what was its old name?
what is its new name?
2007-03-21 06:48:21 · 4 answers · asked by htbbth4 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
SEBASTOVOL also spelled SEVASTOPOL , city and seaport, Crimea, southern Ukraine, in the southwestern Crimean Peninsula on the southern shore of the long, narrow Akhtiarskaya Bay, which forms a magnificent natural harbour.
During the Crimean War (1853-56), the Anglo-French armies laid siege to Sevastopol, which had been strongly fortified. After the war the severely damaged town was reconstructed, and its growth was stimulated by the coming of the railway in 1875. It became famous for the Charge of The Light Brigade.
2007-03-21 11:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wiki has a good article on the Crimean War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
Most of the war was fought near the Black Sea.
Map:
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461516726/Crimean_War.html
2007-03-21 14:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sevastopol (now in the Ukraine)
2007-03-21 14:40:19 · answer #3 · answered by hgherron2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its only name is Sevastopol.
2007-03-21 14:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋