Eltigen

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Eltigen is a coastal village on the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, historically notable as a key site of Soviet amphibious landings during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
settlement
village
administrativeStatus rural locality
associatedWith Crimean campaign
surface form: Crimean campaign of World War II

Red Army
Soviet Navy
claimedBy Russia
conflict World War II
country Ukraine
economicActivity fishing
local tourism
hasBeach sandy beaches
hasCemetery war graves of Soviet soldiers
hasClimate temperate continental climate with maritime influence
hasCommemorationDate annual WWII landing commemorations
hasFeature coastal location
hasHeritage Soviet military heritage
hasInfrastructure small harbor facilities
hasLanguage Crimean Tatar language
surface form: Crimean Tatar

Russian
Ukrainian language
surface form: Ukrainian
hasMemorial World War II monuments
surface form: World War II memorials

monuments to Soviet marines
historicallyNotableFor Soviet amphibious landings in World War II
historicalPeriodOfSignificance 1941–1945
locatedIn Black Sea region
Crimea
Kerch Peninsula
locatedOn coast of the Kerch Strait
memorializedBy Soviet-era monuments and plaques
militaryRole landing site for Soviet marines
nearbyCity Kerch
notableEvent Eltigen amphibious landing
Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943)
surface form: Kerch–Eltigen Operation
opposedBy Wehrmacht
surface form: German forces

Romanian Armed Forces
surface form: Romanian forces
partOf Kerch
surface form: Kerch urban area
partOfOperation Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943)
surface form: Soviet Kerch–Eltigen amphibious operation
region Eastern Crimea
strategicImportance bridgehead for Kerch Peninsula operations
strategicRoleInWWII supporting recapture of the Kerch Peninsula
terrain low-lying coastal terrain
theaterOf Eastern Front of World War II
timeOfMajorBattle 1943
usedBy Soviet Black Sea Fleet

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