44°33′10″N 33°35′00″E / 44.552879°N 33.583403°E / 44.552879; 33.583403 (Sapun-gora)
| Mount Sapun | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Official name | Меморіальний комплекс "Сапун-гора" (Mount Sapun memorial complex) |
| Type | History |
| Reference no. | 270009-Н |
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Mount Sapun or Sapun Ridge (Russian: Сапун-Гора; Ukrainian: Сапун-гора; Crimean Tatar: Sapun dağı, Сапун дагъы) is a 240 m high ridge to the southeast of Sevastopol, situated on the Crimean peninsula, occupied by Russia.[citation needed]
It became the site of heavy fighting during the siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942), and also during its liberation in 1944.[1]
When defending Sevastopol the Soviet troops held the Sapun Ridge and could observe German movements to the city from the south.It took Wehrmacht nearly 2 weeks of heavy fighting to take control over these positions in late June 1942. As a consequence, Soviet troops had to evacuate from Crimea.[citation needed]
In 2 years, on the final stage of the Crimean Offensive the assault of Sapun-gora on 7 May 1944 was successful for Red Army. On 9 May 1944, just over one month after the start of the battle, Sevastopol fell. German forces were evacuated from Sevastopol to Constanța.[citation needed]
Later in 1944 the first monuments to the Soviet warriors on this place were erected, in 1959 the diorama showing the assault of the German fortifications was opened.[citation needed]
External links
- The Monuments of Sevastopol
References
- ^ Fahner, Sebastian; Feichtinger, Christian; Heijden, Rogier E. M. (18 November 2024). Politics of Pasts and Futures in (Post-)Imperial Contexts. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 178. ISBN 978-3-11-122959-1.
