Hurzuf

The fortress was later restored by the Genoese who called the place Garzuni, Grasni, and Gorzanium, and appointed it the seat of a chief magistrate. It was a former Crimean Tatar village, now a part of Greater Yalta. Alexander Pushkin visited Gurzuf in 1820 and ballet master Marius Petipa died here. The International Children's Center Artek (formerly the All-Union Young Pioneer camp Artek) is situated just behind Mount Ayu-Dag (Bear Mountain). The World Organization of the Scout Movement's Eurasian Region is headquartered in the town. Between Gurzuf and Mount Ayu-Dag is Cape Suuksu. At the top of the Cape is a tower, a medieval cemetery, and a small monument to Pushkin.

• Official Name — Gurzuf • Native Name — Гурзуф • Type — Urban-type settlement • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Republic • Subdivision Name1 — Crimea • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Yalta Municipality • Elevation M — 30 • Population Total — 8933 • Population As Of — 2014 • Time Zone — MSK • Utc Offset — +3 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 98640 — 98643 • Area Code — +7-654 • Custom Label Sec1 — Former names • Custom Data Sec1 — Gorsovium, Gorzubiti • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Climate • Custom Data1 Sec1 — Cfa

The origin of the name is not reliably established. Some researchers believe that it comes from the Latin Ursus "bear", as the "Bear Mountain" (Ayu-Dag) is located near the town. Others believe that the name Horzuv, Horzuvaty has Taurian or Gotho-Alan roots and decipher it as "gor dzakkh" - mountain valley, valley among the mountains. Gradually, the place name "Gorzuvyti" was transformed into Kursaity, Gorzovium, Yurzuf, and Gurzuf.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Gurzuf had a population of 8,676 inhabitants. It is estimated that ethnic Russians constitute a slim majority, followed by a large, predominantly Russophone Ukrainian population, which accounts for a bit more than one third of the population. Smaller minorities are Crimean Tatars, Belarusians, Poles and Moldovans. Russian, which serves as an interethnic language, is the most spoken tongue in the town, while a significant minority speaks Ukrainian as their primary language. The exact linguistic composition was as follows:

• Cengiz Dağcı (1919–2011), Crimean Tatar novelist and poet • Mansur Mazinov (1906–1983), Soviet air force officer, the first Crimean Tatar pilot • Natalia Popovych (born 1968), Ukrainian politician

• Illustration — View of Gurzuf • Illustration — "Goddess of Night" fountain in Gurzuf • Illustration — Statue • Illustration — Statue • Illustration — "Pier in Gurzuf" by Konstantin Korovin, 1914 • Illustration — Gurzuf in the fall