igor gennadyevich smirnov, native yalta resident, old-timer, local historian, tour guide, spileologist central russia, and we are walking along the embankment. until 1886, it was an ordinary coastal strip, then it was raised, strengthened with stone blocks, and surrounded by railings, creating the illusion of the side of a ship. a familiar hotel, have i seen it somewhere? probably in one of the old soviet films, the final episodes of the movie asa were filmed here. exactly, asa, asa, asa. the main character of the film, krymov, booked two here rooms - for yourself and for your young companion. in soviet times, if there was no stamp in the passport, vacationers were placed in different apartments. in the private sector , they usually did not ask for passports. in the eighties no. krymovo cost 67 rubles, now 700 cu. who is this handsome guy sitting there? and this is a monument to the man who founded all of russian cinematography. in the vastness of a sixth of the landmass of the russian empire, it turned out that yalta, the southern coast of crimea, is the best place for filming films.