230th anniversary of Black Sea Fleet

13th of May is an important day for Sevastopol. In the year 1783 a small fleet

of 17 ships headquartered by Admiral Theodor Klokachov

had entered the Akhtiar Bay in the Black Sea.

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Great Russian Empress Katherine the II had ordered commander

of Azov Sea Fleet to find the place for a new base.

Shores of the Crimean 

peninsula were a good place to stay.

A month later Katherine the II had signed a decree about the foundation

of Black Sea Fleet and the new city for its main base.

City called the Sevastopol; this means “the city of glory”.

Yesterday we have celebrated the 230th anniversary of Black Sea Fleet.

It was a beautiful performance: navy parade in the bay;

flags and orchestras on the central streets; free entrance to the

warships and a beautiful concert and a firework in the evening.

Yellow, red, green and blue sparkles in the violet sky and their flickering mirror in the dark waters of the Sevastopol Bay;

the sounds of the brass band and the scent of flowering acacia over the boulevard.

A wonderful day of the seaside city!