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Simeiz and Katsiveli
Simeiz The climatic Crimean resort near Yalta. This locality has been populated since ancient times. The dwellings of the Tauri stood once on Kishka Mountain. The remains of the Limen Isar fortification, 3rd - 1 st c. BC, have survived and a burial consisting of stone boxes-sepulchres, the largest on the peninsula, was found. There are the remains of an ancient Greek settlement dating from the 1 st - 3rd c. in the outskirts of the settlement as well as the remains of a fortified Byzantine monastery, 8th - 15th c. Simeiz has a number of monuments and interesting objects of nature. Among them are the 45-meter high Diva Rock jutting out of water and resembling the bust of a woman with long flowing hair; the Krylo lebedia (Swan Wing) Rock, the highest and most notable; and the 80metre high Panea Rock, which make the landscape of this corner inimitable. The settlement is associated with names of many outstanding figures in history, culture and science. In 1925-1956 the astrophysicist G. A. Shain worked here, in 1820 A. S. Pushkin and I. M. Muravyov-Apostol stayed in Simeiz, and in 1885 Leo Tolstoy lived here. Some pages from the life of the Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubyns'kyi are also associated with the settlement. Russian authors A. S. Novikov-Priboi and S. N. Sergeev- Tsensky spent their holidays here.
Katsiveli. It is a scientific centre in a way, where the radio-astronomy department of the Crimean astrophysical observatory works. Its radio-telescope with a parabolic antenna 22 metres in diameter permits to carry out unique explorations of the universe. In the storm pool studies of sea currents and storm formation are held. Here also works the heliostation of the Institute for Studies of Materials of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
Katsiveli is known also as a climatic resort. Before 1917 here lived the well-known artist A. I. Kuindzhi arid he painted here a series of sea studies. After the artist's death, the house in which he lived was handed over to the community of young artists.