# Mount Sapun

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{{Short description|Ridge near Sevastopol, Crimea}}
{{Coord|44.552879||N|33.583403||E|type:mountain|name=Sapun-gora|display=title}}
{{Infobox mountain
| image = Сапун-гора. Монумент. (Mount Sapun or Sapun Ridge).jpg
| image_caption = Obelisk of Glory to Soviet Warriors on Mount Sapun
| name = Mount Sapun
| module = {{Infobox historic site
 |embed = yes
 |designation1 = UKRAINE NATIONAL
 |designation1_offname = {{Lang|uk|Меморіальний комплекс "Сапун-гора"}} (''Mount Sapun memorial complex'')
 |designation1_type = History
 |designation1_number = 270009-Н
}}
}}
'''Mount Sapun''' or '''Sapun Ridge''' ({{langx|ru|Сапун-Гора}}; {{langx|uk|Сапун-гора}}; {{langx|crh|Sapun dağı, Сапун дагъы}}) is a 240 m high ridge to the southeast of [Sevastopol](/source/Sevastopol), situated on the [Crimean peninsula](/source/Crimean_peninsula), occupied by Russia.{{cn|date=November 2025}}

==History==
It became the site of heavy fighting during the [siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942)](/source/siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941-1942)), and also during its [liberation in 1944](/source/Crimean_Offensive).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fahner |first1=Sebastian |last2=Feichtinger |first2=Christian |last3=Heijden |first3=Rogier E. M. |title=Politics of Pasts and Futures in (Post-)Imperial Contexts |date=18 November 2024 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-122959-1 |page=178 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Politics_of_Pasts_and_Futures_in_Post_Im/vM0uEQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

When defending Sevastopol the Soviet troops held the Sapun Ridge and could observe German movements to the city from the south.It took [Wehrmacht](/source/Wehrmacht) nearly 2 weeks of heavy fighting to take control over these positions in late June 1942. As a consequence, Soviet troops had to evacuate from Crimea.{{cn|date=November 2025}}

In 2 years, on the final stage of the [Crimean Offensive](/source/Crimean_Offensive) the assault of Sapun-gora on 7 May 1944 was successful for Red Army. On 9 May 1944, just over one month after the start of the battle, Sevastopol fell. German forces were evacuated from Sevastopol to [Constanța](/source/Constan%C8%9Ba).{{cn|date=November 2025}}

Later in 1944 the first monuments to the Soviet warriors on this place were erected, in 1959 the [diorama](/source/diorama) showing the assault of the German fortifications was opened.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
thumb|Building of the diorama ''Storm of Mount Sapun''

==External links==
* [http://www.sevastopol.info/monument/eindex.html The Monuments of Sevastopol]

== References ==
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Category:Eastern Front (World War II)
Category:Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War
Category:Crimea in World War II
Category:World War II memorials in Ukraine
Category:Landforms of Crimea
Category:Hills of Ukraine
Category:Landforms of Sevastopol
Category:World War II sites in Ukraine
Category:Ridges of Russia
Category:Ridges of Europe
Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Sevastopol
Category:Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance
Category:Tourist attractions in Sevastopol

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