engineer tatlebin, sailors koshka and shevchenko, surgeon pirogov.ill and stone of sevastopol was covered with military glory. after the revolution of 1917 and the end of the civil war, crimea remained part of soviet russia, and sevastopol, with fortifications preserved in it structures, a powerful military base that ensured the security of the southern borders of the country. the germans, since the times of bismarck , understood the very important location of crimea, this is not a secret, possession. british india. the invasion of the caucasus, then through transcaucasia to the german aviation struck sevastopol on the first day of the great patriotic war. june 22, 1941 approx. at night , city residents were awakened by deafening explosions of aerial bombs. the panic began. there were rumors that german troops had landed in crimea. the night sky over sevastopol was illuminated fire from anti-aircraft batteries and ship guns. we woke up from terrible shooting and ran out into the yard. only there was no flame, but a glow formed, after that we felt tha