The capital of Crimea is Simferopol. This city is the center of the peninsula in all its senses - in geographical, in transport, in educational and economic. This is a fairly large city, but no worse than its Sevastopol - the second Crimean capital, cultural and tourist.
History of Simferopol
Last year, the collector city, as it is also called, celebrated its 230th anniversary. The capital of Crimea was born in a form in which you can see it now. By order of Catherine the Great in 1780, a city was erected in the very center of the so-called Tauride province , right on the Salgir River, not far from the Ak-Mosque, the Tatar village. It is interesting that the capital of Crimea is located on the spot where Naples Scythian used to be. It was said a little higher that Simferopol is a collector city. This name is fully justified, because a huge number of different nationalities live in the capital. These are Russians, Armenians, Georgians, Crimean Tatars, Bulgarians, Jews and even a small percentage of Germans, Greeks and Moldavians.
Prospects
Most of the population of Simferopol are students, and a considerable part of them are visitors. The capital of the Crimean peninsula in terms of education is very attractive for young people, because there are a large number of universities, and you can get almost any education, with the exception of the naval. The most popular educational institutions are the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University, TNU (which this year after the accession of the peninsula to the Russian Federation became known as KFU), the State Medical University, Agrarian, NAPKS and many others. I want to note that students come to the capital not only from nearby cities (Sevastopol, Yalta or Alushta), but also young people from other countries! For example, in the medical field a fairly large number of students from America and India. Such success is due to the fact that they give a really good education.
Transport connection
Also, the capital of Crimea - Simferopol - is a city with well-developed transport links, as mentioned earlier. From here you can leave almost anywhere in Ukraine, Russia or Belarus, and with any transport - whether it be a train or a bus. Of course, the first is now a small problem, and the current political situation is the reason for this, but otherwise there are no questions. You can quite easily purchase a ticket at the ticket office of a bus station in, say, Simferopol-Sochi, or go to Rostov-on-Don. In addition, there is a large airport. The overwhelming majority of guests of the peninsula who came here to spend some unforgettable days on the Black Sea somewhere in Yalta make a transfer in Simferopol, as there are no direct trains to resort cities.
Cultural capital
Almost every country has two capitals. In Russia it is Moscow and St. Petersburg, in Germany - Berlin and Munich, in Italy - Rome and Milan. There are two of them in Crimea. The second, unofficial, capital of Crimea is Sevastopol. Hero City, a city of Russian glory! It is difficult to find a person who would not hear his name. Every year, millions of tourists come to Sevastopol to enjoy its cultural heritage, honor its legendary places and, of course, sunbathe on the beaches and swim in the Black Sea.
There is everything that a sophisticated tourist can wish for - places of an entertaining nature, night clubs, restaurants, bars, an aqua park. And lovers of nature and picturesque places will definitely like the Fiolent, which can argue in beauty with the Spanish coast, or the cozy Balaclava. Sevastopol is really the second capital of Crimea. Although it should be noted that he bears the title of a separate territorial object of the Russian Federation. You also need to know that this year, after the accession of the peninsula to the Russian Federation, Sevastopol was awarded the title of a city of federal significance, along with Moscow and St. Petersburg. By the way, it should be noted that it is much larger than Simferopol. Although at first glance it does not seem so. In fact, Sevastopol is more spacious and clean than Simferopol. In the main capital, everything is very compact, and due to this, the city seems to be a metropolis.
Crimean pearl
Sevastopol can be given such a name deservedly. And almost everything becomes a proof of this - millions of tourists, a huge number of visiting students who want to get a military or naval education (because in the hero city there are several prestigious universities in this area, for example, the Nakhimov Academy or SevNTU), developed infrastructure, well-groomed streets, major shopping and entertainment centers, natural beauties and much more. But Simferopol is good in its own way. These are two completely different cities, but each of them is special and important for the entire peninsula. Perhaps that is why many people get confused and ask themselves the question: "What city is the capital of Crimea? Sevastopol or Simferopol?"