Eltigen

E368017

Eltigen is a coastal village on the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, historically notable as a key site of Soviet amphibious landings during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eltigen canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
administrativeStatus rural locality ⓘ
associatedWith Crimean campaign of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Crimean campaign

Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Navy ⓘ
claimedBy Russia ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
local tourism ⓘ
hasBeach sandy beaches ⓘ
hasCemetery war graves of Soviet soldiers ⓘ
hasClimate temperate continental climate with maritime influence ⓘ
hasCommemorationDate annual WWII landing commemorations ⓘ
hasFeature coastal location ⓘ
hasHeritage Soviet military heritage ⓘ
hasInfrastructure small harbor facilities ⓘ
hasLanguage Crimean Tatar ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
linked to: Ukrainian language
hasMemorial World War II memorials ⓘ
monuments to Soviet marines ⓘ
historicallyNotableFor Soviet amphibious landings in World War II ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfSignificance 1941–1945 ⓘ
locatedIn Black Sea region ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
Kerch Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOn coast of the Kerch Strait ⓘ
memorializedBy Soviet-era monuments and plaques ⓘ
militaryRole landing site for Soviet marines ⓘ
nearbyCity Kerch ⓘ
notableEvent Eltigen amphibious landing ⓘ
Kerch–Eltigen Operation ⓘ
opposedBy German forces ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

Romanian forces ⓘ
partOf Kerch urban area ⓘ
linked to: Kerch
partOfOperation Soviet Kerch–Eltigen amphibious operation ⓘ
region Eastern Crimea ⓘ
strategicImportance bridgehead for Kerch Peninsula operations ⓘ
strategicRoleInWWII supporting recapture of the Kerch Peninsula ⓘ
terrain low-lying coastal terrain ⓘ
theaterOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
timeOfMajorBattle 1943 ⓘ
usedBy Soviet Black Sea Fleet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.