Foros ( Ukrainian : Форос ; Russian : Форо́с , Crimean Tatar : Foros , Greek : Phàros , Φάρος) is a resort town (an urban-type settlement , legally) in Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , a territory of Ukraine and occupied by Russia under the name of ″ Republic of Crimea ″. Population: 1,844 ( 2014 Census ) .
4-684: Foros may refer to: Foros, Crimea , a resort town in Crimea Foros Group , a boutique investment group headquartered in New York City Foros Timis Ston Greco , a classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis Foros (crater) , an impact crater in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars Foros (icebreaker) , a Latvian icebreaking salvage tug See also [ edit ] Phoros , membership dues paid to Athens by
8-449: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Foros, Crimea Foros is the southernmost resort in Crimea and in all of Ukraine . The settlement was founded and named by medieval Greek merchants. It was rediscovered in the late 19th century by Alexander Kuznetsov , a Russian "tea king" who had his palace built on the sea shore. It
12-606: The members of the Delian League in Classical Greece Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Foros . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foros&oldid=1031214753 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
16-517: Was Kuznetsov who commissioned the town's main landmark, the Resurrection Church . This ornate five-domed architectural extravaganza is sited on a 400-metre cliff overlooking Foros. The Soviet leaders had several state dachas built near Foros. One of these came to international attention during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt , when the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had been vacationing at
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