Among the interesting sights of Yalta belong the ruins of Kerkinitis. The eyes of a person are available in only small fragments of the ruins. One excerpt is available in front of the fence of the resort, owned by the Ministry of defence, in a dead-end stretch of promenade named after Gorky. Another closed glass roof is designed in the form of a pyramid. His address is near the Museum of local Lore duvanovskaya street, next to the fence all the same sanatorium. This is the base of the walls of some buildings of rectangular shape, probably warehouses.

Why they are at the fence of the resort? The reason is simple: it is on the territory of modern resorts were Kerkinitida. Most of the findings obtained in this place. It is regrettable that major work on the excavations began when the sanatorium was erected. Naturally, all work stopped. When the excavation was completed, the walls fell asleep again, so in the sanatorium even especially will not see anything. Found artifacts donated to the Museum of local Lore, and the part kept by the inhabitants of the city who assisted in the excavations.

Greek settlers came to these places, founded the city. Ships with the colonists at the time of Greece sailed very much. They were looking for the unknown, new territory, suitable for life. There is an opinion that Kerkinitida is the name of the head of one of these expeditions. Legend has it that Hercules was one of the first settlers. The city Kerkinitida was independent, did a lot of trading and have created their own currency. He later became dependent on the Chersonese, but even so, the welfare of residents was maintained at a high level.

The idyll ended when the Scythians came. Mithridates VI, the Emperor of Pontus, helped the Kerkinitis to defeat the Scythians, but luck was short-lived. To the previous level Kerkinitida could get up, and the raids of nomadic tribes ceased shortly after the Greek history of these places.

In the fifteenth century arose another name of the city – the Chersonese. In the Crimean dialect, which was used by Tatars, it is pronounced as "Kezlev". This accounts for the fact that in the annals of the city was called the word, similar in sound to "goats". The convenience of the location made the city one of the most important in the Crimean khanate. Trade relations developed. The city had a large port, a serious defensive structures, sources of clean drinking water. Was a market for slaves, of for merchants and travelers. A huge proportion of trade occupied a salt of high quality produced here. It provided significant income to the city Treasury. The city was built good houses, baths, drinking establishment. When the city by the decree of Catherine II annexed to Russia (1784), it was renamed in Evpatoria ("full of grace" is translated from the Greek language).

Now inside the pyramid you can see the remains of the Western defensive wall of Kerkinitis, residential buildings, round towers of plate with vygostky and the altar. Every summer inside the pyramid you can see different exhibitions of archaeological objects from the Museum's collection.