Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word ALUPKA

Definitions of ALUPKA

1. A city in Crimea, Ukraine

Examples of Using ALUPKA in a Sentence

• The main attraction of Alupka is the Scottish baronial and Neo-Moorish style Vorontsov's Palace, which was designed by the English architect Edward Blore built in 1828-1846 for prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov.
• On 14 February 2024, the Tsezar Kunikov, a Ropucha-class landing ship was sunk off Alupka by Ukrainian HUR MO "Group 13" forces using MAGURA V5 USV.
• Vorontsov had been purchasing land from the local Tartars for the site of his new palace at Alupka from 1823; however, the acquisition had been part of a deal which necessitated Vorontsov to build a new mosque.
• His wife was also descended from Prince Michael Vorontsov (1782–1856), an earlier Viceroy of the Caucasus, for whom Edward Blore designed the Alupka Palace near Yalta in the Crimea.
• In April it fought in the Crimean Offensive and captured Kerch, Feodosia, Alushta, Yalta, Alupka and Balaklava.

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