Editing Sevastopol (section)

===Part of the Ukrainian SSR===
During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] era, Sevastopol became a so-called "[[closed city]]". This meant that any non-residents had to apply to the authorities for a temporary permit to visit the city.

On 29 October 1948, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian SFSR issued an ''ukaz'' (order) which confirmed the special status of the city.<ref name=myths/> Soviet academic publications since 1954, including the ''[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]'', indicated that Sevastopol, [[Crimean Oblast]] was part of the [[Ukrainian SSR]].<ref>''[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]'' 1976, Vol.23. p. 104</ref><ref name=bse/>

In 1954, under [[Nikita Khrushchev]], both Sevastopol and the remainder of the Crimean peninsula were administratively [[1954 transfer of Crimea|transferred]] from being territories within the Russian SFSR to being territories administered by the Ukrainian SSR. Administratively, Sevastopol was a municipality excluded from the adjacent [[Crimean Oblast]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}{{explain|date=December 2018}} The territory of the municipality was 863.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and it was further subdivided into four raions (districts). Besides the City of Sevastopol proper, it also included two towns—Balaklava (having had no status until 1957), Inkerman, urban-type settlement Kacha, and 29 villages.<ref name=YavlinskyUkr>{{cite book|url={{GBurl|id=tedMMgz3RV8C|p=44}} |title=Contemporary Ukraine|isbn=0-7656-3150-4|last1=Kuzio|first1=Taras|date=15 April 1998|publisher=M.E. Sharpe }}</ref>

For the 1955 Ukrainian parliamentary elections on 27 February, Sevastopol was split into two electoral districts, Stalinsky and Korabelny (initially requested three Stalinsky, Korabelny, and Nakhimovsky).<ref name=myths/> Eventually,{{clarify|date=October 2022}} Sevastopol received two [[People's Deputy of Ukraine|people's deputies]] of the [[Ukrainian SSR]] elected to the [[Verkhovna Rada]],{{clarify|date=October 2022}} A. Korovchenko and M. Kulakov.<ref name=myths/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://fleet.sebastopol.ua/articles/POChTI_50_LET_NAZAD._SEVASTOPOL_V_1955_GODU/printable/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208203215/http://fleet.sebastopol.ua/articles/POChTI_50_LET_NAZAD._SEVASTOPOL_V_1955_GODU/printable/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2014|title=Статьи / газета Флот України: ПОЧТИ 50 ЛЕТ НАЗАД. СЕВАСТОПОЛЬ В 1955 ГОДУ|language=ru|date=8 December 2014|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref>

In 1957, the town of [[Balaklava]] was incorporated into Sevastopol.