Shcholkine

Scholkine (Ukrainian Щолкіне; Russian Щёлкино / Schtschjolkino ) is a city in the Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Geography

Scholkine located in the eastern part of Crimea peninsula quilted on the Kerch peninsula at the Arabat Bay on the south shore of the Azov Sea near the Cape Kazan type. The city is located 52 km west of Kerch and 145 km north-east of Simferopol.

History

The village was founded in 1978 and was planned as a residential area for employees of the south-west to the nuclear power plant Crimea. After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, the plans for the building were revised again and shut down the power plant construction in 1989. Finally, in 1992 got the place the town charter, and is now a resort town. He is known especially for the up to 1999 discharged here Kazantip Festival.

The town's name was chosen in honor of the Soviet nuclear scientist Kirill Schtschjolkin ( Кирилл Щёлкин ) and awarded in 1982. In the city there are as yet no street names.

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