On this Wikipedia the balaclava food links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about the Crimean city. Crimean Peninsula and part of the city of Sevastopol.

It is an administrative center of Balaklava Raion that used to be part of the Crimean Oblast before it was transferred to Sevastopol Municipality. Balaklava has changed possession several times during its history. Ancient Greeks, for whom it was an important commercial city. During the Middle Ages, it was controlled by the Byzantine Empire and then by the Genoese who conquered it in 1365. The Byzantines called the town Yamboli and the Genoese named it Cembalo. The ruins of a Genoese fortress positioned high on a clifftop above the entrance to the Balaklava Inlet are a popular tourist attraction and have recently become the stage for a Medieval festival. During the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774, the Russian troops invaded Crimea in 1771.

Thirteen years later, Crimea was definitively annexed by the Russian Empire. The balaclava, a tight knitted garment covering the whole head and neck with holes for the eyes and mouth, also takes its name from this settlement, where soldiers first wore them. In 1954, Balaklava, together with the whole Crimea, passed from Russia to Ukraine. In 1957 it was formally incorporated into the municipal borders of Sevastopol by the Soviet government and lost city status. Since the internationally unrecognized 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Balaklava, along with rest of Crimea, is administered by Russia. In 2019 Russian authorities granted Balaklava status of a city within Sevastopol.

This section does not cite any sources. One of the monuments is an underground, formerly classified submarine base that was operational until 1993. The base was said to be virtually indestructible and designed to survive a direct atomic impact. During that period, Balaklava was one of the most secret residential areas in the Soviet Union. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений” .

Brighton, Terry, Hell Riders: The Truth about the Charge of the Light Brigade. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Balaklava. Balaklava and the Sevastopol Inquiry, 1855, by Commander W. Not to be confused with Baklava. A balaclava, also known as a balaclava helmet or ski mask, is a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face, usually the eyes and mouth.