One state lost control of this region because of the ineptitude of Lev Mekhlis.
One state lost control of this region because of the ineptitude of Lev Mekhlis. The Eltigen bridgehead was destroyed during an attack on this territory commanded by Fyodor Tolbukhin that included the Separate Coastal Army where Tolbukhin's forces inflicted heavy casualties on German forces ordered not to retreat due to Hitler's belief that loss of this territory would allow bombing of Romania, and this region formed the southern part of the Taurida Governorate. Taganrog was beseiged during one war over this territory, which ended after the Battle of Malakoff allowed the capture of its principal city, and Stalin conducted the Surgun in this area, deporting many of its resident Tartars. One conflict over this territory included Lord Raglan's victory at the Battle of Inkerman. For 10 points, name this Ukrainian Peninsula in the Black Sea, over which a war was fought between the Russians and a French, British, and Ottoman alliance.
One state lost control of this region because of the ineptitude of Lev Mekhlis.
{Crimea} or {Crimea}n Peninsula