44°33′10″N 33°35′00″E / 44.552879°N 33.583403°E / 44.552879; 33.583403 (Sapun-gora) Mount Sapun or Sapun Ridge (Russian: Сапун-Гора; Ukrainian: Сапун-гора; Crimean Tatar: Sapun dağı, Сапун дагъы) is a 240 m high ridge to the southeast of Sevastopol, situated on the Crimean peninsula, occupied by Russia.

When defending Sevastopol the Soviet troops held the Sapun Ridge and could observe German movements to the city from the south.

It took Wehrmacht nearly 2 weeks of heavy fighting to take control over these positions in late June 1942.

In 2 years, on the final stage of the Crimean Offensive the assault of Sapun-gora on 7 May 1944 was successful for Red Army.

Later in 1944 the first monuments to the Soviet warriors on this place were erected, in 1959 the diorama showing the assault of the German fortifications was opened.