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Southern Coast (Crimea)
The Southern Coast ( crh, Yalı Boyu; uk, Півде́нний бе́рег, translit=Pivdennyi bereg; russian: Ю́жный бе́рег, translit=Yuzhny bereg), also referred to as the Crimean Riviera, is a geographic region located in southern Crimea, a region internationally recognised as part of Ukraine but currently controlled by Russia. Stretching from Cape Aya to Kara Dag Mountain, the Southern Coast has a total length of about . The Southern Coast has historically been a prominent tourist location due to its relatively warm climate and purported benefits for respiratory health, and draws an estimated 500,000 tourists yearly . Climate The warmest part of Crimea, the Southern Coast has a humid subtropical climate, bordering on a hot-summer mediterranean climate, and is prone to cyclones in winter and high atmospheric pressure in the summer. Temperatures in the city of Yalta, for example, peak at around 29.4°C (84.9°F) in August before dropping to a low of 2.2°C (36. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karadag Nature Reserve
russian: Карадагский природный заповедник , iucn_category = Ia , photo = Карадаг 5.jpg , photo_caption = Karadag Nature Reserve , photo_width = 300 , map = Crimea , relief = yes , map_caption = Location in Crimea , location = Ukraine (de jure) /Russia (de facto) , nearest_city = Feodosia , coordinates = , coords_ref = , area = , established = 1979 , visitation_num = , visitation_year = , visitation_ref = , website= http://karadag.com.ru/ , governing_body = Ministry of Science and Higher Education / Russian Academy of Sciences , embedded = __NOTOC__ Karadag Nature Reserve ( uk, Карада́зький приро́дний запові́дник) (russian: Карадагский природный заповедник) is a protected nature reserve that covers a portion of the southeast coast of the Crimean peninsula. Encompassing mountains, forest-steppe, shoreline and marine areas, Karadag is an area of high biodiversi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Of Ukraine
The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was created under the auspices of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Europe (Sarcelles, near Paris). As the ''Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies'' it conditionally consists of two parts, the first being a general part that consists of a three volume reference work divided in to subjects or themes. The second part is a 10 volume encyclopedia with entries arranged alphabetically. The editor-in-chief of Volumes I and II (published in 1984 and 1988 respectively) was Volodymyr Kubijovyč. The concluding three volumes, with Danylo Husar Struk as editor-in-chief, appeared in 1993. The encyclopedia set came with a 30-page ''Map & Gazetteer of Ukraine'' compiled by Kubijovyč and Arkadii Zhukovsky. It contained a detailed fold-out map (scale 1:2,000,000). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Kubijovyč
Volodymyr Kubijovyč, also spelled Kubiiovych or Kubiyovych ( uk, Володи́мир Миха́йлович Кубійо́вич, translit=Volodymyr Mykhailovych Kubiiovych; 23 September 1900, Nowy Sącz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria – 2 November 1985, Paris, France) was an anthropological geographer in prewar Second Polish Republic, Poland, a World War II, wartime Ukrainians, Ukrainian nationalist politician and a post-war émigré intellectual of mixed Ukrainians, Ukrainian-Poles, Polish background. During the World War II, war Kubijovyč headed the social welfare and the economic committee called UCC (). In 1943, he was a founder of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. Kubijovyč was a supporter of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, OUN-M, Andriy Melnyk (Ukrainian military leader), Andriy Melnyk's faction in the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.Ryszard Torzecki, ''Kwestia ukraińska w polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander III Of Russia
Alexander III ( rus, Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, r=Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II. This policy is known in Russia as "counter-reforms" ( rus, контрреформы). Under the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827–1907), he opposed any reform that limited his autocratic rule. During his reign, Russia fought no major wars; he was therefore styled "The Peacemaker" ( rus, Миротворец, Mirotvorets, p=mʲɪrɐˈtvorʲɪt͡s). It was he who helped forge the Russo-French Alliance. Personality Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich was born on 10 March 1845 at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, the second son and third child of Tsesarevich Alexander (Future Alexander II) and his first wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsar's Path
The Tsar's Path (russian: Царская тропа) or the Solnechnaya Tropa (russian: Солнечная тропа) is a scenic walking path that runs along the edge of the Crimean Mountains near the city of Yalta. The path starts out at the Livadia Palace and runs west to its finish at the Swallow's Nest in nearby Gaspra. The path was built in 1861 by for recreational use by the Russian Tsar Alexander III near his Crimean resort at the Livadia Palace. It was built upon the family doctor's recommendation due to its healing and therapeutic elements that are attributed to the local climate which would help with the family's tuberculosis health problems. Its construction finished in 1901, and it remained one of the Romanov family's favorite relaxation spots. Because of the name of the path and its references to Imperial Russia, the path was renamed to the Solnechnaya Tropa (or Sunny Path) during Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Botkin
Sergey Petrovich Botkin (russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Бо́ткин; 5 September 1832 – 12 December 1889) was a famous Russian clinician, therapist, and activist, one of the founders of modern Russian medical science and education. He introduced triage, pathological anatomy, and post mortem diagnostics into Russian medical practice. Life and career Botkin was born on 5 September 1832, in Moscow to a family of famous Russian tea tradesmen, and the son of Anna Ivanovna (Postnikova) and Petr Kononovich Botkin. He made his first steps towards education in the private school of Ennes. In 1850 Botkin was admitted to Moscow State University. In 1855 Sergey Botkin graduated from the university with honors and received a Doctor of Medicine degree. Shortly afterwards however he was mobilized as a conscript, designated to serve as military surgeon and sent straight to Sevastopol, where the Crimean War was in full swing. There Botkin worked under the guidance of Nikolay Pirog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koreiz
Koreiz (, , ) is an urban-type settlement lying south-west of Yalta in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. The name of the town means "villages" in Greek (χωρεία, chorèa). Koreiz absorbed the nearby spa of Miskhor in 1958. Population: Koreiz has arguably become best known as the site of two palaces: * The palace of Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich of Russia, known as Dulber (''dülber'' in Crimean Tatar means "beautiful"), is an asymmetrical Moorish Revival architectural extravaganza with crenellated walls, silver domes, and more than 100 rooms, inspired by the Mameluk architecture of 15th-century Cairo. This palace was built between 1895 and 1897. * , an architect who worked on the imperial Livadia Palace in nearby Yalta, built the Yusupov Palace for Prince Felix Yusupov in 1909. The palace, whose style may be described as Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusupov Palace (Crimea)
The Yusupov Palace ( uk, Юсуповський палац; rus, Юсуповский дворец) is a palace located in the town of Koreiz, near Yalta in Crimea. It was built for Prince Felix Yusupov-Soumorokov-Elston and his wife Princess Zinaida Yusupova (1861–1939) in 1909 by Nikolay Krasnov, the architect responsible for the imperial Livadia Palace in nearby Yalta. The palace, whose style may be described as Renaissance Revival and Roman Revival, boasts a romantic park with exotic plants and a wine cellar founded by Prince Lev Galitzine in the 19th century. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the palace was nationalised and served as Joseph Stalin's favourite dacha during the Yalta Conference and at other times. From 1991 to March 2014 Yusupov Palace was owned by the President of Ukraine. On 21 October 2014, The Council of Ministers of Crimea decided to transfer to use for the president of Russia. After the Annexation of Crimea to Russia in March 2014, the Yusupo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livadia Palace
Livadia Palace (russian: Ливадийский дворец, uk, Лівадійський палац) is a former summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family in Livadiya, Crimea. The Yalta Conference was held there in 1945, when the palace housed the apartments of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other members of the American delegation – the Soviet delegation was housed in the Yusupov Palace, and the British in the Vorontsov Palace some five miles distant. Today the palace houses a museum, but it is sometimes used for international summits. History Formerly granted to Lambros Katsonis and later a possession of the Potocki family, the Livadia estate became a summer residence of the Russian imperial family in the 1860s, when architect Ippolito Monighetti built a large palace, a small palace, and a church there. The residence was frequented by Alexander II of Russia, while his successor Alexander III used to live (and died) in the smaller palace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alupka
Alupka (Ukrainian and Russian: Алу́пка; crh, Alupka; gr, Ἀλώπηξ, Alòpex) is a resort city located in the Crimean peninsula, a territory of Ukraine currently annexed by Russian Federation (see 2014 Crimean crisis). It is located to the west of Yalta. It is famous for the Vorontsov Palace, designed by English architect Edward Blore in an extravagant mixture of Scottish baronial and Neo-Moorish styles and built in 1828–1846 for prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov.Population: 8,087 (2021). Area: 4.2246 km2. Sister-city: Apopka, Florida, USA. Alupka and its surrounding area is full of resort hotels on the shore of the Black Sea, where thousands of travelers (particularly from the former Soviet Union) travel every year. Public transport to Alupka includes the bus system (bus routes #26 and #27 from Yalta) and other road vehicles. Climate Located in the subtropical climate of southern Crimea, Alupka has an average temperature of in January–February and an aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorontsov Palace (Alupka)
The Vorontsov Palace ( uk, Воронцовський палац; russian: link=no, Воронцо́вский дворе́ц) or the Alupka Palace; russian: link=no, Алупкинский дворец) name was contrived during Soviet times to remove mention to the Vorontsov noble family., group="nb" is a historic palace situated at the foot of the Crimean Mountains near the town of Alupka in Crimea. The Vorontsov Palace is one of the oldest and largest palaces in Crimea, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions on Crimea's southern coast. The palace was built between 1828 and 1848 for the Russian Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov for use as his personal summer residence at a cost of 9 million roubles. It was designed in a loose interpretation of the English Renaissance revival style by English architect Edward Blore and his assistant William Hunt. The building is a hybrid of several architectural styles, but faithful to none. Among those styles are elements o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
