Alma River (Ukraine)

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Alma, Альма, Alma
Origin Crimean mountains
Mouth Kalamita bay of the Black Sea
Basin countries Crimea
Length 83 km

The Alma (Ukrainian and Russian: Альма, Crimean Tatar: Alma) is a small river in Crimea. Its mouth is located half-way between Eupatoria and Sevastopol. Alma is a Crimean Tatar for an "apple". Near the Alma river the allied British, French, and Ottoman armies defeated the Russians under Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov September 20, 1854.

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