20+ rare PHOTOS of Imperial-era Crimea MAR 22, 2021 RUSSIA BEYOND
The picturesque peninsula has its all: mountains, sea, fir trees and royal palaces. It was always an important military port, as well as the favorite summer resort for the tsar’s family and many Russian noblemen. Take a glimpse at how this unique place was like before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
1. The Crimean coast, 1890s 2. Nicholas II loved Crimea. Posing with wife, Alexandra, 1910s 3. The Inkerman cave monastery near Sevastopol, 1910 4. Nicholas II posing with his daughters, 1913 5. Simeiz landscape, 1890s 6. A horse carriage riding via Foros, the most southern and very cliffy point of Crimea, 1897 7. A lady standing among cypress trees, 1897 8. Yalta, the “Crimean Nice”, 1897 9. Ships docking in Yalta, 1897 10. Sellers at a market in Yalta, 1913 11. Yalta’s shoreline, 1890s 12. Leo Tolstoy posing with his daughter Alexandra in Crimea, 1901 13. A picturesque angle of the Crimean coast, 1900s 14. A family enjoying a picnic in Crimea, 1910 15. A father and son climbing the rocks in Alupka, 1890s 16. Bakhchysarai Palace, 1897 17. Princess Zinaida Yusupova (left) enjoying tea in Yusupov’s family palace in Koreiz, 1913 18. A horse carriage going through the Baydar Gate, a mountain pass to the Black Sea, 1897 19. A mother and son on summer holidays in Crimea, 1910 21. The Saint Vladimir Cathedral in the antique city of Chersonesus, 1890s 22. Writer Anton Chekhov had dacha in Crimea. Here he is pictured walking with dogs in Yalta, 1903 23. The Massandra Royal Palace, 1910s 24. The Swallow Nest Castle, 1900s 25. Crimea is also famous for its wine. Pictured: a lady inspecting a vineyard, 1903 
