| Simferopol - City-gatherer at the intersection of four roads |
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According to legend, the name is so interesting regional center of Simferopol was due to its location. If we translate from the Greek "Simferopolis", you get a "town collector" or "the city at the crossroads." While the founders of the city wanted to give the name of a slightly different meaning something between "Polzogradom" and "good city." Somewhere in the middle of the XVIII century it became fashionable to call the city in the Greek style, such titles are Stavropol, Alexandria. Kherson, Sevastopol, Odessa and several others, including Simferopol. The legend is true or not - hardly anyone will tell for sure, but still naerchenny "collector," the city is quite lives up to its name, as is the point where intersect the four directions - south, north, west and east. The old town and the newly rebuilt neighborhoods are located in a vast valley between the ridges of the Crimean Mountains, Inner and Outer. This kind of joint steppes and mountains. The area is located about 300 meters height above sea level and the highest point of the city is located on the south-east, in Peter's rock. Each year, Simferopol is becoming more and more, but still retains its attachment to the flowing river Salgir here. For nearly nine miles. stretches along the city Salgir. If you have arrived in Simferopol during the summer season, you will immediately understand why they say about him, "the gates of the Crimea." The fact that at the height of the season in a lot of people, because almost the entire flow of tourists pass through it. In one hour more than two thousand people. Almost 1.5 thousand vehicles traveling from other cities and countries - Germany, France, Czech Republic, etc. - In Simferopol, at a time. And in the air flying over the city every day at least 10,000 passengers. The southern coast - Alushta and Yalta - Simferopol connects with trolleybus line. And with some parts of the Crimea, as, indeed, to other parts of the country, the Simferopol railway communications firm. Here is the main regional bus station, through which the most important roads of the country, heading to all corners of the peninsula, and many Ukrainian cities. A striking architectural landmark of Crimea is Simferopol railway station. The main architect was A.N.Dushkin, the project is in the postwar years and the building was constructed. Nearby is the bus station "Holiday." From here trolleys, both urban and suburban, and even long distance. There is a route that allows you to go straight to either of the Simferopol airport. From the bus station "West", which is located at the entrance to the city from Sebastopol, you can go by bus to the suburbs. Simferopol - an integral part of cultural life in the Crimea. There are many educational institutions, scientific and cultural institutions. The city has many monuments that hold events before the revolution, then the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. They reflect the life and culture of the inhabitants of Simferopol. In the vicinity of the city has many attractions, monuments of architecture and nature. |
