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	Kerch Strait - AOL Research & Learn
		The city of Kerch lies near the middle of the strait, on the Crimean side, in Ukraine.
		In 2003, Russia's building of a sea dike from the S Taman peninsula toward Ukraine's Tuzla island in the strait provoked a crisis; construction was stopped, and a subsequent accord allowed for joint use of the strait and called for the delimiting of the Russian-Ukrainian border.
		Kerch Strait was the Cimmerian Bosporus of the ancients; it is also known by its Tatar name, Yenikale.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/kerch-strait/20051206184609990012 (214 words)

	Kerch - LoveToKnow 1911
		KERCH, or Kertch, a seaport of S. Russia, in the government of Taurida, on the Strait of Kerch or Yenikale, 60 m.
		Notwithstanding the deepening of the strait, so that ships are now able to enter the Sea of Azov, Kerch retains its importance for the export trade in wheat, brought thither by coasting vessels.
		Its importance was greatly impaired by the rise of Odessa and Taganrog; and in 1820 the fortress was dismantled.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Kerch (1020 words)

	Kerch Strait - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kerch Strait shallow channel, c.25 mi (40 km) long, between Ukraine and Russia, connecting the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea and separating the Crimea in the west from the Taman peninsula in the east.
		The city of Kerch lies near the middle of the strait, on the Crimean side, in Ukraine.
		In 2003, Russia's building of a sea dike from the S Taman peninsula toward Ukraine's Tuzla island in the strait provoked a crisis; construction was stopped, and a subsequent accord allowed for joint use of the strait and called for the delimiting of the Russian-Ukrainian border.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-KerchStr.html (392 words)

	Sea Ports and Harbors
		The Black Sea is connected to the Mediterranean by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara and the Sea of Azov by the Sea of Kerch.
		The Aegean Sea is a sea of arm of the Mediterranean Sea which is located between the Balkans and the Anatolian peninsula.
		The Bosporus strait is connected to the Black Sea and the Dardanelles straight to the Aegean.
	www.visitalanyainturkey.com /article/6243/sea_ports_and_harbors (509 words)

	Strait of Kerch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kerch Strait (Russian: Керченский пролив, Ukrainian: Керченська протока, Crimean Tatar: Kerç boğazı) connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Crimean Kerch Peninsula in the west from the Taman peninsula in the east.
		In antiquity, the strait was known as the Cimmerian Bosporus (Latin: Bosporus Cimmerius).
		The straits are about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long and 4 kilometres broad at the narrowest, and are formed by an eastern extension of Crimea (Taurica, in ancient times) and the peninsula of Taman, a kind of continuation of the Caucasus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strait_of_Kerch (423 words)

	Kerch, Ukraine, Pictures
		The city is a seaport and fishing center on the Strait of Kerch, which links the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
		Kerch was founded in the 6th century BC as the Greek colony of Panticapaeum.
		Kerch was annexed by Russia in 1771 during one of the Russo-Turkish wars.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Ukraine/Kerch_city.html (205 words)

	Kerch News
		KERCH, Ukraine The resignation of a longtime leader of one of the largest Reform congregations in Ukraine has thrown the spotlight on a bitter controversy over homosexuality within the post-Soviet Reform...
		The Kerch Strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating Crimea in the west from the Taman peninsula in the east.
		Ukraine is not seeking the annulment of a treaty it signed with Russia on the use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, but it plans to use diplomatic means to settle the dispute over the sea border between...
	www.topix.net /ua/kerch (727 words)

	Kerch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kerch is one of the most ancient cities of Ukraine, archeological digs at Mayak village near the city ascertained that the area had already been inhabited in 17th–15th centuries BC.
		Kerch as a city starts its history in 7th century BC, when Greek colonists from Miletus founded a city-state named Panticapaeum (which means fish road) on the shore of Kerch Strait.
		Panticapaeum was a predecessor of present-day Kerch city, it subdued nearby cities and by 480 BC became a capital of the Kingdom of Bosporus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerch (1265 words)

	Current Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Two concerned borders, including that governing the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, which were the focus of a bitter dispute last fall.
		The Azov seabed is reputedly rich in oil reserves, while the Kerch Strait, which permits access to the Black Sea, is of strategic military importance.
		It fixes the legal status of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait as inland waters of the two countries.
	www.artukraine.com /events/krushelnycky3.htm (713 words)

	Strait of Kerch Information
		The Kerch Strait (Russian: Керченский пролив, Ukrainian: Керченська протока, Crimean Tatar: Kerç boğazı) connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating Crimea in the west from the Taman peninsula in the east.
		Several attempts have been made to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait to replace the ferry, but the difficult geological configuration of the area makes bridge projects too expensive.
		In ancient times the Kerch Strait was known as the Cimmerian Bosporus.
	www.bookrags.com /Kerch_Strait (195 words)

	Wikinfo \| Bosporus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Bosporus or Bosphorus (Turkish Boğaziçi) is a strait that separates the European part of Turkey from the Asian part, and connects the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea.
		Increasing the chances of confusion, they also called a land area near these two straits by the same name: the Thracian Chersonesus, which is known today as Gallipoli, and the Cimmerian Chersonesus, known today as the Crimea.
		Due to the importance of the strait for the defense of Istanbul, the Ottoman sultans constructed a castle on each side of it (Anadoluhisari and Rumelihisari).
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Bosporus (283 words)

	Bosporus Straits, Turkey - Encyclopedia of Earth
		The Bosporus or Bosphorus (Turkish Boğaziçi or İstanbul Boğazı) is a strait that separates the European part (Rumeli) of Turkey from its Asian part (Anadolu), connecting the Sea of Marmara (Marmara Denizi) with the Black Sea (Karadeniz).
		The Bosporus Straits are one of the world's busiest (50,000 vessels annually, including 5,500 oil tankers), and most difficult-to-navigate waterways.
		Exports through the Bosporus Straits have grown since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, and there is growing concern that projected Caspian Sea export volumes exceed the ability of the Bosporus Straits to accommodate the tanker traffic.
	www.eoearth.org /article/Bosporus_Straits,_Turkey (1346 words)

	Kerch - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Kerch, city, southern Ukraine, situated on the eastern shore of the Crimean Peninsula.
		The city is a seaport and fishing center on the Strait of...
		Azov, Sea of (Russian Azovskoye More), inland sea, southern European Russia, connected with the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch.
	encarta.msn.com /Kerch.html (74 words)

	Pravda.RU Kerch strait dam not to be discussed during Robertson's visit to Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		There is the belief that the construction by Russia of a dam in the Kerch strait is not to be discussed at the forthcoming talks with NATO Secretary-General George Robertson who is to visit Moscow over October 29-30.
		There is the belief that the construction by Russia of a damn in the Kerch strait is not to be discussed at the forthcoming talks with NATO Secretary-General George Robertson who is to visit Moscow over October 29-30.
		This opinion is contained in the Supreme Rada statement "On the elimination of the threat to Ukraine's territorial integrity caused by the Russian Federation's construction of a dam in the Kerch Strait", adopted on Thursday.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2003/10/27/50819.html (1941 words)

	My home country
		City strategically positioned on the shores of Kerch Strait, which connects Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
		Kerch has a rich 2,600,000-year history filled with all kinds of battles and invasions from all over the world.
		Kerch continued to thrive despite all circumstances due to protection by Byzantine Empire.
	kerchmax.tripod.com /hometown.html (834 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kerch Strait is a shallow channel connecting the Azov Sea with the Black Sea and separating Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in the west from Russia's Taman Peninsula in the east.
		Second, Kerch Strait is fairly shallow; big ships can only navigate the strait through an artificially made fairway that is administered and controlled by Crimea's port of Kerch.
		It is estimated that the Kerch administration takes in up to $180 million annually from the passage of Russian and other ships entering the Azov Sea.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2003/10/5-NOT/not-161003.asp?po=y (959 words)

	The Hindu : Russia pushes for control of Azov Sea
		Control of the Tuzla Island gives control of the Kerch Strait, which is the only shipping route between the Azov Sea and the Black Sea.
		If Ukraine controls the Kerch Strait, warships of NATO and Turkey would be able to freely ply the Azov Sea deep inside Russian territory.
		Russia began the construction of a dam in the Kerch Strait in apparent effort to force Ukraine to reopen stalled talks on the status of the Azov Sea.
	www.hindu.com /2003/10/27/stories/2003102700931500.htm (543 words)

	A Kerch Strait Gibraltar - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The island of Tuzla, which is seven km long and 500 metres wide, is located in the central section of the Kerch Strait, and has strained Russian-Ukrainian relations in the last 30 days, or so.
		The Kerch Strait is the root of the problem.
		Acting in line with established international legal practice, Russia is proposing that the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait be delimited along the local seabed, leaving both countries free to use the water surface as they see fit.
	english.pravda.ru /main/18/88/354/11182_kerch.html (1191 words)

	ANALYSIS: Has Russia won in Kerch Strait dispute? (02/01/04)
		A Russian attempt last year to build a dam from its Krasnodar shore to the Ukrainian island of Tuzla provoked a bitter dispute, with Ukraine claiming its former imperial master was threatening its territorial integrity.
		Ukraine dispatched troops to defend Tuzla as it repeatedly asked Russia to halt construction of a dam in the Kerch Strait, a narrow waterway with the Russian shore on its east and the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula on the west.
		Pohrebynskyi said he believes that the Russian ecological concerns were a pretext for action and that Moscow encouraged the drama to prevent Ukrainian legislators from adopting a law to treat the Azov Sea similarly to the Black Sea with respect to borders.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2004/050403.shtml (950 words)

	Travelling in Europe • Akhtanak • Ridesharing & Carpooling
		Tuzla Island - Tuzla Island (;) is a sand spit island in the middle of the Strait of Kerch near the Crimean Kerch Peninsula in the west and the Taman Peninsula in the east.
		Port Kavkaz - Port Kavkaz is a small harbour on the Kerch Strait in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
		Strait of Kerch - ; for its rulers, see Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus.'' The Kerch Strait (,,) connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Crimean Kerch Peninsula in the west from the Taman peninsula in the east.
	e-carpool.eu /index.php?module=advert_list&mode=end&city=Akhtanak (192 words)

	Kerch Strait — FactMonster.com
		Its northern end, opening into the Sea of Azov, is narrowed to a width of from 2 to 3 mi (3.2–4.8 km) by the narrow Chuska landspit; the southern end, opening into the Black Sea, is c.9 mi (14 km) wide.
		lies near the middle of the strait, on the Crimean side, in Ukraine.
		It lies on the Kerch Strait of the...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0827438.html (261 words)

	Kerch — FactMonster.com
		It lies on the Kerch Strait of the Black Sea and at the eastern end of the Kerch Peninsula, a strip of land between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
		It was captured (1771) by the Russians in the first Russo-Turkish War (1768–74), and the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji (1774) formally gave it to Russia.
		Under Russia, Kerch was a military port and then became (1820) a commercial port.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0827437.html (323 words)

	RIA Novosti - Russia - Russian, Ukrainian experts fail to agree on Kerch Strait demarcation
		He spoke to reporters after the 21st round of Russo-Ukrainian talks to resolve controversies over the demarcation of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait.
		Ukraine insists that the Strait should be partitioned with an administrative border while Russia argues there are reasons why the Soviet-era border should remain in place.
		According to him, the next round of talks on the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait is to be held in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in early September or earlier.
	en.rian.ru /russia/20050616/40535351.html (367 words)

	IASPS
		The naval incident took place in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black and Azov seas, while separating Ukraine’s Crimea from Russia’s North Caucasus.
		The Tuzla islet and the deep navigation channel in the Kerch Strait had, long before 1991, formed an administrative part of the municipality of Kerch in the Crimea, thus belonging to the Soviet Ukraine--as shown also on all official maps before 1991--and to independent Ukraine afterward.
		Ukraine seeks sectoral and median-line division in accordance with international law in the Kerch Strait and the Azov Sea.
	www.israeleconomy.org /eng_editor/print_article_wall.php?article_id=314 (1025 words)

	Pravda.RU Russian, Ukrainian Premiers to hold talks on dam construction in Kerch strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		By today the construction of the dam near Tuzla spit in the Kerch Strait was halted on the order of the governor of the Krasnodar Territory.
		As Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma stated at a press conference in Kerch, Ukraine comes out for division of the water surface and seabed of the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait along the border which existed in the U.S.S.R. time, and is categorically against attaching a status of a common-use territory to the Sea of Azov.
		In the deputy's opinion, on the part of the Ukrainian side we witness "an attempt to usurp an exclusive right to control the Kerch Strait." The Russian parliamentarian proposed the sole, in his opinion, possible variant to settle the issue: the Kerch Strait must be a strait of common use.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2003/10/24/50743.html (2122 words)

	RIA Novosti - Russia - Russia, Ukraine fail to settle border, Kerch Strait dispute
		The confrontation over the Russian-Ukrainian border through the Azov and Black Seas and the Kerch Strait erupted in summer 2003 when Russia attempted to construct a dam on the Tuzla Island in the Kerch Strait.
		The ministry said Russia remained committed to the agreement on the joint use of the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait signed in 2003 by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his then Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma.
		Under the agreement, the sea and the strait remained territorial waters of Russia and Ukraine.
	www.en.rian.ru /russia/20060606/49132528.html (337 words)

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