Kerch

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Kerch is a historic port city in eastern Crimea, strategically located on the Kerch Strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
populated place
port city
administrativeDivision Crimea
surface form: "Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian-administered)"

Crimea
surface form: "Republic of Crimea (Russian-administered)"
ancientName Bosporus
Panticapaeum
awardedTitle Hero City of the Soviet Union
awardYear 1973
climate borderline continental climate
humid subtropical climate
connectedBy highway
railway
continent Europe
country Russia
surface form: "Russia (de facto control)"

Ukraine
surface form: "Ukraine (internationally recognized)"
foundedBy Greeks
surface form: "Ancient Greeks"
foundedInCentury 7th century BC
hasArchaeologicalSite Mount Mithridat
Royal burial mounds (kurgans)
hasIndustry fishing
metallurgy
port services
shipbuilding
hasMuseum Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum
hasPort Kerch
surface form: "Kerch commercial seaport"

Kerch
surface form: "Kerch fishing port"
hasReligiousBuilding Church of St. John the Baptist (8th–10th century)
hasStructure Crimean Bridge
historicalEra Byzantine period
Ancient Mediterranean world
surface form: "Classical antiquity"

Crimean Khanate period
Russian Empire
surface form: "Russian Empire period"

Soviet period
historicalRegion Kingdom of the Bosporus
language Crimean Tatar language
surface form: "Crimean Tatar"

Russian (de facto official)
Ukrainian
locatedIn Crimea
Eastern Crimea
locatedNear Black Sea
Sea of Azov
locatedOn Kerch Strait
Kerch Strait
surface form: "Kerch–Yenikale Canal"
notableEvent German occupation during World War II
Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943)
World War II battles on the Kerch Peninsula
partOf Kerch
surface form: "Kerch Peninsula"
strategicImportance controls access between Black Sea and Sea of Azov
major transport hub between Crimea and Taman Peninsula
timezone UTC+3
transport ferry terminal (historically to Taman Peninsula)

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crimea CrimeanBridgeSpans Kerch
this entity surface form: "Kerch Strait"
this entity surface form: "city of Kerch"
Sea of Azov connectedBy Kerch
this entity surface form: "Kerch Strait"
this entity surface form: "Kerch Strait"
Crimea hasMajorCity Kerch
Kerch hasPort Kerch
this entity surface form: "Kerch commercial seaport"
Kerch hasPort Kerch
this entity surface form: "Kerch fishing port"
Kerch Strait hasPort Kerch
Crimea hasPortCity Kerch
Mount Mithridat locatedIn Kerch
Panticapaeum locatedIn Kerch
this entity surface form: "Kerch Peninsula"
Mount Mithridat near Kerch
this entity surface form: "Kerch city center"
Kerch partOf Kerch
this entity surface form: "Kerch Peninsula"
this entity surface form: "Kerch port"

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