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place to walk or hide from the scorching sun in the shade of trees. It begins at
Grafskaya
marked by a colonnaded arch. Here you can hop on a
bay cruise
(50uah, 1½ hours). The
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(1959), dedicated to the man who led the city's defence during the
Crimean War. Walking further along the seafront, you will soon spot the
Eagle Column
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(1904). Set atop a rock in the sea, it commemorates Rus-
sian ships deliberately scuppered at the mouth of the harbour in 1854 to make it impos-
sible for enemy ships to pass. The boulevard ends at
Artbukhta
(Artillery Quay) - the
city's main nightlife area.
Panorama of
Sevastopol's Defence
WAR MEMORIAL
(
http://sev-museum-panorama.com
;
bul Istorichesky; adult/student 65/35uah; 9am-5pm, last
entry 4.30pm Tue-Sun Jun-Sep, Wed-Sun Sep-May)
The focus of Sevastopol's wartime memor-
ies, this is a circular building, its inner wall covered in a mammoth-sized painting. Sup-
plemented with 3D props, it brings to life the 349-day siege of Sevastopol. Entry is only
as part of a group tour, leaving at allotted times. English- or German-language tours cost
600uah per group.
Black Sea Fleet Museum
MUSEUM
( 542 289; vul Lenina 11; admission 20uah; 10am-5pm Wed-Sun)
Full of ship models and
Crimean War snippets, this small museum is visually impressive, even though all inscrip-
tions are in Russian. The upper-floor exhibition is less interesting and reflects the Soviet
view of the Russian Civil War and WWII.
Khersones
RUIN
( 241 304;
www.chersonesos.org
;
ul Drevnyaya 1; adult/child & student 25/25uah; grounds
9am-9pm, museum 9am-9pm May-Oct, to 5pm Nov-Mar)
The ruins of the ancient Greek city
founded in 422 BC are of great significance to local visitors. This is the place where Vo-
lodymyr the Great was famously baptised into Christianity in AD 988, launching what
would become the Russian Orthodox Church. Earlier that year, he sacked the city, help-
ing the Byzantine emperor to put down a local rebellion. Today the best-preserved struc-
ture is the
ancient theatre
. There's also the restored
Vladimirsky Cathedral
and an in-
teresting
museum
displaying items excavated on the site. History apart, Khersones
