The Jubilee Park is located in the center of Feodosia near the Seaport. In the Middle Ages, the Genoese fortress of Kafa was located here, and in the 19th century, a cozy park area was created in its place, where people can take a walk in the evening. About a hundred years ago, trees were planted here, which now create a pleasant shade. There are children`s attractions in the park.
The Jubilee Park is divided into two parts. Closer to the railway station is the Park of the 40th anniversary of Victory, and next to it is the Jubilee Park itself. The ruins of the Tower of St. Constantine, which was built by the Genoese in 1389, have been preserved here. It was the corner tower of the outer fortress wall, which surrounded the entire city of Kafa.
The fortress wall stretched south from the Tower of St. Constantine along the seashore. In the Middle Ages, the fortress of Kafa was the most powerful in the Crimea. In the 19th century, the city authorities expanded the infrastructure of the seaport, and the fortress wall was demolished. In its place appeared Sycamore Alley (Gorky Street), which stretches along the seaport for 600 meters. This alley is also part of the Jubilee Park.
The alley begins near the Monument to Sailor Ivan Nazukin. He was a Bolshevik revolutionary from a peasant Ural family. Initially, Nazukin served in Kronstadt, and then transferred to Balaklava for service on the submarine «Sudak». Now the main Embankment of Balaklava is called Nazukin Embankment. In Feodosia, he headed the underground revolutionary committee of the Red Army. He fought against Denikin`s White Guard when it occupied Crimea. In 1920, he was arrested and shot.
The monument is installed on the square that used to be the main port square of Feodosia. This square was called Alexandrovskaya, and on the site of the monument to Nazukin there was a Monument to Emperor Alexander III.
Next to the square in the Jubilee Park is the Aivazovsky Fountain. It was built in the style of the Sultan Ahmed Fountain from Istanbul, on the initiative of Ivan Aivazovsky, the great Russian artist. Now the fountain is an architectural landmark of the Jubilee Park of Feodosia, and in 1888 it solved the acute problem of shortage of drinking water in the city.
Near the fountain you can see another fountain-monument, which is called "To the Good Genius of Feodosia". The monument was built in 2004 and is dedicated to Ivan Aivazovsky. He was born in Feodosia in 1817 and did a lot for his hometown. During his lifetime, he opened the Aivazovsky Art Gallery in his native house. It is the main attraction of the city, which attracts thousands of tourists.
The Sycamore Alley in the Jubilee Park is officially called Gorky Street. The spreading plane trees were planted here several decades ago. In 2007, the Alley of Heroes memorial complex was opened here. There are busts of heroes of the Crimean War of 1854-56, as well as heroes of the WWII.
