Sevastopol is a city located on the south of Ukraine, it is washed by the Black Sea and belongs to the Autonomic Republic Crimea. This city considered to be a Russian one, because after the USSR dissolution, Sevastopol is still a Russian military port. It is a very romantic city, I saw hundreds of sailors there.
As to a brief history, Sevastopol was founded in 1783 and used to be a base for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Republic. But in the course of time, it became much bigger and almost changed his orientation, now it can be called, a cultural, trading and recreational center of Ukraine. Sevastopol can be proud of his sightseeing, namely architectural and historical. So, the following places attract attention of tourists and draw millions of them:
- Sevastopol Defence in 1854-1855
It is a very interesting sightseeing. First of all, it is a building, that contains the second element - panorama, and the third element - is Panorama’s theme (the 349-day valorous defence of Sevastopol). So, the building was opened on the 14th of May in 1905. Author of the Panorama is F.A. Rubo (a famous battle-painting professor). Panorama itself is a marvelous canvas (1610 square meters) and the canvas is continued with a detailed plan (nearly 900 square meters). But it was ruined and according to the expert impossible to renovate, so 30 artists were drawing it for 3 years. I saw it with my own eyes, it is amazing and stunning, when I saw it for the first time, I was speechless, the illumination is so unbelievable that it seems to I am on the battle-field. The photos are not beautiful at all, because they can’t transfuse the emotions and feeling it provokes in your soul.
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