Inkerman

Inkerman (deprecated Inkjerman, Ukrainian Інкерман; Инкерман Russian, Crimean Tatar Inkerman, Crimean Tatar for cave fortress ) is a city on the Crimean peninsula. It lies on both sides of the river Chorna about two kilometers from the mouth of the bay of Sevastopol. Administratively, the 10,452 inhabitants Inkerman belongs to the west, situated on the coast of Sevastopol.

Inkerman is known for about 300 in tiers one above the other scale ancient cave dwellings. Are two rock-hewn churches Between these apartments. On one of the rocks are the remains of a late medieval fortress that was created either by the Genoese or the Principality of Theodoro. 1850 was created under a Russian Orthodox monastery.

Battle of Inkerman

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During the Crimean War tried on 5 November 1854, enclosed in Sevastopol Russians a sortie against the British troops, which led to the Battle of Inkerman. After initial successes the Russians were pushed back by the intervention of the French again. However, the main cause of the defeat to the lack of cooperation among the commanding officers, including Danne Castle and Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, have been. Due to confusing and contradictory orders fell a detailed planned coordinated all-out attack of the individually from the Kilenbalka Gorge up growing divisions ( Gorchakov, Pavlov, Soimonow, Zabokritzki ) to a more or less random sequence of individual actions that broke one after the other at the Allied defenses. As a result of this disaster Menshikov was relieved of his command.

A few days earlier, on 23 October, there was already a battle between the Russians and the British that became known as the Little Inkerman in the story. The Russians attacked the position of the British 2nd Division at Inkerman, but were driven back by heavy artillery fire. The Russians lost 270 men, the British 100