Overview of the attractions of Simferopol in Crimea

The city of Simferopol is very ancient and famous for its beautiful views and centuries-old history. According to historical data, the city appeared in 1794. Because the region became part of the Russian Empire, it was decided to create the center of the Tauride region. There are many interesting beautiful places that are worth visiting by tourists.

Simferopol is translated from the ancient Greek as “a gatherer city,” and the name of the city justifies itself, since at all times the locals were engaged in the cultivation of vegetables and fruits, made delicious wine. It is worthwhile to take an interest in cultural features, centuries-old traditions, and then the trip will turn out to be very interesting, rich and unforgettable in any season of the year.

This beautiful city is located on the banks of the Salgir River in the central part of the Crimean Peninsula behind the formed ridges of the Crimean mountains, in the foothill region, in the hollow. Winters in Simferopol are warm, without frosts (as the climate is dry steppe), summers are hot and lasts much longer than in central Russia.

More than three hundred thousand people live in the city. The area is 107.41 square kilometers.

This is an archaeological site, the ruins of an ancient settlement located on the Petrovsky Heights. It occupies an area that is approximately equal to 20 hectares. For 200 years, archaeological excavations of this ancient city accounted for approximately 1/20 of its entire territory, and now, perhaps, the myriad values ​​of the Scythian city are still underground. This is an open air museum.Excavations are carried out weekly, and with every visit to this historical place you can always be enriched with knowledge in the field of history and culture of the ancient city.

In ancient times, the Naples structure was used as an easily accessible source of material for construction. In 1827, when transporting plates in a cart traveling from Kermenchik, a lover of collecting antiques Sultan-Crimea-Girey Kata Girey noticed several old plates with drawings and letters in Greek. On one of the ancient slabs, the name of the Scythian king Skilur (who lived more than 2000 years ago) was mentioned. Then the first archaeological excavations began. And even at the first finds, the ancient diggers were completely delighted, because during the study, ancient Greek and Roman coins were discovered.

Subsequently, with further research, archaeologists concluded that in the suburbs of Simferopol is a much more ancient and ancient city, and its name is Scythian Naples.

Since this museum-reserve is under development, excursions are conducted by archaeologists - employees of the reserve. Those who wish can see how archaeological excavations are conducted.

At present, during excavations, a variety of household items from the reign of the Scythian king Skilur have been found.

The Crimean peninsula is a place where representatives of different ethnic groups lived at all times. Among the different systems of ethnic groups, Karaites live to this day.

Karaites profess a special form of Judaism. Kenassa House of Prayer - one of the most beautiful buildings in the city of Simferopol. This unique building combines several architectural styles at once (Gothic, Moorish and Byzantine). There is a kenassa on Karaimskaya street, not far from the Holy Trinity Convent. There was a period when the house of prayer was closed. The kenassa is currently operational (entrance for visitors is open daily).

Of course, the main museum of Crimea is the Museum of Tauris, which sacredly preserves the cultural heritage and natural wealth of the peninsula.

Currently, the museum has a unique collection (more than 100 thousand items from the Paleolithic era to the present day). The collection was collected with donations from the local population and during archaeological expeditions on the peninsula.

Of great value is the Tavrika library, where you can find old books and manuscripts, as well as more than 40 thousand historical and archaeological volumes describing studies of the Crimean peninsula.

Several permanent exhibits that are exhibited at the museum:

• "The past of Tauris";
• "Golden pantry";
• "Lapidarium";
• “Crimea during the Russian-Turkish wars”;
• "Tauride province";
• "Crimea during the Great Patriotic War."

To date Crimean Ethnographic Museum - one of the leaders of scientific, cultural and educational centers of the Republic of Crimea. The collection of the museum has more than thirteen thousand items. The building where the museum is located belongs to the monuments of architecture and urban planning (built in 1869, as a shelter for girls named after a certain lady, Countess A.M. Adlerberg, the Crimean Ethnographic Museum has been established in the building since 1992).

The museum is actively engaged in research and educational work on the ethnic annals and ethnology of the Crimean peninsula, various exhibitions are also opened that tell about the traditions, customs and spiritual culture of more than twenty different nationalities living on the peninsula (these include Bulgarians, Belarusians, Italians, Crimean Tatars, Greeks and many other peoples).

Over the years, the knowledge and experience gained make it possible for the museum to become one of the centers for the preservation and study of Crimean architecture monuments, as well as a center for cultural and educational events for absolutely all age groups and aesthetic education of children.

The museum is, as it were, a “model” and a “guide” on the culture and population of the Crimean Peninsula.

The Anatomical Museum appeared in 1931 on the basis of the Department of Normal Anatomy of the Crimean Medical Institute. The museum is located in a building that is a cultural heritage. The architectural structure was built in the XVIII century, earlier this place was a hospital, and the well-known surgeon N. I. Pirogov worked in it (events date back to the time of the Crimean War).

The main visitors to the museum of human anatomy are students of medical institutions, but also everyone can see the exhibits.

The collection can be divided into two groups:

• the first is devoted to teratology (where the exhibits are shown with congenital malformations);
• the second is dedicated to the human body (there are more than 1200 exhibits in it, popularly called it the “Kunstkamera”).

The museum is located in a building built in 1910-1913 (this is an architectural structure unique in its kind on the Crimean peninsula, preserving its pristine, unreconstructed appearance). The collection of art museum collections was formed upon the delivery of exhibits from suburban estates and palaces of the Crimea, as well as the Central Fund of the Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) and the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg).

The museum consists of two buildings:

• the first - This is the main building where the expositions presented on an ongoing basis are located;
• second - This is the outbuilding where the exhibition halls are located.

On the territory of eight halls, a historical reconstruction was carried out, which shows Western European, Russian and Eastern art from the fifteenth century. In winter, on New Year's holidays, charity Tauride balls are often held at the museum.

One of the most beautiful buildings in Simferopol is the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The temple is located in the center of Simferopol, it contains the remains of saints.

• Guria Tauride. In order to touch the relics of this saint, a very long line has to be defended, since this saint helps in the healing of many diseases, and there are many examples of healing people. His relics are stored in the lower temple of the Cathedral.
• The ark with part of the relics of St. Lazarus of Four.
• Particle of the relics of Alexander Nevskyenclosed in the icon (the icon is painted in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in the city of St. Petersburg).

On the site of the Holy Trinity Convent in the eighteenth century there was a small church made of wood, and it was named after the Holy Trinity. After seventy years of existence, the church was demolished and a stone cathedral was built in its place, but in 1933 the city authorities decided to rebuild the temple and give it to the needs of the state (the leadership decided to open a boarding school in the temple building).

By the will of fate, it was not possible to fulfill the plan conceived by the authorities, because among the believers there were many Greeks and out of respect for them the church was left untouched, and in 1937 the church was returned to believers.

Since 2002, the cathedral became a convent.

Currently, the temple is open to visitors daily.

Peter and Paul Cathedral - one of the oldest Orthodox churches in the city.In 1787, Empress Catherine II was a passage in Simferopol and ordered to build a temple. The construction of the cathedral for a long time could not begin, and in 1805 the residents of the city collected material resources for the construction of the temple. In 1806, the temple was built, consecrated and named after the holy apostles Peter and Paul.

The temple was built of wood, and after 20 years of operation it fell into disrepair, and it had to be closed. A few years later, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built and all church property was transferred to the use of the new cathedral.

In 1866, the construction of the Peter and Paul Church was dismantled, and in its place the construction of the newest beautiful church building began according to the project of the architect from St. Petersburg K. Lazarev.

When the Great Patriotic War began, the temple served as a warehouse and was in great desolation until 1980.

Since 1980, the restoration of the Peter and Paul Church began.

After restoration work, the temple fits beautifully into the architecture of the old city.

This museum is the center of military-political education of youth of the city of Simferopol. The exposition area is 72 square meters. The museum fund contains 304 exhibits, including photo documentation materials, badges and medals, of which 64 are on the State Register of the Museum Fund of Russia. There are daily meetings of schoolchildren with participants in the Great Patriotic War, as well as excursions, lectures and conferences.

All museum exhibits are collected as a result of exploratory research on the battlefields. Museum materials serve as a good example for history lessons taught by school teachers in the museum.

Each year the museum receives up to two thousand people.

The film park was opened on the basis of the scenery for the film-saga "Viking". It is an amusement park for the whole family. This place is a reconstruction of the “Viking Village”.

Theatrical fights are organized for visitors, inside each house it is shown how this people lived. Also, games and various master classes are often held here.

For vacationers in Simferopol, Denisovskaya ostrich farm, which is six kilometers from the city center, can become an additional active vacation. An ostrich farm can be called conditionally, since there, in addition to ostriches, donkeys, Vietnamese pigs, horses live. Today, about 100 African ostriches live in Denisovka, there is also an ostrich "kindergarten", which is very popular among children and adults. Horses and donkeys are used on the farm for visitors as a means of transportation around the area, for sightseeing of Crimea.

Also at the farm guests are expected:

• detailed tour of the farm;
• fishing;
• different programs for children.

In the south direction, vacationers can visit the following natural attractions of Crimea.

• Chatyr-Dag Plateau, where it is recommended to visit the caves "Marble" and "Emine-Bair-Khosar." They called the “marble” cave, because there are marble deposits nearby, it is known for its length of up to two kilometers. There are a lot of halls in the cave (“Oval” - it contains elements of structures that are more than a million years old, “Palace”, “Clay”, “Tiger Walk”, “Vernadsky Hall”, “Lustrovy”, “Hall of Hopes”, “Pink” and "Theater").

• The cave "Emine-Bair-Khosar" - a mammoth cave, was discovered in 1927. Presented as a karst cave with a length of 700 meters (if the trail is equipped). Moving through the cave takes about an hour and a half. The natural mineralogical reserve of the Crimean peninsula is considered the lower abduction of the cave.

• Angarsk Pass (hiking trails have been developed that go to the Crimean mountains and retire deep into the peninsula).

This is a very memorable place located in the suburbs of Simferopol. It took a lot of effort to create the park. Animals have been collected for more than five years from many zoos in the country and beyond. For example, unique white lions were brought from distant countries, and this is the only place in Russia where you can admire them live.

Not only lions live in the safari park, but also tigers, roe deer, bison and even giraffes. It is very interesting to watch animals from special platforms that are much higher than walking animals. All animals freely walk around the park.

It is strictly forbidden in the park:

• expose hands to animal cells;
• make noise, scare and tease pets;
• breaking trees and shrubs;
• bring other animals (especially dogs) with you;
• go beyond the fence to the animals;
• Children under the age of ten are not allowed to come unaccompanied by an adult.

On the territory of the safari park there is a hotel, a restaurant and a lot of interesting things, including attractions.

In this fabulously sweet place, it will be very interesting for both children and adults. Here are presented various delicious specimens of “modern creativity” in chocolate.

Chocolate expositions are presented in the form of bouquets, portraits and various world-famous architecture buildings.

The museum has a cafe where you can try interesting chocolate creations, as well as cakes and pastries.

The opening of the children's park took place in 1958. There is everything for children and their parents to relax: cafes, green alleys, flower beds of beautiful flowers. The park has many different attractions, cinema halls work. There is a glade of fairy tales with different fairy-tale characters: a hut on chicken legs, three heroes and many others. Also in a small zoo you can see horses, ponies and llamas. It is festive and fun in any season.

A visit to the museum of emoticons will be remembered for a long time by children and their parents. This fun, positive museum is located in the open air in the suburbs of Simferopol and has a large selection of emoticons (the height of yellow emoticons reaches two meters). Each instance depicts an emotion: a smile, admiration, thoughtfulness, love, etc.

An interactive sociable emoticon "lives" in the museum building. This fun copy, entertaining, communicates with children, their parents and other visitors to the museum, talking, making riddles of various kinds and answering various questions.

The Zoological Museum is a very informative and interesting place for children and their parents. Currently, the museum has more than four thousand exhibits, which will be interesting to see for children of school age. The museum is divided into two halls: in the first there are invertebrate specimens (mollusks, various kinds of worms, and many other interesting things); in the second - vertebrates: birds, lynxes, bears, elephants and other animals. You need to know that museum exhibits were gathered from all over the world during scientific expeditions at different times.

List of places that should definitely be visited by travel lovers who arrived in the city of Simferopol:

• the main attraction is the Naples Scythian nature reserve;
• Alexander Nevsky Cathedral;
• Holy Trinity Convent;
• Peter and Paul Cathedral;
• Simferopol kenassa;
• Central Museum of Tauris (Museum of Local Lore);
• Crimean Ethnographic Museum;
• Museum of Human Anatomy;
• Art Museum;
• Museum of Military Glory;
• Chatyr-Dag Plateau (Marble Caves and Emine-Bair-Khosar Caves);
• Angarsk pass;
• chocolate Museum;
• children's park;
• emoticon museum;
• Zoo museum;
• safari park "Taigan".

In this sunny and beautiful city, you can brightly and richly spend your vacation, which will leave the most pleasant memories of Crimea.

It doesn’t matter what season you visit Simferopol - the city will leave many good, positive memories about itself. And we must remember that the Crimean peninsula is beautiful at any time of the year. The mild warm climate with subtle sea notes will allow not only to enjoy your vacation, but also to improve your health.

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