Historical place archive

Kerch in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Kerch in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1774–1943

Historical events in Kerch

1774

16 July 1774
Rule of Kerch
Catherine II the Great · Russia War

The Treaty of Kutchuk cedes Kerch and several other Black Sea ports in the Crimea to Russia and declared the rest of the khanate of Crimea independent

1943

1943
Capture of Kerch
Ivan Efimovich Petrov · World War, 2nd

Captures the Kerch Peninsular from the Germans, September-October

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Kerch. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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