Kacha (Crimea)
Kacha (Ukrainian: Кача; Russian: Кача; Crimean Tatar: Qaçı) is an urban-type settlement under the City of Sevastopol's jurisdiction, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as part of the Crimean Federal District.
History
Kacha was founded in 1912. It received urban-type settlement status in 1938.
Military outpost
There is an airbase in Kacha used by Russia and its Black Sea Fleet Naval Air Force as headquarters for the 25th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment (25th AHR) and the 917th Independent Composite Air Regiment (917th ICAR). Occupied by Germany in part of 1942-part of 1944.
Demographics
- 1926 — 366 inhabitants
- 1939 — 2,834 inhabitants
- 1989 — 5,783 inhabitants
- 2001 — 6,320 inhabitants
See also
References
- ^ Онищук, В. І. "Кача" [Kacha]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 12. NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ Freyhof, Jörg; Naseka, Alexander. "Proterorhinus tataricus, a new tubenose goby from Crimea, Ukraine" (PDF).
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