Participants of the expedition of the Russian Geographical Society "Flame of Chesma. The Greek Gambit" attend a wreath-laying ceremony in memory of Russian sailors, in the Chios Strait of the Mediterranean Sea, Greece. The expedition "Flame of Chesma. The Greek Gambit" of the Russian Geographical Society, following in the footsteps of the 18th century Archipelago expedition to the Eastern Mediterranean, explores the islands of the Aegean Sea which were part of the Russian Archipelago province formed in 1770 after the defeat of the Ottoman Fleet in the Battle of Chesma, and the underwater area where ships of the Russian fleet were based, and subsequently destroyed.
- Package: Greece RGS Expedition
- Categories: Environmental Issues
- Location: Greece
- Event date: 16.10.2021
- Date published: 16.10.2021
- Author: Ivan Sekretarev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4777x3344px, 7.9Mb
- Job-ID: 5ee80ecc0c307a08