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The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean Sea region of the Mediterranean. These waters separate eastern Europe and western Asia...

Timeline of Events

1919

5.19.1919

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is also regarded as a date of remembrance for Pontic Greeks on the Greek genocide.

1986

8.31.1986

The Soviet passenger liner Ship sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier ''Pyotr Vasev'', killing 423.

2001

10.4.2001

Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.

2006

5.3.2006

Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea, killing 113 people on board, with no survivors.