Russian-language article (translation in progress).
In the neighbourhood of Yalta, on the edge of forest reserve, where a river runs under the rock, born by the waterfall Uchan-Su, a wonderful town "The Glade of Fairy-Tales" settled down. This is the only museum of fairy-tales in the open air. Today more than 200 sculptures of wood, stone, non-ferrous metals, concrete, moss and other materials of the best national craftsmen - professionals and amateurs. Primarily created for children, the Glade of Fairy Tales turned to one of excursional sightseens of the Southern coast of the Crimea, willingly visited by tourists from all parts of the world.The entrance to the fabulous town is protected by "30 wonderful warriors" with spears and shields from Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Ludmila". Having put his arms akimbo and smoothing out a whisker, the Learned Cat meets guests favourably. The most important handicrafts of the ancient Russians are incarnated in sculptures of fabulous brothers Simeons. The Gingerbread Man is rolling presumptiously. "The Snake - the Keeper of Treasures" facinates with its glance the visitors. Especially children like 7 little creatures from Charles Perro's fairy-tale "Snow White and 7 Dwarfs". The graceful Mistress of Copper Mountain, the 3 brave sucking-pigs Nif-Nif, Naf-Naf and Nuf-Nuf, the epic hero Solovey-the-Robber, tender Alyonushka with Goatskin and many other "inhabitants" of this wonderful and joyous town of fairy-tale, where always Good wins.
