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| Chorna | |
|---|---|
 The mouth of the Chorna River atInkerman | |
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| Native name | Чорна (Ukrainian) |
| Location | |
| Region | Crimea |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Rodnikivske [uk] |
| • coordinates | 44°27′48″N33°51′36″E / 44.46333°N 33.86000°E /44.46333; 33.86000 |
| Mouth | Sevastopol Bay |
• coordinates | 44°36′29″N33°35′54″E / 44.60806°N 33.59833°E /44.60806; 33.59833 |
| Length | 41 km (25 mi) |
| Basin size | 463 km2 (179 sq mi) |
TheChorna,Chyornaya[a] orChorhun (Ukrainian:Чорна,Chorna,Russian:Чёрная,Chyornaya,Crimean Tatar:Çorğuna), which translates from the Ukrainian and Russian as "Black River", is a small river in southernCrimea. It is 34.5 km long.
The Chorna River begins in theBaydar Valley northeast of the small town of Rodnikivs'ke (44° 28' N 33° 51' EG), just west of which it flows into a reservoir. From there it continues in a westerly direction to the town ofInkerman (Belokamensk) where it enters theBay of Sevastopol, on the southwest coast of the Crimean peninsula.
Inkerman was a key location during theCrimean War of 1853–1856 and the Chorna lends its name to theBattle of Chernaya (Chyornaya) River of 1855.
Located at the coordinates +44° 31' 4.00", +33° 42' 5.00" near the Chorna River andMorozivka, which was previously known as Alsou or Alsu before 1948, in the Alsou tract about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east ofBalaklava near theYalta Sebastopol highway is thereserve command post (ZKP) of the USSR Black Sea Fleet (Russian:ЗКП) in Crimea, which is also known as Objekt 221 or Object 221 and code named "Alsu-2" (Russian:«Алсу-2») or "Nora" (Russian:«Нора»), and is on the eastern slope of the mountains and beneath the 495 metres (1,624 ft) Mount Mishen (Russian:Гора Мишень) which is also called Shaan-Kaya (Russian:Шаан-Кая) or the Nishan-Kaya mountain (Ukrainian:Гора Нішан-Кая). The construction of the underground command post started in 1977 and continued for about 15 years. The pioneer camp "Alsu" is located nearby. In July 2021 withRussian Marines wearing black berets on guard duty, construction began to restore the underground facility allegedly as part of Patriot Park (Russian:парк Патриот).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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