• Kerch Fortress (Fort Totleben) is a fortress in eastern Crimea, located on Cape Ak-Burun (English: White Cape) at the narrowest point of the Kerch Strait.
  • Among other objects of the Crimean Peninsula Kerch fortress was most prepared for a long defense.
  • There was no touristic infrastructure, so fortress is relatively hard to reach. ... And most locals are surprised, that there is a fortress in Kerch.
  • The project, according to which the Kerch fortress was to be built, was approved in 1868.
  • The construction of this artillery fortress defending the entrance to the Sea of Azov began in 1857 and took 20 years.
  • The fortress of Kerch was built in 1857-1877 by order of Alexander II, who thus wished to strengthen the borders of the Russian Empire on the Black Sea...
  • When in the early 18th century the Turks began to fear the rising military might of the Russian Empire, they built Yeni-Kale Fortress, which still stands in Kerch...
  • Kerch. (Russian, Ukrainian: Керчь), is a city (population 149,566) on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea. It was decorated by the Soviet Union as a "Hero City" of World War II.
  • Among other objects of the Crimean peninsula, the Kerch fortress was the most prepared for a long-term defense.
  • Today, in the city of Kerch, the Yenikale fortress is protected by the state as a historical monument.