Yalta (Chukurlar; 1897)

Google space photo location Chukurlar (2012)

This Tatar settlement was located between Yalta (northeast) and Livadia (southwest).

In 1944, after the expulsion of Crimean Tatars from Crimea, their homes became unnecessary and were demolished. It was written off for the "Great Patriotic War" [Babishkin O. Lesja Ukrainka in the Crimea. – Simferopol: Crimea, 1955, p. 34].

Later, a sanatorium "Russia" was built here and a park of 17 hectares was planned. This park is also called the Maritime Park named after Y. Gagarin. Modern address – Yalta, Communards str., 12.

Lesja Ukrainka came to Chukurlar from Kyiv (through Odessa) about June 12, 1897. From July 19 to August 15, her brother Michael and his family lived with her. At this time it was done their photos. Here Lesja Ukrainka met with Sergei Merzhinsky.

Somewhere in the first half of August 1897, Michael, his wife and Lesja Ukrainka went to Ai-Petri (this is mentioned in the poetry "Excerpt from the letter»), and probably also to Gurzuf.

On October 3, 1897, Lesja Ukrainka moved from Chukurlar to a new apartment in the center of Yalta, in Leszczynski’s house.

It should also be noted that there is another place on the southern coast of Crimea, also called Chukurlar. It is located further east from "our" Chukurlar, north of Cape Ay-Dag and the modern town Partenit. From 1944 this place was called and between 1972 and 1986 it was annexed by Partenit as its northern part.