all its old russian poets painters and writers flocked to the peninsula it was going to take alexander pushkin. toward the peninsula soaking up the spirit of classical antiquity pushkin was captivated by the scenery so unfamiliar to the russian i was sure it was it like greece crimea also what an influence on the fine arts. the history of russian painting is almost inconceivable without crimea one of russia's greatest painters was even to write off ski it was here that he reached the pinnacle of his artistic talent. he wrote softly repeatedly painted the black sea in the landscapes of crimea he wasn't an ethnic russian he was an armenian but he had a tremendous influence on russian and european painting. by selection of events is works is on display in the artist's former residence in fair dosia. wrote his life he enjoyed the patronage of his are a grant from nicholas the first allowed him to study at the imperial academy of arts in st petersburg. this are also financed a five year study trip in western europe for the young artist and appointed him the official painter of the russian navy. eve

in the inner courtyard of the con palace is the fountain of tears russian writer alexander pushkin immortalized in a poem the fountain of. droplets of water dripped into a ball of flowers from a cold spring legend has it that they are the tears of a total king shed over the death of a beloved slave girl from the north who died before she was able to learn to love the tarkington. move. located in the mountains above bakshi serai it is the fact was a year old cave city of two foot collie the jewish fortress. it was inhabited by the car its a jewish sect who fled to crimea from palestine and egypt in the twelfth century. the car ites led secluded lives here apart from other jewish communities. the russian conquerors saw them as good jews catherine the great grand of the car it's the same civil rights as the native russian population. during the german occupation of crimea in the second world war that status meant the car its were largely spared the persecution that their fellow jews suffered during the holocaust . s.s. mobile killing units murdered almost all of the crimea's other jewish inhabitan