Controversial city in Ukraine--Yalta

Yalta is a famous resort city in Ukraine. It is located on the southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula, a Black Sea port, 79 kilometers north of Simferopol. It is a world-famous historical city built in the 12th century. The population is approximately 77,100 (2004). The word Yalta comes from the Greek word "Yalos", which means "coast". It borders the Black Sea and the Sea of ??Azov. The south is the Crimean Mountains and the north is the plains. Thalassotherapy center on the south coast of Crimea. An important outlet of the Black Sea, with a population of more than 100,000.

Yalta is a tourist resort with beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, sea and sky, and green trees. Yalta is also a famous historical city. It has the former residence of the great writer Chekhov, the Turkish castle "Swallow Castle" standing on the cliff by the sea, and the Livadinsky Palace, which was originally the tsar's villa.

In February 1945, Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill held the historic Yalta Conference in Whitehall here.

Yalta is surrounded by mountains and faces the sea, with a pleasant climate, with an average annual temperature of 13°C. It is rich in grapes and subtropical fruits. The industry is mainly food processing (wine, etc.). It houses the Grape Research Institute and the Ukrainian Climatology Research Institute. Found in historical records in 1145 (called Jalita). During the Second World War (February 4-11, 1945), Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, held a meeting here and signed the famous "Yalta Agreement" on the arrangement of the post-war world structure. Called the Yalta Conference.

Yalta is also a place where literati gather. Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gorky, Stanislavsky and other literary giants have come here many times. The famous Russian writer Chekhov wrote many masterpieces while recuperating here.