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Perekop Shaft

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The Perekop Shaft is a powerful earthen fortification that crosses the Perekop Isthmus in its narrowest part.

The height of the embankment reached 10 meters, along it ran a canal connecting Perekop Bay with Lake Sivash.

The exact date of construction of the Perekop Shaft is unknown, but already in the 1st century Greek sources mention the Tafros fortress with a defensive rampart and a canal laid along it.

During the Crimean Khanate, Perekop defended Crimea from the continent. The earthen embankment was fortified with stone towers, the ruins of one of which still rise 15 meters above the waters of the Karkinit Bay of the Black Sea on the western side of the embankment. In the center was the Turkish fortress of Or-Kapu, of which only the ramparts now remain. Since then, Perekop is often called the Turkish rampart.

In 1736, it was stormed by Russian troops, and in 1920, Wrangel's army stubbornly defended itself here during the Red Army attack (the city of Perekop was completely destroyed), battles were fought during the Second World War. Monuments and obelisks remind us of this.

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