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- proper noun The
Strait of Kerch
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Examples
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The Kerch Strait is a busy waterway connecting the Caspian and Black seas.
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The widely publicised incident in the Kerch Strait in August was ridiculed in the Russian blogosphere and independent media as yet another of Putin's photo opportunities.
Vladimir Putin's chief spokesman admits Greek urn find was staged 2011
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The Germans evacuated 255,970 men and 21,230 motor vehicles, and 72,809 horses across the Kerch Strait to Crimea.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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The bridgehead the Soviets had established on the western side of the Kerch Strait gave them a foothold on the Crimean Peninsula, where the talented Erich von Manstein, together with a large Romanian force, was laying siege to Sevastopol.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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The Germans evacuated 255,970 men and 21,230 motor vehicles, and 72,809 horses across the Kerch Strait to Crimea.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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The bridgehead the Soviets had established on the western side of the Kerch Strait gave them a foothold on the Crimean Peninsula, where the talented Erich von Manstein, together with a large Romanian force, was laying siege to Sevastopol.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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More than half a million gallons of fuel oil have seeped into the Kerch Strait since an oil tanker split in two in a violent storms.
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: Up to 4,000 tons of fuel oil have leaked near the Black Sea after a Russian oil tanker split in half after it was smashed by 67 miles-per-hour winds and 16-foot waves in the Kerch Strait between the Azov and Black Seas.
A Hollywood Story 2007
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Today, the Don empties into the Sea of Azov, an extension of the Black Sea north of the Kerch Strait, but sonar data from Aquanaut indicate that the Don once extended farther south, passing through the strait and crossing a broad floodplain before flowing directly into the Black Sea.
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Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite a December
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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