Alushta

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 SS-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 SS-Sonderkommando 11b in the park of Trade Union Sanatorium No. 7, which is today part of the local center for children and creativity. ==Geography==

Climate Alushta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) that closely borders on a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). ==Demographics==

Ethnic composition according to the Ukrainian national census in 2001: ==International relations==

Twin towns — Sister cities Alushta is twinned with: • Santa Cruz, United States • Dzierżoniów, Poland • Äänekoski, Central Finland • Jūrmala, Latvia ==Notable people==

• Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864–1913), Ukrainian author • Sabri Ülker (1920–2012), Turkish businessman and founder of Ülker • Rustem Umerov (born 1982), Ukrainian politician and former Minister of Defense • Oleksandr Vysotskyi (born 1986), Ukrainian football player • Oleksandr Nedovyesov (born 1987), Ukrainian-Kazakhstani tennis player ==Gallery==

File:AlushtaFortress.jpeg|15th century Genoese tower in Alushta File:Палац Алушта.JPG|Villa "Otrada" (Stakheev's dacha) File:Центр Алушта.JPG|Downtown Alushta File:ПаркАлушта.JPG|Park Alushti File:Алушта Парк1.JPG|Park Alushti File:Алушта12.JPG|Alushta Beach File:Алушта. Сезон-2014.JPG|In Alushta. Season-2014 File:Старинное здание винподвала.JPG|Alushta winery File:Alushta Feodora Stratilata church IMG 2874 01-103-0013.JPG|St. Theodore Church File:Aluštan keskustori.jpg|Main square File:Карло Боссоли. Алушта.jpg|Panorama of Alushta in the 1850s, by Carlo Bossoli File:Кастель. Алушта (30).JPG|Quay File:AlushtaFortress.jpeg|Remains of Aluston fortress File:Алушта2014.JPG|Alushta Beach. July 2014 File:Алушта-набережна-2014.JPG|Quay. 2014 File:Алушта121.JPG|On the way. 2015 File:Кінотеатр Шторм Алушта.JPG|Cinema "Storm" File:Братська могила радянських воїнів та кримських партизан та пам'ятний знак на честь односельців..jpg|Memorial sign in honor of the Crimean partisans in Alushta File:Aluštan kaupunginvaltuuston rakennus 2.jpg|Alushta City Council building File:Арка.jpg|one of the symbols of Alushta File:Крепость Алустон (IV-VI вв). Алушта. Крым. Июнь 2009 - panoramio.jpg|alt=|Aluston fortress (IV-VI centuries). In exchange. Crimea. June File:Monument to Liberators of Alushta.jpg|alt=|Soviet war monument in Alushta File:Alushta,synagogue.jpg|alt=|Kenesa in Alushta File:Kenesa in Alushta.jpg|alt=|Kenesa in Alushta == References ==