Sudak
Sudak (Ukrainian and Russian Судак, Crimean Tatar Sudaq ) is a city in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine, with 36,400 inhabitants ( 2004).
Sudak is a center of wine and sparkling wine production and a spa resort with about 15 sanatoriums.
History
Sudak was supposedly founded in 212 AD by Alani and was known by the Greek name Sugdeja. In the 6th century I. ( 482-565 ) on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian built a fortress. Since the late 7th century, the Khazars penetrated into the Crimea. In the period around 700 a Khazar governor is delivered with the Christian name of George in the city. In the Middle Ages the trade center was a major station of the Silk Road; the height of its importance it gained in the 12th and 13th centuries. During this time, Sudak was called ( Byzantines and Italians ) of different peoples also Surosch ( Slavs ), Soldaja or Soldaia.
Sudak was Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, after which the Titularerzbistum Sugdaea back.
Since 1204 Sudak was actually a Venetian colony. In the 13th and 14th centuries the town was repeatedly plundered by Tatar - Mongols and destroyed, for the first time on 27 January 1223 but rebuilt quickly. In June 1365 location and the surrounding area were conquered by the Genoese. As of June 1475 Sudak belonged to the sphere of influence of the Ottoman Empire.
In 1783, Sudak came with the entire Crimea to the Russian Empire. 1804, the first school of the wine press in Russia was established in 1808 founded German settlers from Württemberg near the existing site a wine estate. During World War II Sudak was occupied by German troops from 1 November 1941 to 13 April 1944. Only in 1979 was the place Sudak city rights.
Attractions
- A well-preserved Genoese fortress (11th - 14th century).
- Numerous Kurortbauten from the 19th century.
- Numerous impressive natural landscapes.
- A 2003 open water park.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Aaron ben Joseph (* 1260, † 1320 ), a scribe
- Mustafa Abduldschemil Dschemilew (* 1943), politician and chairman of the National Assembly of the Crimean Tatars
Connected to the city
- Zlata Without Malevich ( born 1986 ), Ukrainian pop singer
Other places in the administrative unit
Administratively, Sudak is a city of oblast significance, or urban Rajon. At this Rajon addition to the actual city, the urban-type settlement Novy Swit include ( Новий Світ ) and 13 villages: Bahatiwka ( Багатівка ) Wessele ( Веселе ) Woron ( Ворон ) Hromiwka ( Громівка ) Hruschiwka ( Грушівка ) Datschne ( Дачне ) Lisne ( Лісне ) Mischritschtschja ( Міжріччя ) mořské ( Морське ) Perewaliwka ( Перевалівка ) Prybereschne ( Прибережне ) Sonjatschna Dolyna ( Сонячна Долина ) and Cholodiwka ( Холодівка ) and the settlement Myndalne ( Миндальне ).