This is a war memorial that stands at the time the border between Ukraine and the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic Kirm Today this place is the border between Ukraine and Russia, where the Russian visa is required for traveling into the Crimea. In 2000 we had to buy a visa from the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic Kirm. Times have changed but in 2000 was the Crimea a typical Russian region with mostly Russians who felt uncomfortable with belonging to Ukraine. So it was pretty much all over the place where I was in east Ukraine in 1998 and 2000.