Chornomorske or Chernomorskoye (; ; ) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Chornomorske Raion
History
The first inhabitants on the shore of the current narrow bay were the
Greeks as part of the Greek colonization of the Black Sea. The city of
Kalos Limen (Καλός Λιμήν – Lovely Harbor) was founded on this site by
Chersonesus in the second half of the 4th century BC. It was one of the important centers of agriculture and trade, among both Greek and
Scythians centers. By the middle of the 2nd century BC in the Greco-Scythian war, the town had been captured to the Scythians. Although liberated by Pontic intervention by the end of the 2nd century, it again fell under Scythian control by the mid-1st century BC to the early 2nd century AD. Scythian control ended permanently thereafter, possibly owing to Roman intervention.
In Russian, the settlement was originally known as Ak-Mechet (Ак-Мечеть), from the Crimean Tatar "Aqmeçit", which literally means a white mosque.[Pospelov, p. 24] A mosque with a tall white minaret used to exist here.
Economy
Chornomorske is a peninsula offshore drilling center and base port, and where the company Chornomornaftogaz derives its name.
Climate
Chornomorske has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen
BSk) with very warm summers and cold, though not severe, winters. Precipitation is low, and heaviest in the autumn months when cyclonic lows may produce significant falls.
Notes
Sources
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Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary." Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.
