Aloupka. – Dessin de Grandsire

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Article ID EUO2307

Title

Aloupka. – Dessin de Grandsire

Description

Total view of the city Alupka in the south of the peninsula Krim

Year

ca. 1870

Artist

Anonymus

Historical Description

Alupka a city in Ukraine on the subtropical southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea. Alupka is originally an ancient Greek settlement, the name Alupka being derived from the ancient Greek Alepu 'fox'. It is likely that many foxes were sighted on the site of present-day Alupka. After the Greeks, Alupka became Byzantine. After that Alupka became Tatar. After the Russian conquest of Crimea in 1783 Alupka belonged to the estate of Prince Potyomkin, who was the governor general of New Russia and the lover of Tsarina Catherine the Great. In 1798 in Alupka lived 211 people, mainly state peasants.

Dimensions (cm)11,5 x 15
ConditionVery good
Coloringcolored
TechniqueSteel engraving

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