Title: Sudak Status: Territory, subordinate to the city council Sudak, includes addition of a number of villages. Location: Located in the middle of the south-eastern coast of the Crimean peninsula, 47 km north-east of Alushta and 42 km south-west of Feodosiia. The city is located in the valley Sudak, Sudak on the shore of the bay. Population: 15 thousand inhabitants Area: 547.55 square meters. km. Waterways: River Sudak Date of foundation: 212 years Historical note: The settlement Sugdeia ("Sugda" Iranian "blameless, holy") was founded in 3 c. Alans, ancestors of the Ossetians. The official date of foundation is considered 212 C 6 c. Sugdeia falls under the sway of the Byzantine Empire, begins construction of the fortress. Here comes the Orthodox, there are Christian churches and monasteries. In Kievan Rus the city is known as a rich trading center Surozh. In the 13 c. the city has once again captured by the Tatar-Mongols, but it actually goes under the authority of the Republic of Venice as Soldayya. In 1365 it was seized by the Genoese and becomes their independent colony under the protection of the consul Kafa. Is in decline in 15 c., After the conquest of the Crimea by the Ottoman Turks. After joining Russia is developing as a center of wine production, the rapid construction of the resort began in 1960 goodah. Main attractions: the Genoese fortress, Villa Baron Funk.