Yalta Raion
The Yalta Raion, also transliterated as Yaltynskyi Raion is a prospective raion of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. It was first created in 1920s inside the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and it was reorganized into the Yalta Municipality in 1948.Places of Interest
Highlights include Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and Lesya Ukrainka Museum.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, named after St. Alexander Nevsky, is an Eastern Orthodoxy cathedral in Yalta, Crimea, built in 1902, and designed by Nikolay Krasnov.
Lesya Ukrainka Museum
Museum
Photo: Wolodymyr Lavrynenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lesya Ukrainka Museum in Yalta is a local history museum dedicated to one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, Lesya Ukrainka, who lived on the property for two years in her late twenties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yalta and Massandra.
Yalta
Photo: Mevo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yalta is a resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea.
Massandra
Town
Photo: Білецький В.С., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Massandra or Masandra is an urban-type settlement in the Yalta Municipality in Crimea. Occupying the spot of an ancient Greek settlement, Masandra was acquired by Counts Potocki in 1783.
Livadiya
Town
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Livadiya is an urban-type settlement in Crimea. It is located 3 kilometres west of Yalta. Population: 1,074. Livadiya is situated 4 km southwest of Yalta Raion.
Yalta Raion
- Type: raion of Ukraine with 137,000 residents
- Description: raion in Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
- Location: Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Yalta Raion” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雅尔塔区”
- Chinese: “雅爾達區”
- Crimean Tatar: “Yalta rayonı”
- Czech: “Jaltský rajón”
- Polish: “rejon jałtański”
- Polish: “Rejon jałtański”
- Russian: “Ялтинский район”
- Ukrainian: “Ялтинський район”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chekhove and Chaina Hirka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Villa Elena and Yalta Harbor.
Crimea: Must-Visit Destinations
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