In 1797, Emperor Paul I renamed Sevastopol into Akhtiar. AK-Yar (translation from the Crimean Tatar language means a «White Cliff” — so was called a Crimean village, on the site of which modern Sevastopol was built.
In 1797, Emperor Paul I renamed Sevastopol into Akhtiar. AK-Yar (translation from the Crimean Tatar language means a «White Cliff” — so was called a Crimean village, on the site of which modern Sevastopol was built.
