Project Sources
Archival Materials
State Archive of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, fond 799, opis' 1, delo 350: Reports "on the composition of the lands and gardens of Tavrida Province held as quitrent properties"- Report on state-owned gardens and vineyards at Ai-Dere, with notes on previous owners
- Description of state-owned gardens located in the Kutly valley showing the number of desiatinas or square sazhens as well as the number of fruit trees and grape vines
- Description of state-owned gardens located in the Kozy valley showing the number of desiatinas or square sazhens as well as the number of fruit trees and grape vines
- Description of state-owned gardens located in the Sudak valley showing the number of desiatinas or square sazhens as well as the number of fruit trees and grape vines
- Description of state-owned gardens located in the Otuz valley showing the number of desiatinas or square sazhens as well as the number of fruit trees and grape vines
- Report on state-owned orchards and vineyards on the Tavridan Black Sea coast
- Report on the fitness of state-owned properties in Feodosiia district consisting of gardens, meadows, and mills in various villages left behind by Christian immigrants to Russia and by Tatars who fled abroad, all of which were leased to Kart Seit Chelebi, a third-guild merchant of Simferopol'
- Report on the fitness of state-owned properties in Perekop district consisting of gardens, meadows, and mills in various villages left behind by Christian immigrants to Russia and by Tatars who fled abroad, all of which were leased to Kart Seit Chelebi, a third-guild merchant of Simferopol'
- Report on the fitness of state-owned properties in Evpatoriia district consisting of gardens, meadows, and mills in various villages left behind by Christian immigrants to Russia and by Tatars who fled abroad, all of which were leased to Kart Seit Chelebi, a third-guild merchant of Simferopol'
- Report on the fitness of state-owned properties in Simferopol' district consisting of gardens, meadows, and mills in various villages left behind by Christian immigrants to Russia and by Tatars who fled abroad, all of which were leased to Kart Seit Chelebi, a third-guild merchant of Simferopol'
- Report on state-owned gardens and vineyards located along the Belbek, Kacha, and Alma rivers
Botanical Collections (see the index page)
- Atlas plodov [Atlas of Fruits], 1906
- Flora Rossica, 1788
- Traité des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France en pleine terre, 1801-1819
- Traité des arbres fruitiers, 1768
- Pomological Watercolor Collection (made available by the United States Department of Agriculture; public domain)
Other Published Sources
Carlo Bossoli, The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings. London: Day & Son, 1856. [Images courtesy of Preservation, Curation and Archives, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute][Bronevskii] Владимир Богданович Броневский. Обозрение южнаго берега Тавриды в 1815 году. Тула: Тип. Губернское правление, 1822.
[Keppen] Петр Кеппен. О древностякх южнаго берега Крыма и гор Таврических. Санкт Петербург: Тип. Императорской академии наук, 1837.
[Simirenko] Лев Платонович Симиренко. Крымское промышленное плодоводство, т. 1. Москва: 1912.