This wonderful city is interesting to tourists not only with its spacious beaches, the warm sun and affectionate sea, but also its non -trivial past.
Excavations of archaeologists indicate that this corner of Taurica was populated by people 40 thousand years ago. Ancient man chose this place in the Stone Age, later these lands were fired by the Tavras.
It is difficult to imagine that modern entertainment complexes, fashionable hotels, a water park in Sudak — all this once had the outlines of an ancient city, the first references to which are dated to 212 years. e. It was here that the first military fortification was built.
The city grew up, and by the beginning of the VIII century it turned into a large shopping and cultural center. In those days in Rus’, modern pike perch was called harsh. Until the invasion of the Mongol-Tatars, the city had close economic and trade relations with Kievan Rus, not without reason the mention of it can be found in the «Word of Igor’s Regiment».
Sudak was distinguished by heroism and courage during the Great Patriotic War. The courageous defenders of the city, who freed it from the Nazi invaders on April 14, 1944, at the entrance to the city, an honorary monument was erected.
