">Sanatorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shchebetovka" title="Shchebetovka">Shchebetovka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeiz" title="Simeiz">Simeiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokolyne" title="Sokolyne">Sokolyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovietske" title="Sovietske">Sovietske / Dolossy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovietskyi" title="Sovietskyi">Sovietskyi / Ichki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidradne_(urban-type_settlement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidradne (urban-type settlement)">Vidradne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilne,_Dzhankoi_Raion" title="Vilne, Dzhankoi Raion">Vilne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voskhod,_Yalta_Municipality" title="Voskhod, Yalta Municipality">Voskhod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vynohradne" title="Vynohradne">Vynohradne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaozerne" title="Zaozerne">Zaozerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuya,_Crimea" title="Zuya, Crimea">Zuia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup>1</sup>Due to <a href="/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Crimea" title="Russian occupation of Crimea">continued occupation</a>, not yet implemented</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cities_in_Ukraine" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia" title="Zaporizhzhia">Zaporizhzhia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih" title="Kryvyi Rih">Kryvyi Rih</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200,000-500,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv" title="Mykolaiv">Mykolaiv</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mariupol" title="Mariupol">Mariupol</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk">Luhansk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Makiivka" title="Makiivka">Makiivka</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia" title="Vinnytsia">Vinnytsia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherson" 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