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11 Facts About Kerch

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Kerch is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea.

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Kerch was a center of trade between Russia', Crimea, Caucasus and the Orient.

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Kerch has a humid subtropical climate with cool to cold winters and warm to hot summers.

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Today Kerch is considered as a city of metallurgists, shipbuilders and fishermen, and has a significant tourism sector.

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Kerch is a fishing fleet base and an important processing centre for numerous fish products.

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6.

Kerch has a number of impressive architectural and historical monuments.

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Kerch has a harbour on the Kerch Strait, which makes it a key to the Sea of Azov, several railroad terminals and a small airport.

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Kerch has short tram system established in 1935 and destroyed in 1941.

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Archaeological digs in Kerch were launched under Russian auspices in the middle of the 19th century.

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Currently, excavations at ancient fortresses of Kerch are led by scientists from Russia, Ukraine, and Poland.

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Minor planet 2216 Kerch discovered in 1971 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after the city.

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