Май 2nd, 2011 
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Военная одежда необычайно удобная и комфортная, потому как ее можно использовать в сложных условиях и она превосходно подходит для военнослужащего, фотографа, либо же рыбака. Военная одежда необычайно удобная, прочная и при этом совершенно недорогая, кроме того она идеально подходит для любых, даже самых сложных климатических условий, переносит абсолютно любые испытания и дает возможность необычайно комфортно ощущать себя в любых погодных условиях. Read more »
Апрель 30th, 2011 admin 
Sudak is a small historic town located in Crimea. Today it is a popular resort, best known for its Genoese fortress, the best preserved on the northern shore of the Black Sea.
The Sudak fortress is an outstanding monument of fortification architecture of the 14-15th centuries. It was built by the Genoese who settled in Feodosia and began to develop the Black Sea Coast in the XIII century.
Enlarging their dominion they seized Soldaia (later name Sudak) in 1365. To consolidate their power the Genoese built mighty fortresses. One of the major ones was the fortress in Sudak, built from 1371 to 1469. Read more »
Апрель 25th, 2011 admin 
Simeiz (“Sign”) is located by the southern slopes of the main range of Crimean Mountains at the base of Mount Koshka, 18 kilometers (12 miles) west from Yalta.
There are prehistoric dolmens nearby; Simeiz (“Sign”) lies in the locality where at one time there were Tauri settlements and fortifications. Read more »
Апрель 23rd, 2011 admin 
Oreanda.
If you walk from Livadia palace along the «Sunny path” (former «Tsar’s path») a haif- rofunda. Below stretches a very old park in the midst of which lies the cluster of buildings of the Nizhnyaya Oreanda Sanatorium.
In the 1820’s the Romanovs acquired Oreanda (“Border”) and in 1852 a luxurious palace was built here for the Grand Duke Constantine. But the palace was burnt down in 1882.
The park was laid out while the palace was being built; the contours of its small ponds reproduce the outlines of the Sea of Azov, the Black, the Caspian and the Aral Seas.
On the elevation to the left of the sanatorium stands a grey church, which was built from the stones of the burnt down palace. This church is mentioned in Chekhov’s story «The Lady with the Dog». Read more »
Апрель 22nd, 2011 admin 
The first written reference to Alupka dates back to the year 960 A.D. The name is supposed to derive from the Greek word «alepu» which means «a fox». The settlement is situated on the mountainous terrain and is unplanned. Homes were built along the mountain paths, which now are the streets. Read more »
Апрель 20th, 2011 admin 
Miskhor (“Half Town”) is a resort situated between Yalta and Alupka. The first known inhabitants in these parts were the Tauri, then Romans built a fortress on Cape Ai-Todor.
The tour of Miskhor ends at the dock where the pleasure boats are moored. Here on a small rock one can see the bronze figure of a mermaid with a baby in her arms, while on shore next to a fountain stands a young girl with jug. These sculptures created by the famous sculptor Amandus Adamson in 1893. He was inspired by the romantic legend about the beautiful Girl Arzy who was kidnapped for the harem. In a year she threw herself into the waters with her baby boy in arms. That same evening a mermaid holding a baby appeared on the sea shore near Miskhor and the fountain began its marry babbling again… Read more »
Апрель 20th, 2011 admin 
Gurzuf («mountain valley») is a picturesque Crimean scenery which is situated 16 kilometers to the east of Yalta.
The first written reference about Gurzuf occurs in the writings of the Byzantine writer Procopius (500-562) who lived at the time of the emperor Justinian I (483-565). Procopius writes about the construction of a Byzantine fortress «in the district of Gurzovit». Read more »
Апрель 19th, 2011 admin 
Massandra is situated 3 kilometers far to the East from Yalta.
The high hills of Nikita mountain pasture, the highest point of Mauntin Avinda is 1473 meters, protect Massandra from the cold air from the North and the southern winds bring the fresh breath of the Black sea. The Massandra park is one of the most beautiful parks of the Southern Coast. It was laid in the 1840 by the German horticulturist Kari Kebach, he was the founder of the Alupka park as well. The park was laid out by the serf labour of the peasants brought by Count Vorontsov from all the provinces of Russia. There are more than 200 tree and bush species grow in the Massandra park on its 40 hectares nowadays. The park was planned in the English style with curvilinear paths and picturesque groups of trees. Read more »
Апрель 18th, 2011 admin 
Yalta («Coast») stretches along the coast of a sea bay on the slope of the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains. In ancient times the Greek settlement of Jalita existed on this territory. In the Middle Ages there was the Byzantine and Genoese settlement, they named it as Kaulita.
In 1837 it was turned into a district city which began to be developed according to the 1843 plan.
At the end of the 19th century Yalta has a rapid growth, and the development of valleys of the Derekoika and the Uchan-Su Rivers.
Now it is a significant resort and cultural centre whose boundaries widened thanks to multistory housing developments on the adjoining slopes. Read more »
Апрель 17th, 2011 admin 
Alushta is an ancient town on the Crimea’s Southern Coast. Alushta inherited its name from the Byzantine fortress of Aluston, which was built here in the 6th century A.D.Byzantine emperor Justinian I (483-565) who also rebuilt the church of St. Sophia at Constantinople. In the present-day you can look round the remains of the Byzantine fortress, its defense tower and part of a wall. Alushta attracts tourists by its unusual climate, pleasant beaches and picturesque surroundings. Read more »
Апрель 16th, 2011 admin 
Stary Krym («Old Crimea») is a quiet, modest town in the Eastern Crimea, its history numbers not one millenium.
At the beginning of the 1st millenium there was a Taun settling Karia here, then it bore the name of Surkhat and in XIII-XV cc. — Solkhat. The last two names originally come from Armenian «surbkhach» that is «the holy cross».
At the end of the XV century the town was conquered by the Tatars and called Eski Krym (“Old Moat”). The formation of the Crimean khanate with the capital in Bakhchisarai Eski Krym lost its former importance. After the annexation of the Crimea it was planned to make Stary Krym its capital and rename it Simferopol.
Stary Krym is situated at the foot of the Mount Agarmysh (“Whitish”) which is 724 meters above sea level. In summer the mount gets warm and creates an ascending airflow, which is conductive to formation of a cumulus cloud. The influence of the mount on the local climate is very favorable for treatment of lung patients. Read more »
Апрель 15th, 2011 admin
Керчь. Художник Богаевский-
There are several ancient cities on the territory of the Eastern Crimea, among them is Kerch.The city has rich historical background and is considered to be an archeological reserve.
In the 6th century B.C.Greek colonists from Miletus founded a city-state named Panticapeum (“Fish Way”) on Mount Mithridat. Soon Panticapaeum became the capital of the Bosporan Kingdom. Read more »
Апрель 14th, 2011 admin 
Коктебель и мыс Меганом, ноябрь 2017
I greet you, in spring crucified,
My magnificent Koktebel!
Maximilian Voloshin
Koktebel.… It sounds French, but originally it is a combination of three Turkic words: «kok» — blue, «tepe» -top, «el» — settling, land. Koktebel – it’s the “blue-top-settling”-land. It’s the land of the blue mountain peaks…
Nobody knows the year when Koktebel came into being. It is well known there was a Middle Age settlement here in the VIII century. The valleys around the mount Kara-Dag had been settled since that time. Read more »
Апрель 12th, 2011 admin 
Feodosia (“Given by God”) is known from the 6th century. It was a settlement of the Tauri and was named Ardabda –“The town of the Seven Gods».
The Genoeses called it Kaffa and the Turkish — ‘Kuchuk-lstanbul’ (“Small Istanbul”).
In 1783 after the annexation of Crimea the town got its original Greek name — Feodosia.
The Genoese consolidated their position in Feodosia in 1266. They built stone walls with 25 round towers which surrounded the city. Read more »
Апрель 11th, 2011 admin 
Not only the Khan’s Palace Museum attracts visitors to Bakhchisarai. No less popular are such historical monuments as Cave Towns. They were first mentioned in the written documents as far back as the 13-century. Their names are Kachi-Kalyon, Eski Kermen, Mangup Bakla, and Chufut- Kale. Read more »
Апрель 9th, 2011 admin 
Bakhchisarai is a district town situated in the picturesque valley of the Churuk-Su River 32 km from Simferopol. The territory of Bakhchisarai was settled 40,000 years ago. There are the rests of two settlings of the Early Paleolithic Age.
Bakhchisarai (“palace in a garden”) appeared in the 16th century when khan Khadji Ghirey transferred their capital from Eski-Kyrym (Stary Krym- “Old Crimea”) to a bank of the River Churuk-Su (“Fouling Water”) The narrow valley stimulated a picturesque lay-out of the city, which harmonized well with the lush greenery. Read more »
