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The Khersones sailing ship leaves for Crimean Circumnavigation-2018

On May 20, 2018, an expedition “Krymskaya Krugosvetka-2018” (Crimean Circumnavigation-2018) has launched on the Khersones sailing ship.

The research group includes students and teachers from 18 leading Russian universities, research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and cadets undergoing training on the frigate.

The expedition will last for two weeks and end on the westernmost area of Crimea – Tarkhankut Cape. Every stage of the expedition is named in honor of the historical area of Crimea – Kimmeria, Tavrika, Khersonesida, Skifia and Feodoro. The route will comprise the maritime and landward sides. The underwater archeological exploration will concentrate in the water area of the roadstead of Sevastopol, to northward of the Belbek River. The landward side of the expedition will include field observations, research operations and project works in Kerch, Sudak, Feodosia, Sakakh, Alushta and Yevpatoria. During the expedition, the participants in the project will carry out historical and geographical research of the cost, steppe and mountainous areas in the context of functioning of inter-civilizational communication.  

In order to carry out the first stage, the Khersones sailing ship with the expedition group aboard left for the water area of the Hurzuf Bay. During the mooring on the roadstead, master classes and practical training have been organized aboard the ship. Master classes and practical training included hydroacoustic search, operation of a remotely controlled vehicle and diving. Senior researcher of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chief of the undersea and archeological expedition of Sevastopol State University, Viktor Lebedinsky, gave a lecture to the young researchers on undersea archeological researches in the Black Sea. Upon completion of theoretical classes diving has been conducted at the Adalar Cliffs in Hurzuf. Guys have worked in diver’s suits together with divers and gone down at a depth of up to 20 meters.

The purpose of this project is to popularize the peninsula’s historical and cultural heritage, provide vocational guidance of the youth and create conditions for realizing students’ creative potential.