Feodosia is a city in South Ukraine, on the Crimean peninsula. The city is located on the shores of Feodosiya Bay (160 km from Yalta, a railroad terminal, the population over 70 000). It is a major Black Sea port at the western end of the Feodosiya Gulf. Feodosiya is also a rail terminus. A popular Crimean sea and health resort, Feodosia has beaches, mineral springs, and mud baths. It is one of the oldest cities not only of ukraine but of Europe. At the end of the 19th c. Feodosia became the resort place due to its curing spas and healthy climate. Today the tourists can visit the remnants of the Genoese fortress with one of the oldest Armenian churches and a number of towers dating back to the 14th century. In Feodosia they can admire the works of the famous marine-painter I. Aivasovsky in his museum, sea his grave near the Armenian church of Archangels Michael and Gabriel and visit one of the richest Ethnographic Museum with a good archaeological exposition.