What is Kerch?
{{Infobox settlement | image_skyline=Kerch_ObeliskOfGlory.jpg | imagesize=250px | image_caption=Kerch. Obelisk of Glory on Mount Mithridates | settlement_type = city | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Ukraine]] (occupied by Russia) | subdivision_type1 = [[Republic]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Crimea]]{{smallsup|1}} | timezone= | utc_offset=+3 | timezone_DST= | utc_offset_DST= | official_name = Kerch | native_name = {{native name|uk|Керч|italics=no}}<br />{{native name|ru|Керчь|italics=no}}<br />{{native name|crh|Keriç}}<br />{{native name|crh|Керич|italics=no}} | image_shield = Kerch coat.svg | image_flag = Flag_of_Kerch.svg | subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Crimea|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = Kerch City Municipality | coordinates = {{coord|45|21|43|N|36|28|16|E|region:RUS|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 10 | area_total_km2 = 108 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_total = 149,566 | population_density_km2 = 1464.49 | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = 298300 – 298399 | area_code = +7-36561 | blank_name = [[List of renamed cities in Ukraine|Former name(s)]] | blank_info = Panticapaeum, Bosporus, Vosporo, Korchev, Cerchio | blank1_name = [[Twin towns and sister cities|Sister cities]] | blank1_info = [[Mogilev]], [[Smolensk]], [[Çanakkale]], [[Oryol]], [[Odintsovo]], [[Sochi]] | blank2_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] | blank2_info = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]] | website = [http://горсовет-керчь.рф/ горсовет-керчь.рф] (''[[de facto]]'') | footnotes = {{smallsup|1}} [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]] ([[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262|de jure]]) or [[Republic of Crimea]] ([[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|de facto]]), depending on jurisdiction. }} '''Kerch''' is a city in [[Crimea]], [[Ukraine]]. It is in the [[Kerch Peninsula]]. About 149,566 people lived there in 2017. Kerch began as a colony in ancient Greece about 2,600 years ago. In 1790, the Turkish navy was defeated by