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Bible Encyclopedias
Alushta
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Village on the southeastern shore of the Crimea, in the district of Yalta, Russia. Some ruins exist of the fort Aluston built there by Emperor Justinian in the sixth century. Under the name of Aluss the place is mentioned in the letter of Joseph, king of the Chazars, to Ḥasdai ibn-Shaprut (about 960) as one of the cities tributary to the Chazars. In the Middle Ages it was in the possession of the Genoese, and was known by the names of Lusta, Austa, and Alusta.
There are now only a few Jews in the village; and these are employed in the neighboring vine-yards.
Bibliography:
- A. Harkavy, Soobshcheniya o Chazarakh, in Yevreiskaya Bibl. 7:160, and private sources.
H. R.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Alushta'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/alushta.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Alushta'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/alushta.html. 1901.
