About Feodosia and the Crimea.

Written: 24 september 2008
Travel time: 25 september — 2 october 2008
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And scanty and unadorned
My ancient city
In the crown of the Genoese towers,
In the shadow of the arcades;
Among the dried up fountains
Keeping the coat of arms
That doges, then the Crimean khans -
Star and sickle;
Under the shade of lean acacias
And poplars
Among the dusty hallucinations
gray stones,
Within the walls of churches and mosques
For a long time keeping
The dull fumes of centuries
And the taste of fire. . .
Maximilian Voloshin
June 2.1918
Starting from Sudak, the southern coastal features of the climate are gradually replaced by steppe, continental ones. The low ridges are treeless and burned by the sun, but their outlines are so beautiful and changeable that they entered the history of world artistic culture under the name "Cimmeria".
Administrative status, population and economy.

The lands of the city of Feodosia cover a vast strip along the Black Sea for about 30 km and inland for about 10 km. The rural population is engaged in viticulture, winemaking, fruit growing, and fishing in the sea. In Soviet times, the area was extremely saturated with troops and defense plants, many of which are unique. Here, for example, they designed and sewed parachutes for descent spacecraft. Villages were created near the factories, until recently closed, but now accepting tourists. Well, from the exotic past - a tobacco factory founded by the legendary millionaire Stamboli. A hosiery factory has also remained from the Soviet past. The city is one of the largest in Crimea - about 80 thousand inhabitants.
For autotourism and recreation, there are wonderful conditions on the huge Golden Beach.
A rather secluded, but long-established resort, where there is almost everything for successful treatment: healing mud, mineral waters, gentle sea, golden sand, dry and hot climate, rich medical experience and modern technology. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, circulatory organs, chronic diseases of the kidneys, biliary tract, and diabetes are treated here.

audience and seasons.
They come here primarily for treatment. Adults and children. In general, no one really wants to stand out or impress strangers, because everyone is seriously busy improving their health, so it’s quieter here than on the South Coast. However, evening life is in full swing in the best traditions of the resort.
Attractions.
Feodosia is the only city in the entire Northern Black Sea region that still bears its ancient name today. It has enough sights - after all, the city exchanged the 26th century. They are located quite compactly. On Gallery Street there is the Art Gallery named after I. K. Aivazovsky and the A. Green Museum, on Lenin Street - the Mufti-Jami mosque (1623) and the Armenian temple of Sergius (Sarkis) of the 15th century - there is a collection of stone slabs - a lapidarium, in which Genoese, Armenian and Turkic monuments are exhibited. In a seaside park with a fountain I. K. Aivazovsky (built in 1888 according to the project and at the expense of the great marine painter), the tower of Konstantin (1382 - 1448) is adjacent - one of the many that remained in the city after the Genoese rule. The main core of Genoese and Armenian monuments has been preserved in the southern part of the city, in the so-called Quarantine. These are the towers of Crisco and Clementine, Nameless and Dock; temples of the XIV century: Stephen, Gregory, John the Baptist, John the Theologian.
In 1990, the Hang Gliding Museum was opened.
Celebrities.

Of the strong personalities of antiquity, this is the Pontic king Mithridates IV Eupator, who built a fleet here to fight the Roman Empire.
The Golden Horde Khan Dzhenibek became a “hero” of middle age. In 1347, he threw the besieged city from catapults with the corpses of his soldiers who died of the plague. The Genoese fled to Europe and caused a plague that killed 75 million people, more than a quarter of the then European population.
The city was one of the centers of the Great Silk Road. The famous Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin once walked along it in his "Journey Beyond the Three Seas".
The legendary Ukrainian woman Roksolana, who became the wife of the Turkish Sultan and one of the most influential women in history, was sold at the local slave market.
The hero of the era of capitalism can be called the local tobacco manufacturer Stamboli, whose luxurious dacha still testifies not only to his wealth, but also to his excellent taste.
The young hero of the Great Patriotic War, 13-year-old Vitya Korobkov, was shot by the Nazis as a scout of a partisan detachment in 1942.
Today's celebrities are mainly marine painters and romantic writers who are inspired by the unique landscapes and glorious history of the city.
Beaches.
Near Feodosia, the main ridge of the Crimean Mountains completely disappears, but on the other hand, 15 kilometers of a wide sandy beach made of frayed shells (Golden Beach), a gently sloping bottom, rare storms and stable sunny weather - all this makes the city an excellent place for family holidays. The duration of sunshine in the warm half of the year here is 1865 hours, which is less than in Sevastopol, but more than in Yalta. The swimming season for adults lasts from May 23 to October 15, for children from June 22 to September 3. Approximately three weeks of the “children's” season may fall due to storms or cold “currents”.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original