Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky
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Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky – now known as Luke of Simferopol, Saint Luke the Blessed Surgeon, or Saint Luke of Crimea – was a Russian surgeon, spiritual writer, a bishop of the Russian Ortho
Voyno-Yasenetsky's likeness from a commemorative plaque in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
Holy Trinity cathedral in Simferopol, where the relics of St. Luke are held.
Church of Luke, Archbishop of Crimea, at the Medical Radiological Research Center (Obninsk)
Crimea
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Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula
May 2015 satellite image of the Crimean Peninsula
Ruins of the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesus
Genoese fortress in Sudak, 13th century, Republic of Genoa, originally a fortified Byzantine town, seventh century
The 11-month siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War