The Vorontsov Palace, nowadays Alupka State Palace-Park Museum-Reserve is one of the most visited architectural monuments of Crimea. The Vorontsov Palace was intended to be a summer residence for the Governor-General of Novorossiya area M.S. Vorontsov (1782-1856), upon the project of the English architect Edward Blore (1789—1879).
Crimea Peninsula on South-West ends with triangle brow of Heraclea Peninsula or Trakhejsky Peninsula. Ruins of Chersonese are one of seven wonders of Ukraine.
History of the name "Valley of Jehoshaphat" in Crimea is associated with the Karaites - a small Turkic ethnic group that lived in Chufut-Kale, a cave fortress city near Bakhchisarai.
The Grand Livadia Palace is the former summer residence of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II.The White Hall of the Palace is of a great interest as in 1945 the Yalta Conference between the heads of governments of the USSR, the USA, and Great Britain was held here.
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