This map is important because it shows the connections between port cities on the Tauric Peninsula and their hinterlands. This map shows Sevsatopol in a larger context, which hints at the reasons for its strategic location as a naval port on the Black Sea, and the difficulties this city would face as a trading port with mountain ranges complicating overland routes. Importantly, this map shows the Lozovaya-Sevastopol line which was completed in 1875, finally connecting Sevastopol to productive hinterlands. (Sydorenko, Crimean Port Cities and Their Hinterland Connections)
