Feodosia has long attracted representatives of the creative intelligentsia. This city is the birthplace of the outstanding seascape painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, who became famous for his realistic images of the sea in his youth. The artist's museum-gallery in Feodosia is the "home" for the world's largest collection of his canvases. Here are collected personal belongings, photographs and documents telling about the life and creative path of the master.
Also, for a certain period of his life, the outstanding Russian writer Alexander Grin, who is the author of the famous novels "Scarlet Sails" and "Running on the Waves", lived in Feodosia. In the house where the master of words lived, today there is also a museum, decorated in the style of a ship.
The Tsvetaev sisters, who came to the city after the death of their father at the beginning of the 20th century, also lived in Feodosia. They regularly participated in creative evenings, recited poetry at poetry meetings, and conducted various social activities.
Marina Tsvetaeva in her memoirs described the period of her life in Feodosia with great tenderness and nostalgia.
Today the Tsvetaevs Museum is equipped in Feodosia. His expositions are housed in Anastasia's house. The collections include personal items, authentic furnishings from the period. The museum staff managed to recreate the interiors and convey the atmosphere of the early 20th century. The walls of the house-museum are decorated with various photographs of the sisters, as well as paintings.
The museum is open all year round. But the recommended month to visit it is August. At this time, the annual poetry and music festival takes place here, which lasts for five days. Admission to the event is free.
Two more objects belong to the same period, which, although they are not museums, are magnificent monuments of architecture. The first is the Milos cottage, built in a neoclassical style with elements of antique architecture. It belonged to the family of Ibrahim Crimea, a successful merchant belonging to the Karaite dynasty.
The building has white and yellow facades, magnificent columns-caryatids, as well as a rotunda, which houses the statue of Venus de Milo, which gave the name to this object. Today, a sanatorium is located within the walls of the Milos dacha.
The second dacha, built at the beginning of the 20th century, bears the name of the “tobacco king of Crimea” Joseph Stamboli. The object is made in an eclectic style, including elements of oriental architecture and modernity. The central object of the building is a high minaret. The building has stunning decor, and the surrounding area is lavishly decorated with flower beds and fountains.
During the Soviet era, a sanatorium was also located in Stamboli's dacha. There is a hotel here today.