"Vereshchagino" survived a direct hit by a P-35 Progress anti-ship missile fired by Russian Navy from a city located on which peninsula ?
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MS Vereshchagino MV "Vereshchagino" is a Ukrainian, former Soviet medium trawler (seiner to be exact), built in 1978 and later converted to coastal passenger shipping. It was one of 345 ships of "Vasily Yakovenko" (project 502EM) class, which was built in Kiev from 1971 to 2000. On April 24, 2000, "Vereshchagino" survived a direct hit by a P-35 Progress anti-ship missile fired by Russian Navy from Sevastopol. There were no fatalities, one seaman was wounded by splinters.
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Sevastopol Sevastopol or traditionally Sebastopol ( or ; Russian: Севасто́поль ; Crimean Tatar: Акъяр, Aqyar ; ) is a city located in the southwestern region of the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea. As a result of the 2014 Russian annexation, the city is administered as a federal city of the Russian Federation, though Ukraine and most of the UN member countries continue to regard Sevastopol as a city with special status within Ukraine.
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Severomorsk Severomorsk (Russian: Северомо́рск ), previously known as Vayenga (Ваенга ), is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is located on the coast of the Barents Sea along the Kola Bay 25 km northeast of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast, to which it is connected by railway and a motorway.
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Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port JSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port is Russia's largest commercial sea port operator. The company is headquartered in the city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea coast. The company operates the Port of Novorossiysk
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Gizhigin Bay Gizhigin Bay (Russian: "Gizhiginskaya Guba") is a wide bay northwest of Kamchatka, Russia. It is the northwest arm of Shelikhov Bay in the northeast corner of the Sea of Okhotsk. The settlements of Evensk and Gizhiga are located at the head of the bay.
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Safonovo, Murmansk Oblast Safonovo (Russian: Сафоново ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, 3 km west of Severomorsk proper. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast Primorsk (Russian: Примо́рск ; Finnish: "Koivisto" ; Swedish: "Björkö" ) is a coastal town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and is the second largest Russian port on the Baltic, after St. Petersburg. It is located on the Karelian Isthmus, 137 km west of St. Petersburg, at the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland, near Beryozovye Islands (Finnish: "Koivusaari (Koivistonsaari), Tiurinsaari ja Piisaari" ; Swedish: "Björkö" ) which are protected as a sea bird sanctuary. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Ни́жний Но́вгород ; ] ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is a city in the administrative center (capital) of Volga Federal District and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia. From 1932 to 1990, it was known as Gorky (Горький , ] ), after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there. The city is an important economic, transportation, scientific, educational and cultural center in Russia and the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and is the main center of river tourism in Russia. In the historic part of the city there is a large number of universities, theaters, museums and churches. Nizhny Novgorod is located about 400 km east of Moscow, where the Oka empties into the Volga. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Isthmus of Perekop The Isthmus of Perekop (Ukrainian: Перекопський перешийок ; translit. "Perekops'kyy pereshyyok"; Russian: Перекопский перешеек ; translit. "Perekopskiy peresheek" Crimean Tatar: Or boynu , Turkish: "Orkapı" ; ; translit. "Taphros") is the narrow, 5 – wide strip of land that connects the Crimean Peninsula to the mainland of Ukraine. The isthmus is located between the Black Sea to the west and the Sivash to the east. The isthmus takes its name of Perekop from the Tatar fortress of Or Qapi.
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Vysotsk Vysotsk (Russian: Высо́цк ; Finnish: "Uuras" ; Swedish: "Trångsund" ) is a coastal town and a seaport in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Vyborg Bay, 12 km southwest of Vyborg and 159 km northwest of St. Petersburg. It hosts a base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and, since 2004, an oil terminal. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census) In terms of population, it remains one of the smallest towns in Russia.
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Noyabrsk Noyabrsk (Russian: Ноя́брьск ; ] ) is the largest city in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located in the middle of the West Siberian oil fields, on the Tyumen–Novy Urengoy railway about 300 km north of Surgut. Population:  (2010 Census)
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Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: Му́рманск ; ] ; Kildin Sami: ; Northern Sami: "Murmánska" ; Skolt Sami: "Muurman" ) is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, close to Russia's borders with Norway and Finland. The city is named for the Murman Coast; Murman is an older Russian term for Norwegians.
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61st Naval Infantry Brigade (Russia) The 61st Naval Infantry Brigade (Military Unit Number 38643) is a formation of the Russian Navy Naval Infantry. It is part of the Northern Fleet Naval Infantry and Coastal Defence forces. The brigade is based in the Sputnik military settlement, located in Murmansk Oblast.
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Rybachy Peninsula Rybachy Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Рыба́чий , "poluostrov Rybachy"; Northern Sami: "Giehkirnjárga" ; Norwegian: "Fiskerhalvøya" ; Finnish: "Kalastajasaarento" ) is the northernmost part of continental European Russia. Its name is translated as "Fisher Peninsula". It is connected with the Sredny Peninsula, "Middle Peninsula" by a thin isthmus. So the peninsula is in fact nearly completely surrounded by water. Administratively, it is included into Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast and is within several hours of ride from Murmansk.
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1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake was a 9.0 M earthquake that struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The earthquake triggered a major tsunami that hit Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR, on 5 November 1952 at about 5 a.m. This led to the destruction of many settlements in Sakhalin Oblast and Kamchatka Oblast, while the main impact struck the town of Severo-Kurilsk.
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Mikhailov Peninsula The Mikhailov Peninsula (Russian "Poluostrov Mikhailova") is a small peninsula in the eastern shores of the Kara Sea on the western side of the Taymyr Peninsula. Its latitude is 75° 05' N and its longitude 87° 15' E.
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Mykolaiv Mykolaiv (Ukrainian: Микола́їв , "Mykolajiv " ] ), also known as Nikolaev or Nikolayev (from Russian: Никола́ев , "Nikolajev " ] ), is a city in southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is arguably the main shipbuilding center of the Black Sea. Aside from three shipyards within the city, there are a number of research centers specializing in shipbuilding such as the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center, Zoria-Mashproekt and others. The city has a population of  (2015 est.) .
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Pushchino Pushchino (Russian: Пущино ; ] ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an important scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Situated 100 km south of Moscow, and 13 km south-east of Serpukhov, on the right side of the Oka River opposite the Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve. It is informally called Pushchino-on-Oka. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake The 2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 8.3 at 15:44:49 local time (05:44:49 UTC) on 24 May. It had an epicenter in the Sea of Okhotsk and affected primarily (but not only) Asian Russia, especially the Kamchatka Peninsula where the shaking lasted for five minutes. Due to its great depth (609 km), it was not particularly intense at the surface, but was felt over a very large area. Such a deep-focus earthquake could be felt not only in areas surrounding the Okhotsk Sea but also in places as far as Tokyo (JMA 1) (about 2,374 km away), Nanjing (more than 4,000 km away), Atyrau (MM V) (about 7,196 km away), and Moscow (about 7,370 km away). The shaking prompted almost 900 residents to leave their homes in Moscow.
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Cheleken Peninsula The Cheleken Peninsula (Russian: Челекен полуостров ) is a peninsula located in western Turkmenistan, in the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea.
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Nemuro Strait Nemuro Strait, also called Notsuke Strait and Kunashirsky Strait (Russian: Кунаширский пролив ), is a strait, located at , separating Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands, Russia (claimed by Japan) from the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaidō, Japan.
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Dzenzursky Dzenzursky (Russian: Дзензурский ) is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.