Introducing Kerch
Although on a clear day you can just about see Russia from the top of Kerch’s Mithridates Hill, this industrial port still feels like the end of the road. Of course, for travellers without Russian visas it literally is. Even those onwards bound might decide that, for all its seafaring ways, the city feels quite insular and provincial. The wave of change that has been sweeping through much of Ukraine recently is only now lapping at its feet.
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Frankly, most visitors will come out of necessity rather than curiosity. However, Kerch, stuck out on a 100km limb from Feodosiya, is one of Ukraine’s oldest cities. As the ancient Greek colony of Panticapaeum, it was capital of Bosporan Kingdom from the 6th to 7th centuries BC. So inevitably it contains some interesting sights, although much of its gold treasures have ended up in St Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum. The oil spill that made global headlines in late 2007 occurred on the Russian side of the strait
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Border crossing Taganrog, Russia and Mariupol, Ukraine
by everbrite 07 August 2011
Trains don't seem to operate directly between these two towns which makes me hesitant to say that there is an international border here.…
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RE: Border From Russia to Kerch (Ukraine) is it possible?
by vukin 22 July 2011
line might be 6-8 hours. 25 cars is ferry capacity. As for me, Kerch and Taman are my favorite places. I envy you...
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RE: Border From Russia to Kerch (Ukraine) is it possible?
by vukin 22 July 2011
Car - 900 rub. BUT very very long lines. about hundred of cars. When we travel there - were swiming nearby while standing in the line.…
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