Sevastopol (or obsolete Sebastopol) is located along the Black Sea on the Crimean peninsula. Sevastopol is glorious for its heroic defenses in Crimean war in 1854–1855 (349 days) and in World War II in 1941–1942 (250 days). Sevastopol has name of City-Hero.

A major Black Sea port, Sevastopol is also home to a major Ukranian naval base and a major base of Russian Black Sea Fleet.