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unusual facts about Kerch Peninsula



Chushka Spit

It has many long branches extending to the south and was formerly joined to the Kerch Peninsula by the Kerch Strait Bridge.

Georgian Tragedy of Kerch

Georgian Tragedy of Kerch (Georgian: ქერჩის ქართული ტრაგედია) was a tragic event occurred during World War II offensive by Nazi German army against the Soviet forces mostly composed of ethnic Georgians, in the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula.

Spits of Azov Sea

In 1944, it was joined to the Kerch Peninsula by the Kerch Strait Bridge, which was destroyed by the sea in the same year and replaced in 1955 by a ferry service.


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