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Crimea 2011

  Odessa   Kherson   Sevastopol   Yalta   Balaklava   Kerch

Odessa

I passed through the fine port city of Odessa, en route to the Crimea.
The Orange Monument Commemorating a gift to the Tsar in 1800, Odessa, Crimea 2011
The Orange Monument
Commemorating a gift to the Tsar in 1800
Duke de Richelieu "Founder of Odessa", Crimea 2011
Duke de Richelieu
"Founder of Odessa"
Catherine the Great Who decreed the city's creation., Odessa, Crimea 2011
Catherine the Great
Who decreed the city's creation.
Lenin in Odessa, Crimea 2011
Lenin in Odessa
A Bronze Chair In commemoration of "The 12 Chairs", Odessa, Crimea 2011
A Bronze Chair
In commemoration of "The 12 Chairs"
Captured British Cannon From the Crimean War, Odessa, Crimea 2011
Captured British Cannon
From the Crimean War
Potemkin Steps, Odessa, Crimea 2011
Potemkin Steps

Kherson

Lenin in Kherson, Crimea 2011
Lenin in Kherson
Kherson's port, Crimea 2011
Kherson's port
Victory (?) Column, Kherson, Crimea 2011
Victory (?) Column
Victorious WWII Tank, Kherson, Crimea 2011
Victorious WWII Tank
The Kherson-Sevastopol Bus A MAZ from the Minsk Automobile Plan, Crimea 2011
The Kherson-Sevastopol Bus
A MAZ from the Minsk Automobile Plant
78 miles SE of Kherson Post-harvest fields., Crimea 2011
78 miles SE of Kherson
Post-harvest fields.
Vineyard, 13 miles N of Sevastopol, Kherson, Crimea 2011
Vineyard, 13 miles N of Sevastopol

Sevastopol

Admiral Nakhimov Leader of the Crimean defence., Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Admiral Nakhimov
Leader of the Crimean defence.
Eagle Column To Crimean War defenders., Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Eagle Column
To Crimean War defenders.
Lenin at Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Lenin at Sevastopol
Sevastopol Sunset, Crimea 2011
Sevastopol Sunset
Russian Navy, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Russian Navy
Russian Navy, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Russian Navy
Russian Navy, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Russian Navy
Malakhov Mound: Memorial Column On one side 1854-1855, on the o, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Malakhov Mound: Memorial Column
On one side 1854-1855, on the other 1941-1944.
Malakhov Mound: Crimean War Memorial, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Malakhov Mound: Crimean War Memorial
Malakhov Mound: WWII gun., Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Malakhov Mound: WWII gun.
Malakhov Mound: Crimean War cannon, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Malakhov Mound: Crimean War cannon
Sapun Gora Hill: WWII Memorial, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Sapun Gora Hill: WWII Memorial
Sapun Gora Hill, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Sapun Gora Hill
Sapun Gora Hill: Orthodox Chapel Oddly reminiscent of a Buddhis, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
Sapun Gora Hill: Orthodox Chapel
Oddly reminiscent of a Buddhist Stupa
The "Valley of Death", now a vineyard. From Sapun Gor, Sevastopol, Crimea 2011
The "Valley of Death", now a vineyard.
From Sapun Gora Hill

Yalta

5 miles East of Balaklava, Yalta, Crimea 2011
5 miles East of Balaklava
Livadia Palace WWII Conference Site, Yalta, Crimea 2011
Livadia Palace
WWII Conference Site
Yalta, Crimea 2011
Yalta, Crimea 2011

Tsarist appartments., Yalta, Crimea 2011
Tsarist appartments.
Lenin at Yalta, Crimea 2011
Lenin at Yalta
Lenin at Yalta, Crimea 2011
Lenin at Yalta
Yalta Waterfront, Crimea 2011
Yalta Waterfront

Balaklava

Balaklava waterfront., Crimea 2011
Balaklava waterfront.
Genoese Towers, Balaklava, Crimea 2011
Genoese Towers
"Facility 825" Submarine Base A formerly super-secret, Balaklava, Crimea 2011
"Facility 825" Submarine Base
A formerly super-secret Soviet nuclear base
"Facility 825" entrance Carefully concealed from the, Balaklava, Crimea 2011
"Facility 825" entrance
Carefully concealed from the air.
Narrow entrance, Balaklava, Crimea 2011
Narrow entrance
Wide internal tunnels, Balaklava, Crimea 2011
Wide internal tunnels
Balaklava, Crimea 2011
Blast doors And many interior tunnels for maintenance teams., Balaklava, Crimea 2011
Blast doors
And many interior tunnels for maintenance teams.
Balaklava, Crimea 2011
Balaklava, Crimea 2011

Lenin at Balaklava, Crimea 2011
Lenin at Balaklava

Kerch

Simferopol-Kerch Bus, Crimea 2011
Simferopol-Kerch Bus
Feodosiya, Kerch, Crimea 2011
Feodosiya
Kerch port, Crimea 2011
Kerch port
Mithridates Hill, Kerch, Crimea 2011
Mithridates Hill
WWII Obelisk, Kerch, Crimea 2011
WWII Obelisk
Ruins of ancient Panticapaeum, Kerch, Crimea 2011
Ruins of ancient Panticapaeum
Ruins of ancient Panticapaeum, Kerch, Crimea 2011
Ruins of ancient Panticapaeum
Lenin in Kerch, Crimea 2011
Lenin in Kerch
Church of St John the Baptist Oldest parts from 8th c., Kerch, Crimea 2011
Church of St John the Baptist
Oldest parts from 8th c.
Dome of St John's., Kerch, Crimea 2011
Dome of St John's.
Spiffy new Hotel Kerch, Crimea 2011
Spiffy new Hotel Kerch
Port Krim - Port Kazvkaz ferry, Kerch, Crimea 2011
Port Krim - Port Kazvkaz ferry
Looking to Port Kavkaz, Russia, Kerch, Crimea 2011
Looking to Port Kavkaz, Russia
Looking into Sea of Azov, Kerch, Crimea 2011
Looking into Sea of Azov
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