“This side of Koktebel”

(Deineko-Kazmiruk Daryna and Kazmiruk Sergey)

In the range of the Crimean resorts there is one place where the sea caresses pebbles, local wine is poured everywhere, in the summer evenings disco rumble, and in the winter there are struggling with moisture  and frost. Yes, certainly, the vacationer can say in such a manner about lots of places…

Perhaps he will say about Koktebel also.

Although the role of the Silver Age, which affected village with spirit of creativity and freedom, is well known, the era of aviation started from the local hills, but there are heirs of these Bulgarian-Tatar lands that keep richness of their history in the recesses of their own memories, like the old albums, faded during the world war, the communist and independent regimes.

These albums almost have no space to the village, where  visitors come from different sides and countries and there is no value to their leisure and entertainment. It seems there is another dimension of the village, a different life. Life on this side of Koktebel.