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Kerch

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Kerch  (krch)
A city of southern Ukraine on Kerch Strait, a shallow waterway connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov and bordered on the west by the Kerch Peninsula. The city was founded by Greek colonists in the sixth century b.c. and eventually passed to Russia after the first Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774). Population: 153,000.

Kerch (Russian) [kjertʃ]
n
(Placename) a port in the S Ukraine on the Kerch Peninsula and the Strait of Kerch (linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov): founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century bc; ceded to Russia in 1774; iron-mining, steel production, and fishing. Pop.: 167 400 (1998 est.)


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Located in coastal sectors, Odessa, Sevastopol, Kerch and Novorossisk were in addition naval bases whose uninterrupted functioning made it possible to preserve maritime lines of communication and pursue naval operations.
Meanwhile, the extent of Russia's growing assertiveness toward its neighbors was on display when workers constructed a causeway across the Kerch Strait that links the Black and Azov seas between Russia's Taman Peninsula and Ukraine's Tuzla islet.
Among the many online students studying with Berkleemusic this year were Scott Underwood, from the Grammy award winning band Train, Barry Kerch from the national touring act Shinedown, Danny Weinkauf from They Might Be Giants, and Kristen Henderson from Antigone Rising.
 
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