Foros

Foros small resort small town on the South Coast , located 25 km from Sevastopol in the vicinity of Cape Sarich . His name was in the Middle Ages , when there was a Greek settlement . Translated from the Greek φορος - duties and taxes. Known fact that in 1991 at the state dacha Dawn was actually captured by the first President of the USSR, Mikhail S.Gorbachev. This event was in fact in the initial collapse of the Soviet Empire.

In addition, the settlement has brought fame towering over him Foros Church , which is located at the old Sebastopol Road .This monument of the nineteenth century Church of the Resurrection , was built in 1892 on a steep cliff - the Red Rock. The height of the structure above sea level is 400 meters.

It was built at his own expense of the owner of the estate Foros chaepromyshlennika AG Kuznetsov project academician NMChagin in memory of the miraculous escape of the Emperor Alexander III and his family at train crash October 17, 1888 at the station Borki Kursk -Kharkov railway.

Six years after construction, the tenth anniversary of Czar Alexander III to get rid of the death of her visit Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

In 1924 the church by the decision of the Soviet government was closed, flushed crosses , painted murals , and its abbot was exiled to Siberia. Until 1969 the church was a snack bar for tourists, and until 1992 was in a derelict state. since 1992 by the restoration work began on the building.Today it is a working temple , is conducted baptisms , weddings , and regular service. Hundreds of thousands of people visit this temple.

Today, Foros Church , also kakLastochkino Nest, a symbol of Crimea.

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