YALTA

YALTA CASTLES AND SEVASTOPOL

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September 14th 2008
Basing ourselves from the nice summer dorms of Priban hotel above a hill in Bakhchisaray we did excursion around Crimea. Next stop was Yalta, we bought our bus tickets the day before and all we have to do is turn up, we are a bit early and there was a bus departing soon so we just hopped on, driver didn't mind. itwas about 2 1/2 hours drive as we get close to Yalta we started seing the Black sea c ... read more

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Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Gran... ... read more