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Uspensky Cave Monastery (Holy Assumption Monastery) - Orthodox monastery in Crimea. Located in the tract-Dere Mariam (Mary Gorge) near Bakhchisarai. Reports to Simferopol and Crimean Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia). Besides the monastery complex, the neighborhood is a cemetery of soldiers who died during the Crimean War of 1853-1856. (C) http://ru.wikipedia.org)
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Simferopol (Ukrainian: Сімферополь; Russian: Симферополь, meaning in Greek: city of common good; Crimean Tatar: Aqmescit, literally: The white mosque) is the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in southern Ukraine. As the capital of Crimea, Simferopol is an important political, economic, and transport center of the peninsula. As of 2006, the city's population is 340,600. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simferopol
