Crimea

The Crimea from J. Luffman’s atlas (London 1815-1816, full size here).

beginnings • The Mixoparthenos, the Mother of the Scythians (es) Tatars • Tatars of Bakhchisaray. Photos by Husein Bodaninsky (1920-30) (es) • Murza Buzdurgan’s palace according to Mór Jókai

monasteries • The orthodox Crimea. Photos by Yuri Gladky mountains • The Dzhurdzhur waterfall

cities • Names of Simferopol (es) • Yalta’s ropeway in the Soviet cult film Assa • Yalta’s ropeway today (es) • Autumn in Bakhchisaray • A road through Bakhchisaray traveling • Together in the Crimea • Come with us to the Crimea! (es) • The atlas of Crimea (es)