История Крыма и Севастополя. От Потёмкина до наших дней

Monumentalʹnyĭ trud vydai͡ushchegosi͡a britanskogo voennogo istorika - ėto portret Sevastopoli͡a v rakurse istorii voĭn na krymskoĭ zemle. Nachinai͡asʹ s samykh istokov - s zaselenii͡a ėtoĭ territorii v drevnosti, so vremen drevnego Khersonesa i vizantiĭskogo Khersona, povestvovanie okhvatyvaet period Krymskogo khanstva, osveshchaet Russko-turet͡skie voĭny 1686-1700, 1710-1711, 1735-1739, 1768-1774, 1787-1792, 1806-1812 i 1828-1829 gg. i otdelʹno fokusiruetsi͡a na prisoedinenii Kryma k Rossiĭskoĭ imperii v 1783 g., kogda i byl osnovan Sevastopolʹ i sozdan rossiĭskiĭ Chernomorskiĭ flot. Podrobno opisany boi i srazhenii͡a Krymskoĭ voĭny 1853-1856 gg. s posledui͡ushchim vosstanovleniem Sevastopoli͡a, Russko-turet͡skai͡a voĭna 1878-1879 gg. i Russko-i͡aponskai͡a 1904-1905 gg., revoli͡ut͡sii 1905 i 1917 gg., srazhenii͡a Pervoĭ mirovoĭ i Grazhdanskoĭ voĭn, krasnyĭ terror v Krymu v 1920-1921 gg. Pered nami zhivo predstaet Krym v gody Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ voĭny, v period kholodnoĭ voĭny i v postsovetskoe vremi͡a. Zavershaet rasskaz neprostai͡a tema vkhozhdenii͡a Kryma vmeste s Sevastopolem v sostav Rossii 18 marta 2014 g. posle sootvetstvui͡ushchego referenduma.Podkreplennai͡a mnozhestvom t͡sitat iz arkhivnykh istochnikov, a takzhe ssylkami na issledovanii͡a drugikh avtorov, kniga snabzhena takzhe graficheskimi illi͡ustrat͡sii͡ami i fotografii͡ami, tablit͡sami i kartami i, nesomnenno, predstavit interes dli͡a kazhdogo, kto uvlechen istorieĭ voĭn i istorieĭ Rossii."Istorii͡a Sevastopoli͡a - slozhnyĭ i trogatelʹnyĭ rasskaz o voĭne i mire, ob izmenenii͡akh v promyshlennosti i v obshchestvennoĭ zhizni, o razrushenii͡akh, revoli͡ut͡sii i vosstanovlenii... V bogatom proshlom [ėtogo goroda] i͡avstvenno vidny svidetelʹstva patrioticheskogo i revoli͡ut͡sionnogo dukha. Sevastopolʹ na proti͡azhenii dvukh stoletiĭ vdokhnovli͡al svoĭ garnizon, flot i zhiteleĭ - i prodolzhaet vdokhnovli͡atʹ do sikh por". (Mungo Melvin)

The monumental work of an outstanding British military historian is a portrait of Sevastopol from the perspective of the history of wars on the Crimean land. Starting from the very origins — from the settlement of this territory in ancient times, from the time of ancient Chersonesos and Byzantine Chersonesos, the story covers the period of the Crimean Khanate, covers the Russian-Turkish wars 1686-1700, 1710-1711, 1735-1739, 1768-1774, 1787-1792, 1806-1812 and 1828-1829, and separately focuses on the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Empire in 1783, when Sevastopol was founded and the Russian Black Sea Fleet was created. Russian Russian-Turkish War of 1878-1879 and Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905, revolutions of 1905 and 1917, battles of the First World and Civil Wars, Red Terror in Crimea in 1920-1921 are described in detail. We can vividly see Crimea during the Great Patriotic War, during the Cold War and in the post-Soviet period. The story ends with the difficult topic of Crimea joining Russia together with Sevastopol on March 18, 2014 after the corresponding referendum.Supported by many quotations from archival sources, as well as references to research by other authors, the book is also provided with graphic illustrations and photographs, tables and maps and will undoubtedly be of interest to anyone who is passionate about the history of wars and the history of Russia."The history of Sevastopol is a complex and touching story about war and peace, about changes in industry and in public life, about destruction, revolution and reconstruction... In the rich past [of this city], evidence of a patriotic and revolutionary spirit is clearly visible. Sevastopol for two centuries inspired its garrison, fleet and residents — and continues to inspire to this day." (Mungo Melvin)