Sevastopol - the white city filled with the sun, washed by the wind, surrounded with dark blue waves. City sober, in a strong working uniform on weekdays and in shining smart single-based coat  the naval officer on holidays. Sevastopol has its own philosophy, it perceives everything indulgently - ironically. It is city, it is the city that  generously endow people by the flames of the past. The soul of Sevastopol appears in beacons, in warm limestone which has disappeared and it seems covered whether jacks, whether beer honeycombs. In reflections of the stars sparkling in bays by silver scales, as if it is beaten in networks caught anchovy... Aroma of all epoch proceeds from the Sevastopol ground, making the way through present asphalt and streams of machines.

From the moment of it founding the Sevastopol bay is married  with military fleet. It keeps fidelity to him. Once the fleet has offered itself, having flooded the ships before the entrance in the bay only not to let the enemy in it. And now a monument in honour of sacrificial love of fleet and Sevastopol - a monument to the flooded ships – is the  symbol of the city.

 (Egmenov I. "Skif")

The monument to the flooded ships - one of the most known monuments of the city of Sevastopol, its image - on the Soviet arms of the city. Among waves, the Seaside parkway, there stands on an artificial rock a graceful column with the Corinthian capital. A bronze eagle on top of it, he holds in a beak a laurel wreath, as if going to lower it on the water of the bay.

The monument was established in 1905 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first defense of Sevastopol when Russian sailing ships have been flooded, «to block an entrance to enemy courts on spot-check and by that to rescue Sevastopol» (P.S.Nakhimov). Across a waterway have flooded all over again seven out-of-date ships, and in February, 1855 when the Southern side has been left, other fleet have been flooded in a bay also. Fire of coastal batteries and the flooded ships made the Sevastopol bay inaccessible to the English-French fleet. On the memorial tablet built in the monument, it is written: « In memory of the ships flooded in 1854-1855 for an obstacle of an entrance in spot-check ».

Count quay - a smart sea gate of the city. Outlines of the quay are well familiar even to people, never been in Sevastopol, its image became an original emblem of the city - hero. All history of Sevastopol is connected to this architectural monument from the foundation up to nowadays.

As well as it has been conceived, the quay became a smart mooring of military port. Four wide solemn marches of a ladder directly from a sea smooth surface rise to a white colonnade. On edges the ladder is protected by retaining walls. Two lines graceful doric columns (six in each line) support the strict classically made out frieze above which passes an eaves with a low parapet. It is decorated with higher parapet (attic) on which the date of construction is designated 1846.

In the niches of a colonnade inverted to sea, two antique statues of work of Italian sculptor Fernando Pellichio are established. Two laying marble lions executed by the same master, finish ensemble of a ladder at descent to the sea.

Many significant events are connected with the Count quay. In 1854-1855 of some bastions by equipment, an ammunition and the foodstuffs supply was carried out from here, contact with the defenders of city with Northern side was effected from here. On August, 26, 1855 an enemy rocket fired one of barges with the gunpowder, facing at quay. Huge force explosion has shaken air; on a place of quay there were ruins...

After the ending of the Crimean war it has been restored.

The Count quay remembers terrible years of the Great Domestic War. On November, 12, 1941 fascist Junkers attacked a cruiser «Chervona Ukraine», resting in quay. The ship has received some direct hits. The staff of a cruiser self-denyingly struggled for its survivability, but damages appeared too great. The granite board established at quay reminds of destruction of a cruiser «Chervona Ukraine».

The Count quay today is one of the oldest monuments of Sevastopol and its ornament, still shares all pleasures and hardshipswith the city.

Visiting of Sapun-mountain leaves unforgettable impressions in memory of any person, in fact it is an opportunity to see with own eyes historical places where one of the most bloody Crimean battles where soldiers protected the native land developed and left a life in the name of freedom.

Blood shed here  not once: fierce fights were conducted on Sapun, both during the Crimean war, and during Great Domestic War. And, as a token of respect for a feat of self-denying soldiers, on all territory various monuments and memorials.

Everything here reminds of events of the last years …

Honour the memory of the lost heroes, names of the most courageous of which are written on granite walls at an obelisk of Glory, minute of silence, and assign flowers to the Eternal Fire lit in 1970.

But the best way to understand and feel on itself all greatness of fight is the diorama representing storm of Sapun-mountain of 1944 helps. You seem to appear in the center of those far events, and time counts hours, years, decades ago in the past where noise of fight, volleys of the weapon, shouts battling the soldier is audible, both all power and fury of attack presses from different directions. The main peculiarity of the diorama is the sensation of " the machine of time »: you find yourself a in peaceful park, and here - the same district, but only already in all boils fight.

Monument - steam locomotive to an armored train of "Zheleznyakov"

In Sevastopol on Revyakin's area, close to road service station there is a steam locomotive "El-2500". This steam locomotive drove on the advanced positions a legendary armored train "Zheleznyakov" during the Second World War and the second heroic defense of Sevastopol.

The armored train has been constructed in 1941 by workers of the Sea factory, railwaymen and military seamen. Hitlerites have nicknamed it « the green phantom ». The armored train appeared always suddenly on advanced, neat fire of the instruments, mortars and the machine guns established on reserved platforms, rendered to enemies big losses, sowed a panic and fear. Fascists arranged hunting on the locomotive, bombed, fired from artillery pieces, but the heroic armored train battled till last day of defense of the city.

From the date of first "trial runs" - on November, 7, 1941 till June, 28, 1942 it has made 140 spot-checks on a first line. Only some days prior to the ending of defense hitlerites managed to bring down on an armored train vaults Troitsktunnel where it was secured after fighting operations. Survived “Zheleznyakovs” having taken with themselves machine guns, continued to fight with the enemy in area of the Kilen-beam under the direction of the commander and the commissioner.

After the ending of war the steam locomotive was repaired, and it long still drove trains with peace cargoes across Crimea. On October, 24, 1967 railwaymen have gifted it to the Sevastopol peopleas a relic. In the city - hero the steam locomotive of an armored train of "Zheleznyakov" was delivered from Jankoi by the former front brigade.

Now the Monument - steam locomotive to an armored train of "Zheleznyakov" is on eternal parking. An inscription on it « Death to fascism! », the stand with photos, a memorial board remind of the famous fighting biography of the armored train.        

Konstantinovsky ravelin

This reinforcedbattery closed th entrance to in the Sevastopol bay to the enemy ships. It has been constructed in 1840 at entrance to the Sevastopol bay for strengthening of defense of Sevastopol and its port. Stone casematedbattery (94 instruments) firmly reflected impacts of the  enemy during the first defense of Sevastopol in 1854-1855. Similar batteries (Mikhailovskaya  and Alexandrovskaya)ave been found.

In June, 1942 near the Konstantinovskaya battery one of the strongest points of defense of Northern side has been created. Within three days 70 fighters reflected attacks of the opponent, providing the retreat of last courts from the Sevastopol bay. So, the battery has served also within the Second world War

Now it has lost the military value. But every day at midday the sound gun shot which is made from Konstantinovsky  ravelin is heared.

Panorama Defense of Sevastopol 1854-1855

The panorama "Defense of Sevastopol 1854 - 1855" - represents oustanding product of a battle-piece painting. It is the world famous monument having huge popularity. The panorama very brightly and truthfully opens events of defense of city during the Crimean war. The exhibits of the museum recisely demonstrate the improbable courage, heroism and fearlessness of defenders of city.

Creation of the monument was entrusted in the beginning of XX century to the oustanding artist, the master of a battle-piece painting F.A.Rubo. Work on creation of a picture was conducted in suburb of the German city of Munich in 1902-1904. Some more eminent artists from Germany assisted Rubo. The canvas for a cloth of a picture which area makes 1610 sq. m, has been weaved in Belgium. Solemn opening a monument which marked the  50-years anniversary of the ending of the Crimean war has taken place on May, 14, 1905.

Some halls are created in the panorama. The exposition hall of the museum was open in 1970 and tells about heroes of war and about the history of the monument. The diorama of underland-mine is placed there. From an exposition hall tourists get on a viewing platform. Appearing here, the spectator has a sensation, that he appeared on a height and observes the battle with his own eyes.

Tragical moments were also in the history of the monument. On June, 25, 1942 German armies have subjected a building of a panorama to artillery bombardment and aviastrikes. Began  493 sq.m. of cloths were lost, and the rest have been strongly damaged. But, despite of it, the picture has not lost the magnificence and attracts crowds of tourists from all world today.

Chersonese Taurian - this is the name of the city founded by ancient greek colonists more two and a half of thousand years ago on southwest extremity of Crimea. Now its ruins - one of sights of Sevastopol.

Word "Chersonese" is usually translated with Greek as "peninsula". The city is really settled down on small peninsula between two bays. Tauris - an aggressive tribe, thet inhabited the next mountain districts, - have served as the reason of an epithet "Taurian", that is, " located in the field of Tauris ".This city – state was fated a long life - almost two thousand years - and its history is a part of a history of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Byzantium.

In a convenient bay of southwest coast of the Crimean peninsula, in area of modern Sevastopol, in middle V of a century before Christ. Natives from HERAKLEA Ponty had been based Chersonese Taurian. The centuries-old history of the policy is closely bound with the history of mutual relations of the states of the antique and medieval period. Being the link of  the ages « from variags toGreeks » Chersonese has lived a long life, having experienced rises and falling. In its streets the Byzantian soldiers and Hazar soldiers, Russian-Variag unique constructions: palaces, theatres, temples. Even ruins of Chersonese amaze with the greatness.

Only in 1827, later almost half-centuries after the basis of Sevastopol, this place have begun the excavation which almost at once has brought to Chersonese one more name - "Russian Troy". Year after year from under centuries-old stratification there were houses and streets, the areas and temples of ancient city.

There were so many findings that soon the most interesting exposition was made of them - so there was an archeologic museum. In 2002 it celebrated its 110 anniversary.