Attractions of Bakhchysarai

The medieval fortress town of Chufut-Kale is located 3.5 kilometers east of Bakhchysarai.

It arose on a mountain plateau around the V-VI centuries as a fortified settlement on the border of Byzantine possessions. The main population consisted of Alans, then Kipchaks.

Since the 13th century, taken by the Tatars after a long siege and named Kirk-Or, the city was part of the Crimean Khanate (it was the residence of the khan). In the 15th century, Karaites settled here, giving the city the name Chufut-Kale ("Jewish fortress").

Left by residents until the beginning of the 20th century. In the 20th century, Chufut-Kale became a popular tourist center. Three fortress walls with a gate and towers, the mausoleum of the daughter of the Golden Horde Khan Tokhtamysh Dzhanyke-khanym (year 1437), two Karaim kenas, the estate of the historian Avraham Firkovych, and other buildings have been preserved. Near the entrance is a unique siege well.

Eski-Durbe (from Crimean Tatar - "Old Mausoleum") - the oldest tomb of Bakhchysarai. Built in the 15th century - long before the Bakhchysarai Palace.

According to legend, a ruler who owned the valley before the arrival of the Girays, whose name has already been forgotten, is buried here.

In shape, Eski-Durbe is a cube with a spherical dome. The square arched courtyard with a fountain can only be accessed from the tomb.

The complex of medieval Aziz (religious buildings, symbolic tombs, mausoleums) is located in Bakhchysarai in the area of ​​the old Tatar market.

Previously, a large cemetery of the city of Eski-Yurt was located here. The cubic tomb of durbe Ahmed-bey (1577), the mausoleum of durbe Muhammad-bey in the form of an octagonal yurt (16th century), the elegant Aziz of Khan Muhammad-Girey (17th century), the remains of a prayer hall (tekke) of wandering Muslim monks (dervishes) in the form of an octagonal tower, to which 12 steps lead (16th-17th centuries) have survived to this day.