Gurzuf or Hurzuf ( uk, link=no, Гурзуф, russian: Гурзу́ф, crh, Gurzuf, gr, link=no, Γορζουβίται) is a resort-town (

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in

Yalta Municipality Yalta City Municipality (russian: Я́лтинский городско́й сове́т; uk, Я́лтинська міська́ ра́да; crh, Yalta şeer şurası, Ялта шеэр шурасы), officially "the territory governed by the Ya ...

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 Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the

Republic of Crimea The Republic of Crimea, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; uk, Республіка Крим, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; crh, , is an unrecognized federal subject ( republic) of Russia, located in the Crimean Peninsula. Its territory ...

. Population: It is located on the northern coast of the

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. It is the site of a 6th-century fortress built by

Justinian I Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized '' renov ...

and called by

Procopius Procopius of Caesarea ( grc-gre, Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; la, Procopius Caesariensis; – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman gen ...

the fortress of the Gorzoubitai. The fortress was later restored by the Genoese who called the place Garzuni, Grasni, and Gorzanium, and appointed it the seat of a chief magistrate.John Buchan Telfer. ''The Crimea and Transcaucasia''. Forgotten Books, 2012. p.68. It was a former Crimean Tatar village, now a part of Greater

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 Cri ...

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

visited Gurzuf in 1821 and ballet master

Marius Petipa Marius Ivanovich Petipa (russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818), was a French ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters an ...

died here. The International Children Center Artek (former All-Union

Young Pioneer camp Young Pioneer camp (russian: Пионерский лагерь) was the name for the vacation or summer camp of Young Pioneers. In the 20th century these camps existed in many socialist countries, particularly in the Soviet Union. The ...

Artek) is situated just behind the mount of Ayu-Dag (''Bear Mountain''). The

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is headquartered in the town. Between Gurzuf and Mount Ayu-Dag is Cape Suuksu. At the top of the Cape is a tower, a medieval cemetery, and a small monument to Pushkin.

People from Gurzuf

* Cengiz Dağcı (1919–2011), Crimean Tatar novelist and poet * Mansur Mazinov (1906–1983), Soviet air force officer, the first Crimean Tatar pilot * Natalia Popovych (born 1968), Ukrainian politician

Gallery

View of Gurzuf, Ukraine.JPG, View of Gurzuf Goddess of Night, Gurzuf, Crimea.jpg, "Goddess of Night" fountain in Gurzuf Gurzuf, Sculpture 2, Crimea.jpg, Statue Gurzuf, Sculpture 3, Crimea, Inside the empty mass.jpg, Statue Korovin pier in Gurzuf.JPG, "''Pier in Gurzuf''" by Konstantin Korovin, 1914 Гурзуф осенью, Крым.jpg, Gurzuf in the fall

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Crimea Populated coastal places in Ukraine Seaside resorts in Ukraine Populated coastal places in Russia Seaside resorts in Russia Simferopolsky Uyezd Yalta Municipality