Simferopol is the political, administrative
and cultural center of Crimea and is located in the middle of the Crimean
peninsula. "Simferopol" is a greek word and means "a town-collector".
Actually, all Crimean's roads collect in Simferopol. So whatever you would
like to go in Crimea you should almost for sure visit Simferopol first.
Simferopol was founded on April 28, 1784 after Crimea was joined to
Russia by Katerine II. There was a small tatar town named Ak-Mechet. Till
now downtown of the city consists of two parts: tatar and european, and
you will easy notify the differences if you take a short tour around the
city. |