Shcholkine - a city in the eastern steppe Crimea, located on the Kerch Peninsula, on the south shore of the Azov Sea.
Founded in October 1978 as a city for the future of Crimean NPP. Population - 11,231 people. Area - 3.42 km ².
In Scholkino was built the first industrial solar power uSRSR SES-5 in 1985, she had a capacity of 5 MW, that is the same as the first nuclear reactor.
Tourists will not be bored here. After all, this village is Theriological Workshop - an annual forum Theriological Ukrainian Society of NAS of Ukraine. Tourists can not only admire the enchanting beauty of these spaces, but also learn a lot of interesting and new.
For very interested tourists a real boon will review the ruins of the unfinished nuclear power plant. For ekstrymaliv note that the waters of the Azov sea coast near Schelkino on-going competitions in windsurfing.