Travel Guide Balaklava (Балаклава)

This small fishing village stuck in a narrow bay with turquoise water and surrounded by sémi-desert hills has experienced a rather turbulent story. Mentioned by Homer in his "Odyssey" like Lamus, the village of giants-cannibals met by Ulysses on his trip, Balaklava was part of the Principauté principality of Feodoro. Then, in the half of the th century it was conquered by the Genoese. The fortresses of Cembalo, thus the Genoese appellèrent the village, dates back to 1357. In 1475, he passed to the Turks who gave him the current name of Balaklava. When Balaklava became part of the Russian Empire at the end of the th century, here were the fugitive Greeks of the Ottoman Empire. Under Stalin's command, Balaklava version minorithé was deported in Asia Centraleen 1944. 50 years ago, during the Cold War, Balaklava disappeared from the maps and pages of Soviet newspapers. Balaklava became a "closed" town where, under the Montagne mountain, the secret base of the soumarrins of the Black Sea fleet was cacheait. This budgeta now lost its function and can be visited.Balaklava is 16 km from Sevastopol. They are accessed by marshroutka n. 9 which leaves the terminal "5 km" at Sevastopol. To arrive at the terminal take any marshroutka of the city centre with the indication 5 km. It may be easier to take a taxi.