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Master Class by Zoya Golyan (Yevpatoria)

This easy tutorial will teach you how to make a customized seal to decorate your cardmaking or gift wrapping projects.

You will need:

-          a candle

-          an interestingly carved button

-          some ribbon, paper cord, small buttons, beads, flowers etc. to embellish your seal

1. Light your candle and begin to pour melted wax onto the spot where you want your seal. Make a pool of melted wax and wait for it to cool down. Then go for the second layer. Make as many layers as is necessary to build the desired height of your seal.
2. While doing your last wax layer grab your button and press it, face down, carefully into the still hot wax. Wait a couple of seconds and lift the button up. You will see the imprint the button has made in the wax.
3. Now is the time to jazz up your seal. Make a tiny bow or tie a knot, put buttons or beads on it – let your imagination run wild – and attach it to the central part of the seal with a heat gun.

Your very own unique seal is ready!

An important note: mind that melted wax will soak the paper and show on its other side. If you do not want that, consider making your seal on a separate piece of paper and then attaching the piece to your project.

If you are spending your vacation in Crimea , you have unique oppotunity to  make the Crimean souvenir on your own with the help of local Craftsteacher Zoya Golyan. Zoya speaks fluently 2 languages English and German (Russian of course, too). To get know more about Master Class courses in Yevpatoria, please, contact   avia918@mail.ru

Cuma-Cami

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Cuma-Cami, Evpatoria’s Islamic mosque, is shrouded in mystery and numerous legends revolve around its creation. One version has it that the mosque was built overnight by Seid-Bakli Efendi. Another story holds that its architect was Men-Arslan, court painter and jester of Crimean khan Mengli-Ghiray, while the third legend tells that this building was launched as an Orthodox church but subsequently changed into an Islamic Mosque.

In reality however, it was 62 years old Khodza Sinan, one of the foremost oriental architects of his time, who arrived on the request of Crimean Khan Devlet-Ghiray in 1552 from Istanbul in order to build the biggest and most beautiful Tatar mosque on the peninsula Crimea in the eastern part of Evpatoria, just by the Black Sea. More »

On the western coastline of Black sea there is a small hill “Kara-Tobe”, it means black hill. “Kara”- black, “tobe” or “tepe” – hill. The fortress Kara-Tobe can be recognized by crenellated walls. Now there is a museum and the ruins of Greek-Skythian settlement.

5 thousand years ago the first Crimean garrison situated on the Black sea. Besides, the Russian scientists determined that the settlement Kara-Tobe had strategic situation. In ancient times there were 2 main roads:they connected the colonies of north-west Crimea with the capital of Scythian – Neapol Scythius (now this is the territory of modern Simferopol) and Greek Chersonese   (now this is the territory of modern Sevastopol)

Yevpatoria was visited by many well-known people. The most noble person was tsar Alexander I who went down in a history as the winner in war of 1812-1814 with the dictator Napoleon. It was the first Russian monarch who arrived to Yevpatoria. His visit has been arranged modestly enough. There was neither the magnificent carriage, nor uncountable retinue, neither verbose greetings, nor the joyful townspeople in streets. It seemed, Russian tsar has made everything to not involve excessive attention to his arrival. <more/>

Emperor Alexander I visited Karaite Kenasi, in fact it was he who allowed to allocate Kenasi in Yevpatoria. Having become interested in some Karaite’s dogmas, the monarch talked  for a long time to the  Gazan (Karaite’s priest) Joseph – Solomon Lutskim. Then Russian Tsar accepted Hadzi-Aga Babovich’s offer (city head), he went to his manor of «Ghana – Yafa», Karaite’s street, 53. After the meal tsar mentioned a theme for the sake of which he has probably arrived to Yevpatoria. He was looking for baroness Julia Krudner who had lived last years in Yevpatoria. In 1812 when Napoleon attacked Russia, the baroness predicted his falling. More »

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Yevpatoria or Eupatoria has many names – Ukrainian: Євпаторія, Russian: Евпатория, Crimean Tatar: Kezlev, Greek: Ευπατορία, Κερκινίτις – Eupatoria, Kerkinitis, Turkish: Gözleve, Armenian: Եվպատորիա – Yevpatoria.

The city of Yevpatoria is a home for many nationaties. Yevpatoria is situated on the coast of Kalamita gulf of the west part of Crimea. This town is a peninsula, it is surrounded by water from 3 sides. To the South is the sea with sandy beaches, to the East sits the biggest salt lake of Crimea, Sasik-Sivash, and to the West is lake Moinaki, which is famous for healing muds.

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Yevpatoria has its own landmark – old town. There are some temples of a few different religions on a small territory of old town. A Mosque is on the opposide side is Orthodox church, Synagogue is a neighbor of Caraites temple, Armenian church is next to Qalandariyah (rus. дервиши). It’s no accident. The energy of this Crimean town is amazing.
The route through the old town of Yevpatoria begins at an ancient temple of Caraites. Till 1920 Yevpatoria was world’s centre of caraites. There only a few representatives of this folk left for the few thousands remaining. However, they have restored their temple – Kenasi. For example, there are two Caraite’s temples in Yevpatoria, they were built at the end of the XVIIth century. Kenasi was visited by Russian Imperators Alexandr I and Nikolai II. Today these temples are in working order. More »