Perekop (; )'s a village commanding the Perekop Isthmus connecting Crimea to the Ukrainian mainland. It was formerly the northernmost town in Crimea. The local fort used to be of great military importance as the key to the Crimean Khanate. Population: 894 (2004). During the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739), Russian Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Munnich successfully stormed the fortifications on June 17 1736 and left the Tatar fortress in ruins. This was a serious, if not mortal, blow… (More on Perekop)