Yalta Ukraine city

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Yalta Ukraine city overview

Yalta city coat of arms

Yalta city location on Crimea map

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Yalta is situated in southern Ukraine, on the southern shore of Crimean Peninsula, 79 km from train station Simferopol, to which it has a road link (trolley-bus link). Yalta city is a sea port and highway junction.

Yalta Ukraine city population - 79,800 (2006).
Yalta Ukraine city land area - 283 sq. km.
Yalta Ukraine city phone code - +380-654.
Yalta Ukraine city postal codes - 98600-98639.

Yalta city streets views

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Yalta Ukraine city history

The settlement on the site called Yalita dates from prehistoric times, it was inhabited by Greeks. It was under Turkey's control beginning in 1475. In 1783 Yalta became Russian. Soviet power was established in Yalta in 1918.

Modern Yalta developed only in the early 19th century, becoming a town in 1838. Yalta started developing as a health resort in the 1860s. Yalta city favorable climate with mild winters and its scenic location between sea and mountain make Yalta city one of the most popular resorts of Ukraine, with many hotels and sanatoriums, including one established in 1900 at the instigation of the writer-physician Anton Chekhov.

In February 1945, during the World War II the three chief Allied leaders met during Yalta Conference in Livadiya Palace to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.

Yalta Conference scenery

Yalta city lighthouse

Yalta city embankment

Yalta Ukraine city economy

There are wine-making, fruit-canning and tobacco-processing industries in Yalta. The city is a regular port of call for passenger ships from other Black Sea ports.