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Russia

Russia, officially the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area (1,265,267 square kilometres (488,522 sq mi)) extending across eleven time zones. Russia shares land borders with Norway and Finland to the northwest; Estonia, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine to the west, as well as Lithuania and Poland (with Kaliningrad Oblast); Georgia and Azerbaijan to the southwest; Kazakhstan and Mongolia to the south; China and North Korea to the southeast — as well as sharing maritime boundaries with Japan and the United States. Russia also shares borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Aluston Fortress

The fortress of Aluston was built in the 6th century by order of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Aluston was located 200 metres from the sea on top of a 44-metre high hill. The line of fortress walls of Aluston was a quadrangle of irregula... read more

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Alushta Museum of History and Local Lore

In 1923 in the city of Alushta was opened historical and local history museum. This Museum for various reasons three times was closed and reopened. At the time of closure all the funds of this museum were transferred to other local history museums... read more

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Kosmo-Damianovsky monastery

Kosmo-Damianovsky (Kozmodemianovsky) Monastery - is located 16 km from Alushta, between Babugan and Sinabdag in the Central Basin of the Crimean Peninsula. Alushta, between Babugan and Sinabdag in the Central Basin of the Crimean State Reserve. Th... read more

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Jur-Jur Waterfall

In the Khapgal Gorge, on the territory of Alushta region there is the most full-flowing waterfall of the Crimean peninsula - Dzhur-Dzhur. This is a turbulent and very picturesque waterfall, the name of which in translation from Armenian means... read more

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