| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Republic | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Crimea | ||||||
| Timezone: | MSK | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||
| Official Name: | Alushta | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Alushta Municipality | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Crimea#Ukraine#Russia | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Alushta within Crimea | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 44.6672°N 34.3978°W | ||||||
| Elevation M: | 50 | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 6.983 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 29078 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2014 | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 298500 — 298519 (Russia) | ||||||
| Area Code: | +7-36560 | ||||||
| Blank Info: | Aluston ('till the 15th century) | ||||||
| Blank Name: | Former name | ||||||
| Blank1 Name: | Climate | ||||||
| Website: | alushta.rk.gov.ru | ||||||
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Alushta (Ukrainian and Russian: ; Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Aluşta;) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a region internationally recognised as territory of Ukraine, but occupied by the Russian Federation and incorporated as the Republic of Crimea. It is located along the Black Sea coast on the road from Gurzuf to Sudak, as well as on the Crimean Trolleybus line. Population:
The area is notable for its arid, rocky terrain due to its proximity to the Crimean mountains. During Byzantine times, the town was called Alouston (Ἄλουστον) meaning "Unwashed".[1] Vestiges survive of a Byzantine defensive tower from a fortress from which the town's name was derived, as well as a 15th-century Genoese fortress. During Genoese rule, the name was modified to Lusta. Adam Mickiewicz dedicated two of his Crimean Sonnets to Alushta.
It is also the home of Seyit the Wolf in the Turkish drama, Kurt Seyit ve Sura.
In 1910, 544 Jews lived in Alushta, comprising 13% of the town's population. By 1939, they made up only 2.3% of the town's overall population, numbering 251 individuals. On 4 November 1941, the Germans occupied the town. On 24 November 1941, a unit of Sonderkommando 10b murdered 30 Jews by shooting along with captured communists and partisans. In early December 1941, about 250 Jews from Alushta were shot to death by Sonderkommando 11b in the park of Trade Union Sanatorium No. 7, which is today part of the local center for children and creativity.[2]
Alushta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) that closely borders on a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine.
Alushta is twinned with:
