The sound of the Chersonesos bell used to warn ships when the visibility was poor. It was cast in 1778 from the captured cannons, after the Russo-Turkish War. Chersonesos Taurica is the ancient Greek city, at present located within the administrative boundaries of Savastopol (Ukraine). Nowadays, the city ruins are made accessible for the tourists as a archeological reserve. Chersonesos was the place of the symbolic baptism of Rus in 988.
