The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Inkerman
(ng´krmn, Rus. nkrmän´) (KEY) , eastern suburb of Sevastopol, S Ukraine, in the Crimea. In 1854, French and British troops defeated the Russian forces at Inkerman in the Crimean War. Nearby are cave dwellings and a burial place (2d4th cent.) and a 14th-century fortress.