A. S. Pushkin about the Crimea: "There is the cradle of my Onegin."

The following photo galleries were created from photographs taken during travels in Crimea and Sevastopol, including photographs of some sights with comments:

In the near future, this list of photo galleries will be replenished with new sights of Crimea. Preparation of photographs and descriptions is ongoing.

Crimean photo landscapes HD quality

I love Crimea very much, because everything I need is here at once - mountains and the sea. Here are various Crimean landscapes and photos of Crimea in good quality.

Crimean photo landscape with a view of the Black Sea and mountains with HD resolution 2860 by 1900 pixels

Photo landscape with resolution 2840 by 1890 pixels in full size and high HD quality from the gallery with photos of Cape Fiolent in Sevastopol:


Top view of the St. George Monastery and the monument to Pushkin on Fiolent in Crimea

Landscape photo in full size and high resolution HD quality 3000 by 2000 pixels from the gallery with photos of the Barrels of Death in Balaklava:


Landscape photography of nature and historical sights of Balaklava in Crimea

Therefore, Crimea is great for photographing beautiful landscapes. For example, such landscape views open not far from Foros at the Baydar Gates.

Crimea, Foros. View of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Foros with HD resolution 2830 by 1880 pixels
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Excellent mountain and sea landscapes can be seen in the Crimea at Cape Fiolent - this is in Sevastopol.

Crimean photo landscape near Cape Fiolent in Sevastopol with HD resolution 4256 by 2832 pixels
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Mountains, sea and clouds on the Crimean coast can be seen everywhere.

Marine Crimean photo landscape with a boat, sea and clouds with HD resolution 2620 by 3935 pixels
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Once you see this, and then you will go to the Crimea every year:


Crimean landscapes are great backgrounds for social media avatars
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Crimea has not only the sea and beaches, but also historical sights.

Landscape photo in HD quality with resolution 2960 by 1970 pixels from the gallery of the ancient city of Tauric Chersonese in Sevastopol:


Photo of the basilica in Chersonese Tauride in Crimea

Sevastopol, Crimea: streets of ancient Chersonese
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Summer is just a blessing.

Photo of the lighthouse in the Crimea in the rays of the setting sun with HD resolution 4256 by 2832 pixels
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Summer photo landscape on the Crimean coast with a view of the sea and rocks with HD resolution 4256 by 2832 pixels
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Crimean photo landscape with HD resolution 4256 by 2832 pixels
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Crimean marine photo landscape with a yacht with HD resolution 4120 by 2740 pixels

Night photo of the lighthouse on the Yalta embankment in HD quality with resolution 4200 by 2800 pixels from the gallery with photos of Yalta:

Sevastopol, Sevastopol Bay, the sea is stormy. Monument to the Scuttled Ships. Crimean marine photo landscape with HD resolution 4256 by 2832 pixels

The yacht goes out to sea. Crimea, Gaspra village near Yalta. View from the "Swallow's Nest" to the sea, sky and rocks
Crimean marine photo landscape with a yacht with HD resolution 3430 by 2280 pixels

Full moon and castle / Full moon and castle. Crimea, Gaspra village, near Yalta. Night photo of the "Swallow's Nest" on a full moon
Night Crimean photo landscape with HD resolution 2330 by 3500 pixels

Photo of the Swallow's Nest on a full moon was taken from a tripod on a Nikon 24-70mm 2.8G through a grate in a parking lot.

The Swallow's Nest is periodically illuminated at night by a powerful LED spotlight from the side of the Parus restaurant. At that moment, I managed to take a photo. Since the light of the spotlight is several times colder than the sunlight reflected from the Moon in color temperature, the Moon and the lunar path on the surface of the sea in Lightroom easily turned yellow, and the castle almost blue. I'm not a big fan and connoisseur of processing. I try to do all the shots with one click.

Crimea, Gaspra village, near Yalta:


Photo "Swallow's Nest". Crimean marine photo landscape with HD resolution 3525 by 2345 pixels

Crimea, Sevastopol, Cape Khersones:


Cape Khersones, Crimean sea landscape photo with HD resolution 4256 by 2832 pixels

Crimea, Sevastopol, Cape Fiolent:


Crimean marine photo landscape on Fiolent with HD resolution 4256 by 2832 pixels

Note to lovers of photos of Crimea

All landscape photographs of Crimea presented in this gallery can be used for free for personal purposes: print, hang on the wall of the house, on your desktops, etc., but I am against the commercial use of these HD photos and against posting all photo landscapes on other sites.

I warn all frivolous copyright infringers that the use of any photographs for any advertising and commercial purposes without the permission of the author is prohibited. In the event of a violation for each individual violation (cutting and erasing the author's footers, posting my photos on other sites without the author's permission, using the photo in calendars and other purposes), the copyright holder will be compensated for damages or compensation in the amount of 10,000 rubles. for each individual violation.

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Pushkin in Crimea

From August to September 1820, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin traveled through Kerch, Feodosia, Gurzuf, Yalta, Alupka, Sevastopol, Inkerman, Bakhchisaray and Simferopol.

A fan of the muses, a fan of the world,
Forgetting fame and love
Oh, I'll see you again soon
Brega cheerful Salgira!
I will come to the slope of the seaside mountains,
Full of secret memories, -
And again Taurian waves
Will please my greedy eyes.
Magic edge! Oh joy!
Everything is alive there: hills, forests,
Amber and yahonta grapes,
The valleys are a cozy beauty,
And jets and poplars cool ...
All the feeling of a traveler beckons,
When, at one o'clock in the morning serene,
In the mountains, along the coastal road,
His usual horse runs,
And green moisture
Before him and shines and makes noise
Around the cliffs of Ayu-Dag...

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Links to photo galleries of cities and reserves

This site gathers various interesting and beautiful pictures nature reserves, cities and their attractions. Many of the photos in the galleries below are shown in HD quality.

The nature of the Crimea served as a source of creative inspiration for many masters of fine arts. It seems that not one of the artists who have been here, from the 18th century to the present day, has remained indifferent to the peculiar beauty of the “noon land”. For example, beauty Gurzuf. The exoticism of the south combined with the pathos of the steppe expanse of the western plains and with solemnly severe pathos mountain range east coast present a truly grandiose panorama.

Each of the artists working in Crimea , managed to see in him something of his own, cherished, that found a response in the soul. The works of these authors have become a kind of “bridge” connecting the viewer with the Crimean landscape, sometimes completely unknown to him, but awakening in him feelings and experiences associated with the indestructible power of man’s love for nature.

For some landscape painters, work in the Crimea was of an episodic nature, but the work of three who lived or systematically painted here for a long time, the Crimean nature had the most direct and profound impact.

After joining in 1783 Crimean peninsula artists rushed here to the Russian state to capture the unusual southern landscapes and views of intensively built cities.

In 1820 A.S. visited the beautiful shores of Taurida. Pushkin, who enthusiastically sang the nature of these places in his poetic works. In the 1820s, the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz traveled here, creating a wonderful poetic cycle "Crimean Sonnets". This aroused even greater interest in the Crimea among artists.

Throughout the 19th century, representatives of various artistic movements worked in Crimea, and Crimean nature received a very diverse reflection in their work.

A.I. Meshchersky managed to vividly express the romantic beginning of his Crimean landscape. The spectacular state of the blue sky against the background of the rocks is conveyed in warm colors along with old poplars, the tops of which are illuminated by the light of the sun's rays.

"Crimean landscape" I. Shishkin

The largest representative of the Russian realistic landscape I.I. Shishkin, who visited Yalta in 1879, the unusual appearance of the mountainous area prompted the creation of a series of drawings and engravings. In the painting “Crimean Landscape”, he masterfully depicted a forest path leading to the house, among centuries-old Crimean trees.

A well-known master of lighting effects in painting A.I. Kuindzhi acquired in 1886 a small plot of land in the Simeiz region. Here, in the summer, he painted sketches, trying to capture the whimsical play of colors on restless water, to convey solar or moonlight. Laconically painted his landscape "Cloud".

The author skillfully depicted the moment when the pale pink light rising sun forms cumulus clouds over the blue stripe of the sea. The etude "Sea" is extremely generalized. Quiet, gentle sea and calls to plunge into the morning water.

Many amazing paintings were painted in the Crimea by the master I.K. Aivozovsky. It makes no sense to exhibit his masterpieces here again and again. It is worth noting his students, who turned to the traditional themes and methods of art of the venerable artist and at the same time showed their creative individuality. These include the artist A.I. Fessler, who lived in Feodosia for more than fifty years. He is the author of many deeply poetic views of the coastal cities of the Crimea.

A.I. Fressler. "Gurzuf".

In the painting "Gurzuf" he resorts to the romanticization of the landscape image in the spirit of Aivozovsky's painting. All components of the landscape serve to express the early morning. The artist's style of writing is sharp, with bright color contrasts, well conveys the mood of this cozy town bird's-eye.

Another native of Feodosia, L.F. Lagorio constantly lived in St. Petersburg, but visited his homeland almost every year. He enthusiastically sang in his marinas the beauty of the Black Sea coast, including Gurzuf.

Artist E.Ya. Magdesyan sought to emphasize the diversity of Crimean motifs in his paintings. In his "Seascape" the harsh solidity of the rocks is perfectly conveyed against the backdrop of the restless movement of the waves. The blue and blue tones of this canvas reproduce the special transparency of the air and the unsteadiness of light water with a greenish tint.

"Seascape"

Naval officer A.V. Ganzen as a child, in the house of his grandfather I.K. Aivozovsky, imbued with a love for art and was seriously fond of marine painting. In the Crimean landscapes, he revealed the greatness of the sea element, while maintaining the remarkable subtlety of the natural look and introducing lyrical coloring into the artistic image.

"Moon rise"

Artist K.F. Bogaevsky was also born and lived in Feodosia. His first encounter with art took place in the workshop of Aivozovsky, and in 1897 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he studied with Kuindzhi. “No matter how much I wrote pictures about the Crimean sky, mountains, sea, Crimean nature gave me more and more new themes for my works,” Bogaevsky claimed. Here are his paintings Old Crimea”, “Feodosia”, “Evening by the Sea” and the Crimean landscape. The last one, "Crimean View", in my opinion, is a complete masterpiece of the play of colors and colors.

"Old Crimea"

"Feodosia"

"Evening by the sea"

"Crimean view"

Ancient Cimmeria served as a source of creativity for Bogaevsky's contemporary, poet and artist M.A. Voloshin. Each of his works is solved in a certain color key, expressively conveying the nature of the depicted motif. And in each of them, in the smooth rhythm of lines and color spots, the author gives the viewer the opportunity to feel the world of beauty that nature gives to man. His work "In the vicinity of Koktebel" is characteristic.

Around Koktebel

Academician of battle painting N.S. Samokish lived in Simferopol during the Soviet period of creativity. In 1917-1921, while undergoing treatment in Yevpatoria, he enthusiastically painted cozy courtyards shaded by tree leaves, market squares, old mansions and summer cottages. In these sketches, the artist's brilliant pictorial gift was revealed. In his work “Evening in the Crimea”, he skillfully depicted the illumination of peasant life, a rich palette of blue, yellow, white and green colors.

"Evening in the Crimea"

The Crimean landscapes of K.A. Korovin, a prominent representative of the Moscow Union of Russian Artists. In 1911, he built a dacha-workshop in Gurzuf, where he liked to write directly from the balcony opening great views south coast mountains and sea. Korovin subtly felt nature, the eternal play of light and shadow, giving the whole environment a feeling of trepidation, mobility. His painting "Gurzuf" confirms this.

The sonority of the color palette of the Crimean nature is revealed by Korovin in his next landscape. There is a stormy dynamics of colors, life, bright sun. This was achieved by the virtuoso impressionistic style of painting, which the master uses in his work.

"Balcony in the Crimea"

Landscape, as an independent genre, occupies an honorable place in the visual arts. It enables craftsmen working in this area to create an artistic image of their native land with great emotional expressiveness.

Here are the works of talented artists different eras and generations, which form the basis of the collections of paintings and drawings in art museums and art galleries of Simferopol, Feodosia, Sevastopol and Alupka.

And thanks to the construction of a grandiose bridge across Kerch Strait getting to its wonders and sights has become easier. If you are planning your first trip to the "Homecoming Peninsula", or have already been there on vacation, but want to see something new and interesting, we will tell you the most beautiful places in Crimea. The list was compiled taking into account the reviews of tourists on review sites, as well as the recommendations of travel agencies.

The name of the largest waterfall of the peninsula in Turkic means "flying water". There is beautiful legend that a beautiful girl was turned into a waterfall, who, becoming a swift stream, helped her loved ones get rid of the drought. In the summer months, the waterfall is not particularly impressive, but during the period of snow melting on the Yalta Yaila, it fully justifies its name.

swallow's Nest

This is one of the most famous tourist attractions, featured on many postcards and photos dedicated to Crimea. The Neo-Gothic castle was built on sheer cliff Aurora. Near it is a wish tree and viewing platforms, and art exhibitions are held inside the castle.

Ghost Valley

This is mysterious place full of oddly shaped rocks. Some of them look like people and animals, others look like objects or fantastic creatures. At dawn and dusk, thanks to the play of light and shadows, the figures seem to come to life and change their outlines, color and even shape.

Ai-Petri

You can admire the beautiful views in the Crimea from the picturesque mountain Ai-Petri. You can climb to the top of the mountain with cable car Miskhor - Ai-Petri, and we recommend descending back along the beautiful Taraktash trail leading straight to Yalta.

Livadia Palace

The former summer residence of Nicholas II served as a meeting place for Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. The Yalta Conference of 1945 was held in this palace, where issues of the post-war order were resolved. Currently, the palace hosts thematic exhibitions, and there are two permanent exhibitions: one is dedicated to the Romanov family, the other is dedicated to the Crimean Conference of the leaders of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition.

Karadag Reserve

In that natural monument tourists are allowed only if accompanied by employees of the reserve, and you need to move along special eco-paths. Many representatives of the flora and fauna of the Karadag Reserve are listed in the Red Book. During a four-hour excursion, you can admire unusual rock formations (“King and Queen”, “Ivan the Robber”, “Golden Gate”, etc.), numerous bays and the enchanting beauty of the Black Sea.

marble cave

One of the most beautiful sights of Crimea is divided into several halls, each of which has its own unique look. Beautiful crystals, sinter columns, openwork baths and pools, and other wonders of this mountain king's treasury make marble cave an obligatory point of visiting the Crimea. Just dress warmly, because in the underground halls the temperature does not rise above 8 degrees Celsius.

Massandra Palace

The construction of this palace took a long time - from 1881 to 1902. However, he was not destined to become at least a temporary home for the first persons. Russian Empire, the last Russian autocrat preferred the Livadia Palace. At present, the Massandra Palace attracts tourists with its beautiful park and park area.

Lake Panagia

Near the village of Zelenogorye, in the gorge, there is the purest deep-sea lake Panagia, the waters of which have an emerald hue. They reflect Mountain peaks, ring surrounding the lake. In the vicinity of Panagia, there are Arpathian cascades of waterfalls.

Swan Islands

In the reserve with beautiful name in summer, up to 5 thousand swans and up to 250 species of migratory birds live. Seagulls, ducks, cormorants, gray and white herons and other handsome birds inhabit six islands stretching along Black Sea coast Gulf of Karkinit.

Waterfall Dzhur-Dzhur

In size, Dzhur-Dzhur cannot be compared with, but it is the most full-flowing and one of beautiful waterfalls Crimea. In a second, he throws out up to 270 liters of water. It is better to admire this miracle of nature in the distance, it not only makes noise, but also “throws” stones that fly down along with the water.

Chersonese Tauride

One of the main historical monuments in Crimea was an important Greek settlement in the 5th century BC. It was from him that the Greek expansion to the east and west of Crimea began. Now Tauric Chersonesos can be visited both independently and in the company of a guide who will tell you interestingly about Greek customs, traditions and legends.

Cape Chameleon

This cape got its name due to the fact that it changes color depending on the time of day and weather. It is made up of shales that reflect light in different ways.

Baikal Spit

This landscape park is located near the village of Steregushchee - one of. There are no equipped beaches on the territory of the spit, but there are "wild" beaches with pleasant yellow sand. The perfect place for walking and a relaxing holiday.

Vorontsov Palace

Crimea is home to some of the most beautiful palaces in Russia. And one of them is Vorontsovsky, bearing the name of his customer - Count M.S. Vorontsov. The structure is a unique mixture of Indo-Moorish and English architectural style Tudor. The palace is surrounded by a large and well-groomed park, and in the building itself there is a museum with pompous interiors.

Yalta embankment

Chekhov and Yesenin once walked along this 1.5-kilometer-long embankment. Abundantly “seasoned” with greenery, the Yalta embankment combines modern chic with elegant antiquity. On its territory there are bars, restaurants, hotels, a children's amusement park, as well as the Roffe baths, built at the end of the 19th century.

Balaklava Bay

This is the main attraction of the small resort town of Balaklava. The bay is hardly noticeable from the sea, the winding fairway protects it from strong waves, and steep cliffs from the wind. It is best to appreciate the landscapes of the Balaklava Bay on a boat, a skiff, or by climbing up to the Cembalo fortress - it offers a breathtaking view of the sea.

Lavender fields

Although lavender is considered the hallmark of French Provence, there are no less beautiful flowers in Crimea. lavender fields. They can be seen, in particular, on both sides of the Simferopol-Sudak road, on Cape Tarkhankut and near Alushta, near the village of Lavender.

Cape Fiolent

The main features of this piece of land formed by volcanic rocks are bizarre rocks and a clear sea with emerald green water. To the east of the cape is Jasper Beach, which is reached by a staircase with 800 steps.

Baidarskaya valley

This huge basin, located in the southeast of the peninsula, is surrounded on all sides by green mountains. Many rivers flow into the valley, which form small waterfalls. And in the center of the basin is the Chernorechenskoye reservoir - the largest in the Crimea. In the Baidar Valley grow many rare plants, and for its pleasant mild climate, it received the unofficial title of "Crimean Switzerland".

Artist Sergei Sviridov. Crimean landscapes

How much summer, sea and cozy summer in the paintings of the artist Sergei Sviridov!

Artist Sergey Alekseevich Sviridov was born in 1964 in Simferopol, studied at the secondary art school. After serving in the army, Sergei Alekseevich moved to Moscow and entered the Moscow Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, studied in the studio of the artist A.E. Sukhinin.

Sviridov paints his native Crimea with great pleasure: mountain landscapes, cozy shady streets, flowering gardens, still lifes and the most important beauty of Crimea - the sea.

The sea has its own attractive great power. Especially in south sea. This is the endless distance, and the power of the elements, and the romance of the southern night, and the great sad hope for happiness.

Bright colors of nature, salty gentle wind, emerald transparency of water and seagulls soaring in the azure sky. There is no such Crimea and such a sea as in Sviridov's paintings. But they certainly were. 40-50 years ago.

And these are not just landscapes ... There is not only beauty and authenticity. It's a dream.

It was by the sea

Igor Severyanin

It was by the sea, where openwork foam,

Where the city crew is rare ...

The queen played - in the tower of the castle - Chopin,

And, listening to Chopin, fell in love with her page.

Everything was very simple, everything was very nice:

The queen asked to cut the pomegranate,

And she gave half, and exhausted the page,

And the page fell in love, all in the motives of sonatas.

And then gave up, gave up thunderously,

Until sunrise, the lady slept like a slave ...

It was by the sea, where the wave is turquoise,

Where is the openwork foam and the sonata of the page.

There are a lot of beautiful places in the world that are difficult to describe in simple words. Mountains and rivers, lakes and volcanoes, capes and gorges, architecture and coasts of the oceans - our planet is full of a huge number of beautiful places that almost everyone wants to visit.

Unfortunately, travel and tourism are not available to everyone. Firstly, this implies serious financial expenses, secondly, you need a lot of free time, thirdly, you need documents (passport, visa), and fourthly, you need to travel a considerable distance by car or plane. There are enough obstacles, but every tourist will assure that they must be overcome. If for some reason traveling to distant countries is impossible, you need to look for beautiful places nearby. Fortunately, there are a huge number of places in Russia, and one of them is Crimea.

Let's leave political disputes and look at this peninsula, unique and accessible to most tourists, through the eyes of travelers - all photos were taken ordinary people, who went to rest in the Crimea in their own car and shared their stories on RuDorogi.ru.

The Golden Gate is a famous arched rock located near the Kara-Dag volcanic massif.

Cape Meganom is located between Feodosia and Sudak, an arid place, rocky shores, stone screes and placers.

The Genoese fortress in Sudak was built by the Italians as a stronghold of the colony. The fortress has the status of an object of cultural heritage.

The most full-flowing waterfall in Crimea is Dzhur-Dzhur. It is located near the village of Generalskoe, in the Khapkhal gorge. Height - 468 meters above sea level.

The most recognizable symbol of Crimea is the castle Swallow's Nest. It is located on a steep 40-meter Aurora rock, Cape Ai-Todor, Gaspra village. There are always a lot of tourists here, after all, it is " business card"Crimea.

Vorontsov Palace, Alupka.

Suspension bridge on Ai-Petri - the height of the teeth is 1234 meters above sea level, the beauty is incredible, it's scary even to look at the photo.

Simeiz - beautiful place for a relaxing holiday. Near the village there is Mount Koshka, Diva and Panea rocks rise above the sea.

Cape Fiolent is known for rocks of volcanic origin - from the spirit of the sides of the cape, lava flows and tuff layers are visible. Ancient volcano destroyed by the sea.

Georgievskaya rock

You can set up a tent in such a place, the main thing is not to roll away at night

Ancient Chersonese is the place where Prince Vladimir converted to Christianity.

Gurfuz village, beautiful view From the hotel.

Night Balaklava.

The Dzhankul tract shows the landslide development of the coast and the active abrasive activity of the sea.

Cape Tarkhankut

Cape Tarkhankut

Temple-lighthouse of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

View of Ayu-Dag from the observation deck

Sunset on the sea is a stunning beauty.

Sometimes it's even hard to believe that such beauty is relatively close. Of course, the selection of photographs does not include even half of the beauties and sights of Crimea.