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Perekop (; ) is a
village commanding the
Perekop Isthmus connecting
Crimea to the
Ukrainian mainland. It was formerly the northernmost town in Crimea. The local fort used to be of great military importance as the key to the
Crimean Khanate. Population: 894 (2004).
During the
Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739), Russian Field Marshal
Burkhard Christoph von Munnich successfully stormed the fortifications on
June 17 1736 and left the Tatar fortress in ruins. This was a serious, if not mortal, blow to the independence of the Crimean Khanate.
The town was virtually wiped out during the
Siege of Perekop by the
Red Army in
1920. The siege was a key episode of the
Russian Civil War. The success of the
Bolsheviks allowed them to oust
Pyotr Wrangel's
White Army from the Crimea. Twelve years later, the Soviets founded the new town of
Krasnoperekopsk to the south.
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