Yalta City Municipality (russian: Я́лтинский городско́й сове́т; uk, Я́лтинська міська́ ра́да; crh, Yalta şeer şurası, Ялта шеэр шурасы), officially "the territory governed by the Yalta city council", also known as Greater Yalta (russian: Большая Ялта) is one of the 25 regions of the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,

, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of

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but forcibly incorporated into

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after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. It is a resort region, located at the southern shore of Crimea – one of the most famous recreational territories of the former Soviet Union. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Russia, Yalta is, together with a number of urban and rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of republican significance of Yalta—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law of the Republic of Crimea #35-ZRK As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Yalta is incorporated as Yalta Urban Okrug.Law of the Republic of Crimea #15-ZRK Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Yalta is incorporated as the town of republican significance of Yalta. Its governing body, Yalta ''miskrada'' (Yalta city council) was governing the territory what is described here as Yalta Urban Okrug. Besides the cities of

Yalta Yalta (: Я́лта) is a resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Crimea ...

and Alupka, the region includes 21 towns and 9 villages which are organised into 7 town communities. Former Crimean Tatar names which were officially changed in 1945-49 after the deportation of Crimean Tatars and are now used only by the Crimean Tatar community are mentioned in brackets.

Places of interest

* Nikitsky Botanical Garden (

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) * International children's centre of Artek ( Gurzuf) * Livadia Palace ( Livadiya) * Vorontsov Palace ( Alupka)

References

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Administrative and municipal status

Places of interest

See also

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