Ordzhonikidze (Ukrainian: Орджонікідзе; Russian: Орджоникидзе) is a small city and mining town in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of central Ukraine. Administratively, it is incorporated within Ordzhonikidze municipality as a city of oblast significance. The city has been named after Communist leader Sergo Ordzhonikidze.
Population: 2,773
Latitude: 44° 57' 55.62" N
Longitude: 35° 21' 56.99" E
The 1927 Crimean earthquakes occurred in the month of June and again in September in the waters of the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula. Each of the submarine earthquakes in the sequence triggered tsunami. The June event was moderate relative to…
The Kara Dag ("Black Mount") is a volcanic rock formation which rises to a height of 577 meters between the Crimean coastal town of Koktebel and the Otuzka River valley. It was the site of a marine biological station in the early 20th century. Some …
Primorskyi (Crimean Tatar: Hafuz, Russian: Приморский, Ukrainian: Приморський) is an urban-type settlement in the Feodosia Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and an…