The Emir of Bukhara Palace

Palaces and castles of the Southern coast are magnificent monuments of the rich history of the Crimea. They did not survive very much, some became museums like the Livadia and Vorontsov Palace, and some, with the advent of Soviet power, were turned into rest homes and sanatorium buildings. Such a fate befell the palace of Emir of Bukhara, today it is the building of the 8th sanatorium "Yalta".

The Emir of Bukhara Palace

 The Emir of Bukhara Palace was located on Sevastopolskaya Street, which at the end of the 19th century did not yet exist and was a suburb of Yalta. The palace, built in 1903 in the Moorish style, immediately became an ornament of Yalta. All works on the construction of the palace of the Emir of Bukhara were completed in four years, they were carried out by the architect N.G. Tarasov. 

The estate was a park in which several office buildings were located, a guest house and the magnificent palace of Emir Bukhara Seyid Abdul Akhan Khan. For the construction and decoration of the yard, a Crimean stone was used. Emir of Bukhara dreamed of building a beautiful small palace, not inferior in splendor to the palaces of his homeland. And he succeeded, the palace, built in an oriental style with a white-blue finish, was magnificent. The Emir of Bukhara was visited by the princes of Yusupov several times.

The happy life in the palace did not last long, Seyid Abdul, the Emir of Bukhara, spent seven years on his estate, which he affectionately called "Dilkiso", which means "fascinating" in Turkic language. In the winter of 1910, the owner of the palace was gone, all property was inherited by his son Said Mir Alim.

During the October Revolution the palace was confiscated, and the East Museum of the Exposition was opened in its walls, which was replenished with nationalized art objects from estates located on the Southern coast of Crimea. During the Second World War, part of the collection was sent to the evacuation. With the advent of peacetime, the palace becomes one of the buildings of a medical and preventive sanatorium.

The residence of the emir of Bukhara is remarkable not only for its architecture and history, but also for the magnificent park that surrounds the palace.