Sevastopol
Sevastopol, sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.
Sevastopol, sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base throughout its history. Since the city's founding by Catherine the Great in 1783, it has been a major base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet. During the Cold War of the 20th century, it was a closed city. The total administrative area is 864 square kilometres (334 sq mi) and includes a significant amount of rural land. The urban population, largely concentrated around Sevastopol Bay, is 479,394, and the total population is 547,820.
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Worth seeing in and around Sevastopol
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Chersonesus Cathedral
The Chersonesus Cathedral, officially Saint Vladimir's Cathedral in Chersonesus or Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral in Chersonesus, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica on the outskirts of Sevastopol, on the disputed territory of the Crimean Peninsula, in Ukraine. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Vladimir, as the presumed place of his baptism.
2.4 km · neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox cathedral on the Crimean Peninsula · Wikipedia - 02St. Vladimir's Cathedral
St. Vladimir's Cathedral is an Orthodox church in Sevastopol which was built in the aftermath of the Crimean War as a memorial to the heroes of the Siege of Sevastopol.
600 m · Russian Orthodox church in Sevastopol · Wikipedia - 03Sunken Ships Monument
The Monument to the Sunken Ships is the symbol of the city of Sevastopol, on the disputed Crimean peninsula. Located in Sevastopol Bay, it was designed by Amandus Adamson and built by Valentin Feldmann in 1905.
1.5 km · monument in Sevastopol · Wikipedia - 04Bell of Chersonesos
The Bell of Chersonesos, located close to the ruins of Chersonesos Taurica, Crimea, is the symbol of Chersonesos and one of the main sights of Sevastopol. It was cast before the foundation of Sevastopol for the Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Church in Taganrog, which was the Russian Navy's military base at that time.
2.6 km · Landmark in Crimea · Wikipedia - 05Sevastopol Sports Complex
Sevastopol Sports Complex is a football stadium in Sevastopol, located in the Crimea. It is currently used for football matches, and was the home of FC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.
1.6 km · football stadium in Sevastopol, Crimea · Wikipedia - 06Sevastopol State University
Sevastopol National Technical University, formerly known as the Sevastopol Engineering Institute, is a university in Sevastopol, Crimea.
3.8 km · university in Sevastopol, Crimea · Wikipedia - 07Brotherhood Cemetery
The Brotherhood Cemetery is an Imperial Russian military cemetery in Sevastopol. It was founded in 1854 as a temporary burial place for Russian soldiers and officers who were killed during the first siege of Sevastopol.
4.4 km · Russian Military cemetery in Sevastopol · Wikipedia - 08Institute of Nuclear Energy and Production of SevSU
Sevastopol National University of Nuclear Energy and Industry is a university in Sevastopol, Crimea.
4.3 km · university in Sevastopol, Crimea · Wikipedia - 09Sevastopol Zoo
Sevastopol zoo was a private mini-zoo, the first zoo ever opened in Sevastopol, Crimea. The zoo was founded in 2012 by Remigiyus Vrady, enthusiast in selection and breeding of animals, incumbent director of the zoo.
2.1 km · zoo in Sevastopol, Crimea · Wikipedia - 10Mikhail Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum
The M.Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum is an art museum located in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. The museum is located in the centre of the city, in a "remarkable" four-story mansion with a "magnificently decorated facade," built in the late 19th century by the "personal honorary citizen of Sevastopol" merchant Semyon Gavalov.
1 km · The Mikhail Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum' is an art museum (formerly the Sevastopol Art Museum) located in the Crimean city of Sevastopol.9 Nakhimova Prospect, Sevastopol · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Sevastopol is a good jumping-off place to see some of the sites from the Crimean War. There are also many Soviet war memorials - Sevastopol is one of the thirteen Hero Cities of the Great Patriotic War. There is a large statue of Lenin, with soldiers, peasants and workers, on ulitsa Sovietska, which is the spine of the main section of the city.
- 01Nakhimov Square
- 02Count's Landing Stage
The Count's Landing Stage are the grand sea gates to the city.
- 03Monument to Catherine II
The Empress Catherine II of Russia founded Sevastopol in 1783.
- 04Monument to Lenin
- 05The Sevastopol Art Museum
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Things to do
Ride the ferry boats crossing the bay. Common routes include those to a number of locations on the north side of the town, where the best white sand beach and small airfield are. Locals use these north/south ferries to commute to and from work. The ferries travel all over the city and it is a good way to get photos of the various landmarks. In the summer, there are numerous tented beer bars on the waterfront.
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Where to eat
You should try original and real "Baklava", which is different than the Greek or Turkish versions. European soldiers fighting in the Crimean War coined the term "Baklava" while fighting in Sevastopol and neighbouring Balaklava from the local fried bread coated in honey popular in the region. Hence, the name, Baklava, was imported to the West.
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Getting to Sevastopol
- Stations
- Sevastopol International Airport, 10 km · Port of Sevastopol, 1.2 km · Kamiesch, 5.5 km
- Constanța → Sevastopol391 km · quickest by road, 28h 52m · lei340–450
- Chişinău → Sevastopol449 km · quickest by road, 24h 34m · $100–140
- Krasnodar → Sevastopol433 km · quickest by road, 8h 58m · ₽1,860–2,470
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sevastopol
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sevastopol. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundGetting around Sevastopol, on a day to day basis, can be done by foot, by mini-bus (marshrutka), and by city bus.
- Get aroundBuses and marshrutkas are economical, though often crowded, with marshrutkas being faster and slightly more expensive.
- Go nextYou can get there by taking the ferry (parom in Russian) from the city center to Severnaya and then a short ride by marshrutka.
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Next door to Sevastopol
- Chersonesusancient city in today's Sevastopol, Crimea2.4 km
- Inkermancity of Crimea, Ukraine6.8 km
- Sevastopol Municipalitycity council in the southwestern region of the Crimean Peninsula1.8 km
- Leninsky Districtadministrative raion (district) of the city of Sevastopol2.4 km