Massandra Palace opened to the general public only on June 1, 1992 — before that, for more than six decades, it was closed territory: first …
Massandra Palace: An Estate That Was a Museum for Only 22 Years


Massandra Palace opened to the general public only on June 1, 1992 — before that, for more than six decades, it was closed territory: first …

In February 1945, in Livadia Palace’s White Hall, the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the USSR held a conference that shaped the borders …

At the narrowest point of the Kerch Strait, where the Black Sea gives way to the Sea of Azov, stands a fortress that blocked enemy …