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Alushta

Image - Ivan Aivazovsky: Alushta (1878) Image - One of the Alushta beaches.
Image - A view of Alushta, Crimea.

Alushta [Alušta]. Map: IX-15. City (2001 pop 31,440) in the Crimea, on the Crimean southern shore. Alushta has resorts, sanatoriums, and beaches. It was founded in the 6th century AD on the site of the fortress Aluston, built during the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. It was ruled by Genoa from the 14th century, by the Turks from 1475, and by Russia from 1783. Since 1954 the city has been located within the Ukrainian borders.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]


Image - A church in Alupka, Crimea. Image - A view of Alushta, Crimea. Image - The Princess Gagarin palace in Alushta, Crimea. Image - A sea shore in Alushta, Crimea. Image - Black Sea near Alushta in the Crimea. Image - Vasyl H. Krychevsky: Alushta (1923) Image - Vasyl H. Krychevsky: A Tatar House in Alushta (1923). Image - A lighthouse on the Black Sea shore near Alushta. Image - Alushta main beach at night.


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