Alupka (Ukraine)
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- BGN(phone call 10/14/81; Alupka; popl. place; 44p0s 25ʹ N., 34p0s 03ʹ E.)
- Ukraïna, ohli︠a︡dova mapa, 1994:p. 30 (Alupka)
- Ukraïna [MAP], 1992:t.p. (Alupka in Respublika Krym)
- Russian Brockhaus:v. 1, p. 485 (Alupka, a Tatar village on the southern shores of the Crimea)
- Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 1, p. 145 (Alupka, a city in the Krymsʹka oblastʹ. Its date of founding is unknown; Soviet power was established there in Jan. 1918; it is famous as a resort)
- NIS Gaz., 1959(Alupka)
- Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl., 1978,v. 2 (Alupka)
Alupka (Ukrainian and Russian: Алупка; Crimean Tatar: Alupka; Greek: Ἀλώπηξ, Alòpex) is a resort city located in the Crimean peninsula, a territory of Ukraine currently annexed by Russian Federation (see 2014 Crimean crisis). It is located 17 km (11 mi) to the west of Yalta. It is famous for the Vorontsov Palace, designed by English architect Edward Blore in an extravagant mixture of Scottish baronial and Neo-Moorish styles and built in 1828–1846 for prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov. Alupka and its surrounding area is full of resort hotels on the shore of the Black Sea, where thousands of travelers (particularly from the former Soviet Union) travel every year. Public transport to Alupka includes the bus system (bus routes #26 and #27 from Yalta) and other road vehicles.
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