Sarych

History

Ancient

The area presently known as Sarych was first referenced as Kriou metopon or Criu metopon (), which means "ram's forehead" in Greek.

Battle of Cape Sarych

Main article: Battle of Cape Sarych

On November 18, 1914, elements of the Russian and Turkish navies fought a battle off the coast of Cape Sarych. The Turkish force consisted of the German-manned battle-cruiser SMS Goeben and the light cruiser SMS Breslau. Both ships were purchased by the Ottoman Empire and renamed as Yavuz and Midilli, although they retained their German crews. The Russian force consisted of five pre-dreadnought battleships. During the fight only a few salvoes were exchanged. The ships inflicted minor damage upon each other, but the commanding German admiral Wilhelm Souchon broke off the action after Goeben took a hit in one of her 15 cm casemates. Souchon felt the need to protect the Goeben, as the Ottoman Empire didn't provide facilities for repairing a modern ship like the Goeben.

Russia-Ukraine territorial dispute

Since August 3, 2005, a lighthouse on the headland has been occupied by the Russian Army. The Government Court in Sevastopol ruled the lighthouse needed to be returned to Ukraine, however Russian military officials said they were only subordinate to the chief of the Russian Navy. Ukrainian public activists said that Sarych was illegally occupied by the Russian Navy. The territory around the Sarych headland is closed to trespassers with barbed wire with the Russian flag flying above Sarych. The issue has since become a part of the broader 2014 Crimean crisis.

References

References

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3. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.5.22 Strabo, Geography, 2.5.22]
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13. [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/csayrch1.htm Action off Cape Sarych], by Steve McLaughlin (retrieved December 15, 2014)
14. "The owner of the "sarych" lighthouse came back with a blank document to the President of Ukraine". CPCFPU.
15. "Access to Ukrainians is prohibited..". Zakryta Zona.
16. (February 10, 2006). ""Sarych" was surrounded with a barbed wire and had a Russian flag flying above it". [[Korrespondent]].