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This dacha consisted of 13,293 desiatinas (roughly 35,000 acres) in or near the villages of Enisala, Kamyshlyk, Kurtluk, Molbaj, Kishlan, Tama Bashi, Alchin, Sultan Sarai, Mambet Ulan. The vast majority (77%) was considered suitable for cultivation.

Taranov (1759-1819) was the son of a poor noble from Kharkov. He earned the rank of lieutenant before retiring from military service in 1779. Beginning in 1784 he held a variety of appointed and elected posts in Tavrida, including provincial procurat...

Inscribed in part 2 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those whose noble status was defined by military service).

According to the 1794 report, this dacha consisted of 654 desiatinas; land with gardens once the property of Isliam Mirza.

Vorontsov acquired the land around Alupka piecemeal from 226 Tatar inhabitants between 1823 and 1825. He spent the equivalent of over 37,000 silver rubles in the process. Vorontsov developed the estate between 1828 and 1848 with revenues from the…

The trip from Alupka to the fortification takes an hour and a half. There among the towering pines are the remains of various buildings.(196-198)

Panorama view of the city of Alushta, located on Crimea's southern coast with Crimean mountains in the background and Crimean Tatars on foot and on horseback in the foreground.