The peninsula is a harmonious combination of the sea, lush nature, mass tourism and lifelong attractions. There are only 17 state museums with 26 branches. Museums Crimea opens at enterprises and institutions, and private collections are increasingly becoming panopticon status.
Crimean palaces
Studying architecture and history from buildings built in the past is quite an interesting activity. The palaces of the peninsula are the best suited for this. They harmoniously complement the museums of Crimea. A photo with a description in the reproductions album is good, but judging by the reviews of tourists, visiting and seeing with your own eyes is much more interesting.
The most exotic palace and park complex of the peninsula, the Vorontsov Palace, wedges between the coast and Mount Ai-Petri, not far from Yalta. According to the order of the local governor, Count Mikhail Vorontsov, English architects were engaged in its architecture. The construction of a bizarre combination of a Scottish castle, repeating the outlines of the overhanging mountains, with the Arab-Asian serral and six lions, opening the way to the sea, took 18 years (1828–1846). The reviews of tourists mention paintings, home decoration, a dining room and a winter garden, made in the English style.
The Massandra Palace was built as a hunting lodge for the royal family. It is decorated in an elaborate style, and the turrets resemble French castles. Construction took a long time and was completed only in 1889 by Emperor Alexander III. The recently restored palace interior acquaints visitors with paintings by eminent masters and antique furniture of the 19th century. The palace is surrounded by an even more refined park with water lilies blooming on the pond. According to the reviews of tourists who visited Massandra, these museums should be regarded as mandatory. Crimea no less reverently preserves the history of personalities. This can be traced to the memorial houses of famous people who lived on the peninsula or visited it.
Memorial houses and summer cottages
The peninsula was regularly visited by many prominent personalities. There were politicians and actors, poets and artists. So, Theodosius preserves the memory of the best marine painter of the world Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Born by the sea and immensely in love with his indomitable element, the master managed to convey all the colors and movements of the Black Sea.
The poets Alexander Pushkin and Maximilian Voloshin also left their mark on the peninsula. The memory of them is preserved by the museums of Yalta and Koktebel.
Sisters Tsvetaeva, author of “Scarlet Sails” Alexander Green and Konstantin Paustovsky left their mark in Crimea. Their museums are located in Feodosia and Old Crimea.
Severely ill, consumptive consumption in those years, the famous Russian writer and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov lived on the south coast for the remainder of his days. According to the reviews of tourists who visited the museum, the memorial house in Yalta, dedicated to his memory, personified the "Cherry Orchard." Here and at his dacha, the writer created The Three Sisters. Photos, letters, books, personal items and memories of contemporaries carefully preserve these museums. Crimea many times has become an arena of hostilities. The history of military campaigns and feats of arms is preserved in many collection funds of the peninsula.
Glory to the military past
In almost every museum on the peninsula, at least 1 hall is reserved for the narrative of the military exploits of Russia and Crimeans. Being a tidbit for the invaders, the territory of the peninsula was subjected to the conquests of the Greeks, Turks, Germans, French, British and other invaders many times and at different times. Local history museums talk about this. Crimea offers to get acquainted with their expositions in Simferopol, Kerch, Feodosia, Evpatoria and other no less glorious cities.
However, the largest number of memos accumulated on its territory the hero city, the outpost of Russian glory and the Black Sea sailors - Sevastopol. Reading the reviews of tourists, we can conclude that the central place in this galaxy is occupied by the 35th Battery memorial complex. She became both a witness and a direct participant in epoch-making events, the last frontier of the city’s defense in 1941–1942. The times of the Second World War are also remembered by Malakhov Kurgan and Sapun-gora.
An earlier history of feats of arms has been preserved in the famous Sevastopol panorama on top of Historical Boulevard, in the Mikhailovsky Battery and in the Museum of the Black Sea Fleet.
