Crimea in the Watercolors of D.M. Strukov, the Moscow Artist

The article describes the versatile personality of D.M. Strukov - the artist, architect, archaeologist, restorer, teacher. There are briefly presented the main milestones of his biography. Special attention is paid to the work of Strukov in the Crimea and to his watercolors "Drawings of the historical monuments of Christianity in Taurida", created in the process of archaeological research in 1867-1892. The author gives the general characteristics and description of the works devoted to ancient temples, in particular to cave cities (Inkerman, Tepe-Kermen, Mangup-Kale and others) and to gravestone monuments.