Crimean gambit. The tragedy and glory of the Black Sea Fleet: Graig, Graig

The history of Crimea goes deeper, the fate of many civilizations have intertwined here. Crimea more than once became an arena of fierce battles. The most bloody wars of the XIX centuries in Russia were even called Crimean. In 1853, another Russo-Turkish war flared up. On the side of Turkey, England and France performed, dissatisfied with the strengthening of the role of Russia in this region. As a result, the Crimean cities were looted, and Sevastopol was destroyed.
Bloody was the period of the Civil War in Crimea (1918-1920). In the struggle for power, there were fierce battles between the White and Red Armies, and the terror surpassed all the conceivable limits of the mind. In 1920, Crimea became part of Soviet Russia, and a year later the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was created as part of the RSFSR.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Fire Val of the Front rolled through the Crimean peninsula more than once. The decisive role in our victory was then played by sailors, fighting not only at sea, but also on land. During the years of the collapse of the USSR, the Black Sea Fleet became a stumbling block, was divided …

Author
Graig Oleg, Graig Olga Ivanovna
Editor
Grigoryeva O.I.
Publisher
Algorithm, 2014
Series
Russian history