MOSCOW – Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country's most sacred spiritual symbol, under federal control following ...

Earlier reports said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had joined the audience of the open-air festival Opera in Chersonesus and attended the opening ceremony SEVASTOPOL, August 13. /TASS/. More ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian occupation authorities destroyed the UNESCO-listed city of Chersonesus in southwestern Crimea and constructed an outdoor ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that a marble head found in 2003 belonged to Laodice, a woman of the elite of ancient Chersonesus who played a key role in securing the city’s ...

Last week, Sergey Meniaylo, the governor of the city of Sevastopol, in Crimea, introduced the staff of the Chersonesus Archaeological Museum to the new director, Archpriest Sergey Khalyuta. The museum ...

It appears that Laodice was instrumental in helping Chersonesus earn “free city” status from the Roman Empire, for which she was rewarded by having a statue erected in her honor in the public square.