17 March 2019

various lighthouses; stamps, affixed: russia, 2016, 2005, & 2016

the lighthouses.
  • Tarkhankut Lighthouse [left; 2016 issue]
  • Mud'yugskiy Lighthouse [centre; 2005 issue]
  • Khersonesskiy Lighthouse (Mys Khersonesskiy Lighthouse, Chersonese Lighthouse, Sevastopol Lighthouse) [right; 2016 issue]

what. stamps with lighthouse, affixed on postcard

where.

  • Tarkhankut Lighthouse: Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea
  • Mud'yugskiy Lighthouse: Mudyug Island, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
  • Khersonesskiy Lighthouse: Sevastopol, Crimea

remarks. In 2014, Crimea was annexed from Ukraine, by Russia. The following federal subjects of the Russian Federation were established there: the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. This has been disputed by Ukraine, which continues to regard the territory as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, a City with Special Status; the northern parts of the Arabat Spit, geographically part of Crimea, which Ukraine administered under the Kherson Oblast, were also annexed. While Russia has de facto control over the area - and its lighthouses - this has not been recognised by Ukraine and most of the member-states of the United Nations.

note. Russian for lighthouse: маяк (mayak); Ukrainian for lighthouse: маяк (mayak)



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