Eupatoria

Eupatoria, modern spelling Yevpatoria, is city on the Crimean coast in western Crimea, the peninsula in Eastern Europe. It is in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by almost all countries as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia as the Republic of Crimea since 2014.

In 1783, after the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), the Russian Empire annexed Crimea, along with the town Kezlev, which was renamed to to Yevpatoriya in 1784 under the government of Taurida. The city was occupied in September 1854 by British, French and Turkish troops during the Crimean War (October 1853 - February 1856), during which the town was an important military centre of the Allies. It came under Soviet rule in 1917 but occupied by Germany during World War II. Soviets retook it in 1944. In 1954, the USSR transferred Crimea to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

The city is situated at about 40 miles North-West of Simferopol. It has a fine Tartar mosque. It does an export trade including in hides and cereals. It is a major Black Sea port. It is also a rail hub, and a resort town. The chief industries here include fishing, food processing, limestone quarrying, weaving, manufacturing, machinery, and tourism.

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Euphemism, Euphrates, Euphrosyne, Euphuism, Eure