Foros, Crimea

Foros (Ukrainian and Russian Форос ) is an urban-type settlement in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine. The village is located about 6 kilometers east of the cape the Buzzard ( the most southern point of the Crimea Peninsula) and about 38 kilometers west of the city of Yalta on the subtropical south coast of the Black Sea.

The settlement Foros church council is divided in addition to the eponymous settlement yet in the east adjoining urban-type settlement Sanatorne ( Санаторне ) and further eastward sea-side beach settlement Olywa ( Олива ).

Its name derives from the Greek word φορος for "( Boat ) tax", which points to the Greek occupation of the site from antiquity to the 15th century. After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire, the area of different land ownership prince was. End of the 19th century finally came into the possession of the Russian entrepreneur Alexander Kuznetsov, of a health resort on the European model made ​​out of the place while docked parks and today consisting palace ensemble. 1892 an Orthodox church ( Church of the Resurrection of Christ ) was built according to historical models above the village on the so-called Red Rocks. The first mainly consisting of Crimean Tatars population, which dealt primarily with viticulture is now given way to a predominantly Russian population. 1922 a sanatorium for cardiovascular disease, non-specific respiratory diseases and functional disorders of the nervous system was opened in the town. This has favored together with the increasing tourism, the development of the town, so this since 1962, received the status of an urban-type settlement and the city administration of Yalta was assumed.

On of units in the local area dacha Tesseli ( Тесселі ) was established in 1991 during the August coup, the then President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, held.