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Kerch

Kerch — is a city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea. The name comes from Old East Slavic ’къркъ’ which means throat, alluding to a narrow strait in front of the town.
Population — 157,000 (2001).

Kerch is one of the most ancient cities, 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.

Yandex panorama: yandex.ru/maps/-/CCU5ZPRZxB

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch

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  • Kerch central police department, Richard Martin, Cynthiana, KY (guest) wrote 11 years ago:
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  • Kerch central police department, Richard (guest) wrote 11 years ago:
    A woman in you city with the computer username AnnaChapman is working on a porn website out of your city called MyFreeCams.com. Its clearly illegal in your country , She online aprox. at 4 pm my time in eastern US and after midnight my time also. I knew it was illegal and being a lawyer myself I just wanted to report it. Thank you.
  • Kerch central police department, grom591 wrote 13 years ago:
    Kerch central police department
  • Старокарантинские каменоломни, ruska72 wrote 13 years ago:
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45°18'12"N   36°29'53"E
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