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Balaklava |
Balaklava - bay charactersThis bay visited with the Odyssey faithful Argonauts, neugomonnye Genoese traders reluctant to build on its shores fortress, protecting its trade routes from the Turks treacherous, brutal Ottoman warriors couple of centuries induced fear in the inhabitants hospitable harbor. Bay remembers flimsy Greek fishermen and powerful warships British rapid Cossack gulls and Soviet submarines. Balaklava remember much - it is more than two and a half thousand years. The name comes from the Bay of Turkish balyk "juvenile" and means "fish nest" - a place where always fishes. Balaklava - perfect bay, which is not quick to note in their time tavry, Greeks, Turks and many others conqueror Crimea. With two bend at the entrance, bay invisible from the sea and well-protected from disturbances, and even in the most powerful storm in it calmly. The first impression has got to this place traveler - appeasement. Rocks, sea, the ancient fortress tower, grape vines, figs - all millennial wisdom and breathe slowly. As confirmation of dignity and antiquity - located on the shores of Bay Temple Twelve Apostles, one of the oldest in the Crimea. At the entrance to the bay picturesquely situated balances Genoa fortress, a very welcome his majesty's eye today. The history of this small town in southern Crimea has accumulated a huge amount of events, in one way or another associated with all the major world powers. Many, such as England, France, Turkey, the only memories left from the other - and the physical traces of their presence in the bay. The current Balaklava - is part of Sevastopol,
with a population of thirty thousand inhabitants, the small town, which is a pearl embankment comfortable with a lot of fish restaurants from the sea itself. Buchta hides in its bosom base submarines - the strategic object of the Cold War. In connection with the pre-1991 town of Balaklava was closed, and only after the collapse of the Soviet Union following the withdrawal of the last submarine base in the citadel submarine fleet gained access and easy death. Now on the ground base - a museum, and everyone for a small fee can see tsiklopicheskim largest military installations. Disregard of the military theme - that is, the benefit to look curious traveler.
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