About the book: 2021 / Book 1. Crimean Notes 2021 True story Book 2. Crimea. Beginning Why did they erect a monument to Kotlyarovsky? Catherine decided to rid Crimea of ​​the Turks and Tatars, who dug in there and regularly raided the southern borders of the Russian Empire. Kotlyarovsky gathered a detachment of 2,000 people, and they captured all the fortresses in turn. For this they erected a monument to him as a good manager and strategist - he is depicted on a horse, from above, standing on the Persian carpet. Contains obscene language.