Alushta
The area is notable for its arid, rocky terrain due to its proximity to the Crimean mountains. During Byzantine times, the town was called Alouston (Ἄλουστον) meaning "Unwashed". Vestiges survive of a Byzantine defensive tower from a fortress from which the town's name was derived, as well as a 15th-century Genoese fortress. During Genoese rule, the name was modified to Lusta. Adam Mickiewicz dedicated two of his Crimean Sonnets to Alushta.
It is also the home of Seyit the Wolf in the Turkish drama, Kurt Seyit ve Sura.
In 1910, 544 Jews lived in Alushta, comprising 13% of the town's population. By 1939, they made up only 2.3% of the town's overall population, numbering 251 individuals. On 4 November 1941, the Germans occupied the town. On 24 November 1941, a unit of Sonderkommando 10b murdered 30 Jews by shooting along with captured communists and partisans. In early December 1941, about 250 Jews from Alushta were shot to death by Sonderkommando 11b in the park of Trade Union Sanatorium No. 7, which is today part of the local center for children and creativity.
Geography
Climate
Alushta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) that closely borders on a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).
| Climate data for Alushta (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
0.1 (32.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.9 (1.85) |
42.5 (1.67) |
37.9 (1.49) |
29.5 (1.16) |
24.3 (0.96) |
39.4 (1.55) |
32.4 (1.28) |
41.4 (1.63) |
34.2 (1.35) |
38.0 (1.50) |
44.4 (1.75) |
52.6 (2.07) |
463.5 (18.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 71.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78.7 | 77.5 | 77.1 | 77.1 | 74.7 | 71.3 | 65.5 | 64.7 | 70.0 | 75.6 | 78.9 | 78.5 | 74.1 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Ethnic composition according to the Ukrainian national census in 2001:
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Alushta is twinned with:
Notable people
- Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864–1913), Ukrainian author
- Rustem Umerov (born 1982), Ukrainian politician and current Minister of Defense
- Roman Mamasuyev (1983–2016), Ukrainian soldier awarded with the Order for Courage
Gallery
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15th century Genoese tower in Alushta -
Villa "Otrada" (Stakheev's dacha) -
Downtown Alushta -
Park Alushti -
Park Alushti -
Alushta Beach -
In Alushta. Season-2014 -
Alushta winery -
St. Theodore Church -
Main square -
Panorama of Alushta in the 1850s, by Carlo Bossoli -
Quay -
Remains of Aluston fortress
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Alushta Beach. July 2014 -
Quay. 2014 -
On the way. 2015 -
Cinema "Storm" -
Memorial sign in honor of the Crimean partisans in Alushta -
Alushta City Council building -
one of the symbols of Alushta -
Aluston fortress (IV-VI centuries). In exchange. Crimea. June -
Soviet war monument in Alushta -
Kenesa in Alushta -
Kenesa in Alushta
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References
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ^ Variants are Ἄλουστος (masc.), Ἀλοῦστον (neu.), Ἀλούστα (fem.) The feminine form, Alusta, is consistent with application to a city rather than a fortress. The anhydrous climate likely gave rise to a satirical, anthropomorphic appellation of “unwashed” to the place from resident(s). Χαραλαμπάκης, Παντελής. “Σκέψεισγια δυο Μεσαιωνικα Τοπωνυμια της Κριμαιαs, (Αλουστου, Παρθενιται)” [Reflections on two medieval names of Crimea (Aloustou, Parthenitai], Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα 23 (2013): 201–216; esp. 203, note 7.
- ^ The murder of the Jews of Alushta during World War II, at Yad Vashem website
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Національний склад міст".
- ^ "Sadraudzības pilsētas". jurmala.lv. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (in Latvian and English)
