Around Sevastopol there remained not one trace of forest. “The land belonging to the city was little by little given out in parcels to naval officers, who were obligated to plant gardens and plots of vegetables.”(Bronevskii, 16)
Spatial history - and spatial narratives - result from the movement of human beings, goods, animals, water, trees, germs, etc., through space and over time. Imagine the accrual of urban commute patterns or the passage of travelers through…
Vineyards are a dominant feature of the coastal region; in fact, they are a fundamental element of the region's spatial culture. Focusing on the vineyards provides us with much of the core "grammar" of the space we are examining:
Many of the…
Vigla-Bair is at the eastern boundary of Gurzuf above Kalitsa-Sheshma, the water source 2 versts from Gurzuf, and below the forest called Shiurmen. Gramata is the site of an inscribed stone. It is in the yaila, 3 hours from Gurzuf and 7 versts from…
