Maxim Gorky Fortresses
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Armoured Coastal Batteries #30 and #35, commonly known in English as Maxim Gorky I and Maxim Gorky II, were coastal batteries used by the Soviet Union during the Crimean Campaign of World War II. The
Destroyed gun turret of fort Maxim Gorky I
Maxim Gorky I Today
Entrance to fort Maxim Gorky II
Sevastopol
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Sevastopol, sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has bee
Maxim Gorky Fortresses
…Gorky I (Russian: Бронебашенная батарея-30, lit. 'Armoured Turret Battery-30') was located east of Ljabimorka, at (north of Severnaya Bay which formed Sevastopol's harbor), and contained two twin gun turrets which could fire four 30.5 cm guns. Once the Germans had broken through the Perekop Isthmus in October…
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Sevastopol Chersonesus Basilica of 1935 IMG 0704 1725
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