Foros ( uk, Форос; russian: Форо́с, crh, Foros, el, Phàros, Φάρος) is a
resort town (an
urban-type settlement, legally) in
Yalta Municipality of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of
Ukraine
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and incorporated by
Russia
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as the
Republic of Crimea. Population:
Foros is the southernmost resort in Crimea.
The settlement was founded and named by medieval
Greek merchants. It was rediscovered in the late 19th century by
Alexander Kuznetsov, a Russian "tea king" who had his palace built on the sea shore. It was Kuznetsov who commissioned the town's main landmark, the
Resurrection Church. This ornate five-domed architectural extravaganza is sited on a 400-metre cliff overlooking Foros.
The Soviet leaders had several state
dachas built near Foros. One of these came to international attention during the
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup,, "August Putsch". was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Soviet Union's Communist Party to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet ...
, when the Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev had been vacationing at the time of the coup. Gorbachev's luxury dacha had been fired upon a couple of times during the capture, after which Gorbachev was placed under
house arrest.
See also
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Baydar Gate
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Church of the Resurrection, Foros
References
External links
Санатории Форос-
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Urban-type settlements in Crimea
Seaside resorts in Russia
Seaside resorts in Ukraine
Yalta Municipality
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
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