Balaclava, Crimea

E630477

port town settlement town

Balaclava, Crimea is a small port town near Sevastopol best known as the site of the 1854 Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War, including the famous "Thin Red Line" and "Charge of the Light Brigade."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Balaklava	5
Balaclava, Crimea canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	port town ⓘ settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
associatedWith	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sardinian forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dateOfEvent	25 October 1854 (Battle of Balaclava) ⓘ
disputedTerritory	Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Balaklava NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling	Balaklava NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAttraction	Balaclava Bay waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ Crimean War memorials ⓘ submarine base museum ⓘ
hasCulturalReference	poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	narrow inlet-like bay ⓘ natural harbor ⓘ
hasHarbor	Balaclava Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMilitaryFacility	Object 825 GTS NERFINISHED ⓘ underground submarine base ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	Greek word for "honey" (balaklava etymology often linked to Greek) ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Balaclava NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	part of Russian Empire ⓘ part of Soviet Union ⓘ part of Ukrainian SSR ⓘ part of independent Ukraine (until 2014 de facto change) ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Balaclava NERFINISHED ⓘ Charge of the Light Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Crimean War history ⓘ Thin Red Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Crimea ⓘ Crimean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sevastopol NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Black Sea ⓘ
near	Sevastopol NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Balaklava District NERFINISHED ⓘ Sevastopol municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Southern Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of approaches to Sevastopol ⓘ naval operations in Black Sea ⓘ
timeZone	Moscow Time ⓘ
usedAs	naval base ⓘ submarine base ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Thin Red Line → associatedPlace → Balaclava, Crimea ⓘ

James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan → associatedWith → Balaclava, Crimea ⓘ

17th Lancers → battleHonour → Balaclava, Crimea ⓘ