city (1989 pop. 109,000), S Ukraine, in the Crimea. It is a Black Sea port, a
rail hub, and a vacation and health resort. Fishing, food processing,wine making,
limestone quarrying, weaving, and the manufacture of building materials,
machinery,and furniture are the chief industries. Yevpatoriya stands on the site
of the ancient Greek colony of Kerkinitida, founded in the 6th cent. BC In the
1st cent. BC the area was captured by the Pontian king Mithradates VI
(Mithradates Eupator), for whom the city is named. Changing hands many times,
Yevpatoriya came under the control of the Turko-Tatars in the 13th cent.;
they later became vassals of the Ottoman empire, which took the city in 1478.
Russia annexed Yevpatoriya along with the rest of the Crimea in 1783, and during
the Crimean War it was occupied (1854) by British, French, and Turkish troops.
Historic landmarks include a 16th-century mosque and the ruins of the Tatar
fortress (15th cent.). The name of the city is sometimes transliterated Evpatoriya
or Eupatoria.

It is one of the best places on the planet. Warm water, gold sand beach, healthful muds and salt lakes - all these are good for children. Abundance of ancientnessees and innovation of youth and children creations make the rest unforgetable in Evpatoria.

It has inexhaustible opportunities for active rest and car tourism. It has almost all conditions for successfully treatment: mud-baths, mineral waters, kindly sea, gold sand, dry and hot climate, experiense doctors and modern equipment.Here one treatmentillnesses of digestive tract, nervous system, organs of blood circulation, chronic kidneys, gall ways, diabetes.Adults and children come there mainly to be under treatment. From year to year they come to the same health centers, to the kind and careful doctors and nurses. Here is very cosy and quiet.

It is one of the ancient cities in the Eastern Europe. The remains of Kerkenitida Fortress (one of the prosperity antic city well-known to the first geographer Gekate Miletsky and the Father of the history Herodot) your can see on the coast. In the late 15th century Turks and Tartars built the city-fortress Gezlyov, built with small houses and churches on curved streets it become the center of Evpatoria.

The Dzhuma-Dzhami Mosque is a unique architectural landmark of medieval Crimea.

The monumental building of the city is Theatre in the central square of Evpatoria. St. Vladimir's Cathedral can be seen beyond the fortifications of Tauric Chersonesus, which have become a scene for theatritical performances.

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