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 OUR TOWN IS 2500 YEARS OLD |
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 Where is Evpatoria?
The Crimean Peninsula makes up the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea. This area covers approximately 26,000 square kilometers. The distance from the northern most point (Perekop) to the southern most point at Cape Sarych is 195 km and from Cape Tarhankut in the west to the end of the Kerch Peninsula on the east is 325 km.
The north end of the Crimean Peninsula is connected to the Ukrainian mainland by the narrow Perekopsk Isthmus. Western and southern Crimea is washed by the warm water of the Black Sea. Eastern Crimea is bordered by the Kerch Strait and north-eastern Crimea by the shallow saltwaters of the Sivash Bay. This bay is separated from Sea of Azov by a 113 km strip of land known as the Arabat Spit. The Tarhankut Peninsula makes up Crimea’s far western end and is located between the Karkinit and Kalamit Bays of the Black Sea. On the far eastern side, the Kerch Peninsula meets both the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Crimea is characterized by two main geographic features, steppe and mountains. The western, steppe part of Crimea is made up of a gently sloping rise known as the Evpatorian Plateau. To the north and west, this plateau gradually turns into even, unvarying steppe. At the coast, sandy in this region, the plateau is interrupted by multiple salt estuaries. The plateau gently slopes into the distance, densely sanded, smooth and velvety. Here the Black Sea meets broad dry land, making an irregular arc, ending to the north at Cape Tarhankut and in the south at Cape Hersoness. At the top of this arc, at the shore of the shallow, southward-facing Kalamit Bay, lies Evpatoria, one of the largest cities in Crimea. Evpatoria is famous as a seaside climatic and balneological resort.
Towns, like people, have their own faces and personalities. Evpatoria doesn’t show its many centuries of age but remains eternally young.
With gentle, warm sea water, golden sands and medicinal mud, Evpatoria has it all. Evpatoria also has excavations of the original ancient city of Kerkinitida, as well as narrow cobblestone lanes, modern apartment complexes and comfortable health centers. This medicinal city attracts thousand of people from various cities and countries to rest and improve their health. The city is a museum itself, where under the open sky history has collected unique monuments of ancient architecture. It is a city of muses, which inspires poets and artists, writers and actors.
The past and present whimsically intertwine in Evpatoria. People of various religions and ethnic backgrounds have lived here together for centuries in peace. The voice of the muezzin from the heights of the minaret mingles with the bells of the orthodox temple. And a Karaite Kenassa is located near the city’s synagogue.
Today the city is actively being developed, modernized and reconstructed, as if it’s finding its second wind. The renovated Duvanov Street, the Gorky Embankment and Gogol Square have become the pride of Evpatoria. New fountains have been constructed on Frunze Park. Revolution Street, Pioneer Street and Gogol Street are also being improved.
We are endeared to our unique and incomparable city, which is open to everyone and ready to share its generous hospitality and beauty, offering visitors a most precious thing, their health.
If you have never been in Evpatoria, we invite you to be our guest! Unforgettable memories and a wonderful rest awaits you. Evpatoria has a great potential and I am certain that soon our city will have a place amongst world-renowned health resorts.
Respectfully Yours, Andrey Danilenko, Mayor of Evpatoria.
| Gentle Coast
Evpatoria is one of the ancient cities of the world, with a history of 2500 years. The city is located in the steppe of northwest Crimea and spreads out along the shallow |
I believe in a bright future for Evpatoria and am sure that this future is not far distant, as the seeds planted in Evpatoria’s soil will surely be fruitful.
S.Duvan, Mayor of Evpatoria, 1911 | |
Kalamit Bay for many kilometers. Golden sand, a gently-sloping sandy sea bottom and warm and clear water makes Evpatoria’s beaches some of the best in Europe. Evpatoria is one of sunniest cities of Crimea. Several estuaries containing medicinal mud surround the city.
By an edict of the President of Ukraine regarding Evpatoria, the city was assigned the official status: National Children’s Health Resort. Evpatoria has 67 sanatorium-and-spa institutions with space to host 35,000 visitors. These sanatoriums specialize in the treatment of diseases for people who require wheel chairs, diseases of the nervous, digestive and respiratory systems, and the effects of trauma and sterility. The city has great medical potential, with the mineral-rich mud of Lake Moynaki, many health resorts that can use medicinal waters for treatment and mineral water wells. There are no industrial enterprises to pollute the atmosphere of Evpatoria. Environmental experts have reported on the city’s great natural purity. Today Evpatoria is the most ecologically clean city in Crimea. Drinking water comes from artesian wells located several kilometers from the city and is cleaned without chlorine, using ultraviolet light. This modern technology allows the city to keep the healthy characteristics of the water while removing disease-causing bacteria.
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Evpatoria has a unique history. The city was founded in the 6th century BC by Greek settlers and was named Kerkinitida. In the middle ages, the city had the name Gozlov. Here there was a sturdy fortress and a large trading port. After Catherine the Great added Crimea to Russia’s territory in 1784, the city was renamed Evpatoria.
Evpatoria has a developed vacation infrastructure at its disposal. In the summertime, many people work at the city’s cafes and restaurants. The city hosts musical festivals, carnivals and parades. Evpatoria is moving at full speed on its reconstruction with reconstructed streets, squares and |
Evpatoria has left a trace in the lives of many creative people, servants of the muses. Adam Mickievicz, Alexey Tolstoy, Lesya Ukrainka and Anna Akhmatova created some of their work here while Ilya Selvinsky and Boris Balter lived here. Here the academician of battle-painting Nikolai Samokish painted his canvases.
Many stars of the Russian theater scene have appeared on Evpatoria’s stages such as Constantine Stanislavsky, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Leonid Sobinov, Antonina Nezhdanova, Nadezhda Obukhova as well as the great bass Ivan Shalyapin and others.
All of these people spoke fondly about Evpatoria but the most emotional comment seems to belong to Vladimir Mayakovsky: ...I feel sorrow for anyone
who has never been to Evpatoria... | |
gardens. In 2003, the city celebrated its 25-century anniversary.
Evpatoria has its own scientific rarity. The Center for Space Vehicle Monitoring (CSVM) was built in the 1950’s not far outside Evpatoria. Here the first manned space missions were monitored. Years have passed but the center still keeps a watch on space. The center participates in international seminars and conferences. For example, at the conference "How do you do, Galaxy!" held in September 2001, a message was sent out to deep space. In 2003, a new message to other worlds was sent from CSVM by a schoolboy from Evpatoria. | | |
