Evpatoriya – Haven of Health Resorts
Evpatoriya is an important Ukrainian Black Sea port. It is also a famous rail hub and a town filled with health resorts. Evpatoriya is popular for its medical mud and springs of thermal mineral water. The city is situated on the place, where the ancient and illustrious Greek settlement of Kerkinitida. The city was named Kezlev by Crimean Tatars, Gozleve by Ottomans, Kozlov by Russians and in 1784, it was named Eupatoria officially. The name “Eupatoria” is also spelt as Evpatoriya and Yevpatoriya. The city is named after the King of Pontus, Mithradates Eupator. The city is a famous for its balneological resorts.
A city in Crimea, Ukraine, Evpatoriya or Eupatoria or Yevpatoria is a Black Sea port. The city is famous for its health resorts. The industries of the city comprise of fishing, food processing, weaving, limestone quarrying, wine making, furniture, machinery and manufacture of building materials. It is situated in the place, where the ancient Greek Colony of Kerkinitida that was established in the sixth century.
Kerkinitis was established by Greek colonists around five hundred B.C. it was part of the territory of Mithradates. The area was captured by Mithradates VI, the Pontian King in the first century B.C. The city’s name is derived from the name of the king, Mithradates Eupator. The city witnessed Khazar settlement around seventh to tenth centuryAD. The city was also occupied by the Kipchaks, the Mongols and the Crimean Khanate. The city was hailed as Kezlev by the Crimean Tatars and Gozleve by Ottomans. Russians named the city, Kozlov.
In the thirteenth century, Evpatoriya the reign came under the Turko-Tatars. They became a part of the Ottoman Empire in for a short span of time from 1478 to 1485. Evpatoriya was annexed by Russian empire, in the year of 1783. The British, French and Turkish troops occupied Evpatoriya during the Crimean War that took place in 1854.
Evpatoriya is a significant Black Sea port in Ukraine. It is also a rail hub and town filled with resorts. The city is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine. It was also a large town, commercial port and medieval slave market. Filled with soft sandy beaches, the city developed as a resort city by the end of the nineteenth century. The first mud-bath appeared in the city in 1886 and was set on the banks of the Moinaki Lake. The first private Sanatorium was established in 1905, followed by another one in 1911. Now, it is a major tourist attraction, owing to its vacation and health resorts, today.
Significant landmarks of the city comprise of the sixteenth century mosque and the remnants of the Tatar fortress, which was established in fifteenth century. The archaeological and architectural structures and monuments of the city preserve its multinational history and culture. The excavations undertaken in the antique Kerkinitida settlement features the Dzhuma-Dzhami mosque, Turkish Bathhouses, Karaim’s house of worship, Greek Church and temple of Saint Nickolai.
A pleasant climate, abundance of mineral themal water and medical mud has made Evpatoriya, an excellent mud and balneological heath resort. Moinaki Lake is abundant with springs of thermal mineral water called “Moinaki”. The lake’s basin where the silt is formed that is replete with mud that is used in the treatment of diseases that are related to the central nervous system. The opulent heritage, nature’s bounty and antique architectural structures make the city unique among the cities of Ukraine.