There are 37 monuments of national significance in the city with special status of Sevastopol, Ukraine. The State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine classifies cultural heritage monuments as either of local or national significance. To be classified as nationally significant, a monument must have had a substantial impact on the country's culture, be associated with major historical events or individuals who shaped national culture, represent a masterpiece of creative genius, or embody a disappeared civilisation or disappeared artistic style. Monuments of national significance are inscribed on the register by the Cabinet of Ministers, and are protected and maintained by the Ministry of Culture. All listed monuments fall into at least one of the following categories: archaeology, history, monumental art, architecture, urban planning, garden and park art, landscape, or science and technology.
The first attempts to establish registers of protected buildings were undertaken in 1917 and 1918 by the Ukrainian People's Republic. These efforts continued in the 1920s in Soviet Ukraine but were halted in the 1930s with the dissolution of relevant institutions and the active destruction of cultural—particularly religious—heritage. The listing of cultural heritage monuments in the region was renewed in 1956. A list of architectural monuments was approved in 1963, followed by a separate list of artistic, historic, and archaeological monuments in 1965. Both lists remained in use after Ukraine declared independence in 1991. On 8 June 2000, with the adoption of the law "On the Protection of Cultural Heritage", the State Register of Immovable Monuments was established. All entries from the Soviet-era list of artistic, historic, and archaeological monuments were transferred to the new register on 14 September 2009. The transfer of monuments from the Soviet architectural register, however, has proceeded more slowly and remains incomplete as of 2026, although the process has accelerated in recent years. At the same time, a number of sites have been stripped of their protected status to comply with the decommunisation and derussification laws enacted since 2015 and 2023, respectively.
Since Russia's occupation and internationally unrecognised annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol have been disputed, with most countries recognising the territory as de jure part of Ukraine while de facto it remains under Russian control. Since 2014, the Russian-governed federal city of Sevastopol has been reclassifying all its monuments on Ukrainian registers according to the Russian system, which divides monuments into those of federal, regional, and local (municipal) significance; in particular, many federal monuments were listed on 12 February 2016.
Sevastopol is divided into four urban districts, – Balaklavskyi, Haharinskyi, Leninskyi, and Nakhimovskyi – which contain 16, 6, 9, and 6 monuments of national significance, respectively. Of the total, 15 are classified as archaeological monuments, 14 as architectural, 5 as monumental art, and 3 as historic. The latest additions date to June 2020. One monument—Inkerman Cave Monastery—is listed twice, though the second listing also includes the adjacent . Another monument—Tauric Chersonesus—is also designated as a World Heritage Site. Every monument is assigned a unique protection number, and those of national significance located in the Sevastopol start with the digits 27.
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+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto Balaklava 2 July 2020Architectural270029More images – 10,000 BCE, 9th–7th millennia BCE 14 September 2009Archaeological270017-НMore images 2 July 2020Architectural270030More images Fiolent–13th centuries 14 September 2009Archaeological270019-НMore images Foros 2 July 2020Architectural0100120More images Inkerman–4th centuries BCE 14 September 2009Archaeological270011-НMore images Cave monastery–13th centuriesArchaeological270012-НMore images –4th centuries BCE, 11th–13th centuriesArchaeological270014-НMore images and Cave Monastery in Inkerman–15th centuries 2 July 2020Architectural270022More imagesMore images –4th centuries BCE 14 September 2009Archaeological270018-Н Laspi Tract–13th centuriesArchaeological270013-НMore images – 10,000 BCE, 9th–7th millennia BCEArchaeological270015-Н – 10,000 BCEArchaeological270016-Н Complex "Ancient city of Chersonesus Taurica"Sevastopol proper–4th centuries BCE, 4th–5th centuriesArchaeological270001-НMore images Brotherhood Cemetery of the defenders of Sevastopol, Church of St Nicholas–1855, 1857–1870Archaeological270002-НMore images –1959Historic270003-НMore images to E. I. Totleben and Russian sappersMonumental art270004-НMore images Memorial complex of monuments of the city defence in 1854–1855 "Malakhov Kurgan"–1959Historic270005-НMore images to the Russian naval officer and vice admiral V. A. Kornilov, 1983Monumental art270006-НMore images to the Hero of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 A. I. KazarskyMonumental art270007-НMore images to the Russian naval officer and admiral P. S. NakhimovMonumental art270008-НMore images Memorial complex "Mount Sapun"–1979Historic270009-НMore images Monument to the Sunken ShipsMonumental art270010-НMore images Complex of the and the – 13th century 19 October 2012Archaeological270020-Н – 13th centuryArchaeological270020/1-НMore images – 13th centuryArchaeological270020/2-НMore images – 13th centuryArchaeological270020/3-НMore images 2 July 2020Architectural270020More images Architectural270021More images Architectural270023More images Architectural270024More images Architectural270025More images Architectural270026More images St Volodymyr's Cathedral in ChersonesusArchitectural270027More images at the Brotherhood CemeteryArchitectural270028More images –15th centuriesArchitectural010096More images –15th centuriesArchitectural010097More images
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