Isthmus of Perekop

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isthmus land bridge

The Isthmus of Perekop is the narrow land bridge that links the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukrainian mainland and has long held major strategic and military importance.

Aliases (2)

Perekop Isthmus ×5
Isthmus of Perekop defensive line ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	isthmus → land bridge →
adjacentTo	Perekop Bay → Syvash lagoons →
borderRegionOf	Crimea → Kherson region →
connects	Crimean Peninsula → Ukrainian mainland →
controlsAccessTo	Crimean Peninsula →
country	Ukraine →
geologicalFeature	low-lying land strip →
hasAlternativeName	Perekop Isthmus →
hasFortificationsSince	medieval period →
hasHistoricalEvent	Battle of Perekop (1941) → Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) → Siege of Perekop (1736) → World War II Eastern Front operations →
hasInfrastructure	border checkpoints → highways →
hasMilitarySignificanceSince	at least early modern period →
hasNearbySettlement	Armyansk → Perekop →
hasPart	Perekop → Perekop Isthmus fortifications →
hasStrategicImportance	military → transportation →
hasWaterBodyOnEast	Syvash →
hasWaterBodyOnWest	Black Sea →
historicallyControlledBy	Crimean Khanate → Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
knownFor	strategic choke point →
languageOfToponym	Russian → Ukrainian →
locatedIn	Crimea → Kherson Oblast →
locatedOn	northern Crimea →
partOf	land border between Crimea and mainland Ukraine →
region	Eastern Europe →
separates	Black Sea → Syvash →
strategicRole	defensive line for Crimea → invasion route into Crimea →
terrainType	steppe →
traversedBy	railway lines → roads →
usedFor	land access to Crimea →
width	approximately 5 to 7 kilometers →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Perekop (1941) ("Perekop Isthmus") → Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) ("Perekop Isthmus") → Siege of Perekop (1736) ("Perekop Isthmus") →	location
Armyansk → Perekop →	locatedOn
Syvash →	adjacentTo
Northern Crimea →	borderedBy
Crimea →	connectedBy
Northern Crimea ("Perekop Isthmus") →	contains
Isthmus of Perekop ("Perekop Isthmus") →	hasAlternativeName
Perekop Bay →	locatedNear
Perekop Bay →	nearbyLandform
Perekop ("Isthmus of Perekop defensive line") →	partOf