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The fort at Alushta dates to the 6th century. Keppen's notes are particularly conversational. He takes it upon himself to offer an explanation of why Sumarokov claims Alushta was called Furion and references Pallas as well, asking "where did he get…

No notes on the size or characteristics of the property included in the 1794 document.

76 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher).

The son of the ambassador to France, Anatolii Nikolaevich Demidov organized and funded a scientific expedition through Southern Russia and Crimea by a group of 22 French scholars interested in geology and metallurgy in 1837. The result was a four-vol...

This dacha consisted of 2,212 desiatinas (almost 6,000 acres), half of which was suitable for cultivation.

A small plot meant for planting trees along the southern coast.

The "Eastern cabinet" (Восточный кабинет) was the first iteration of the Asiatic Museum - an institution called into existence in 1818 by Count Sergej Semenovich Uvarov. Known best as the architect of the "Official Nationality" policy rolled out…

No notes on the size or characteristics of the property included in the 1794 document.