The Valley of Ghosts (Russian: Долина привидений, Ukrainian: Долина привидів, Crimean Tatar: Hayalet vadiysi) is a valley located in Crimea[1] made up of naturally shaped rocks on the Southern Demirci mountain, located near Alushta city.

[2] The stone shapes resemble statues of humans, animals, legendary creatures from fairy tales, pyramids and various mystery objects.

[3] "Stone figures", which were formed by the weathering of rocks on the southwest slope of Demirci yayla, are called the Valley of Ghosts.

[7] The Southern Demirci mountain has developed the so-called conglomerates-small fragments of various rocks, boulders, pebbles of different sizes cemented sand and clay.

Firstly, the Valley of Rocks conglomerates include quartzite and pink granite, in addition to the typical Crimea sandstone, compacted clay, limestone, milky white quartz and brown siderite concretions.

[8] The valley is symbolised by walnut and cherry trees, lawn, rocks, springs (already partially capped), creeks and small deep lakes.

[10] Typical fauna comprehends: The name of the old village of Funa ("smoky" in Greek), located under the mountain near a road to Aluston (current Alushta) may have its origins in the occupant's trade in blacksmithing.

At the end of the 18th century, when Christians were forced out of Crimea by the decree of Catherine II, the village became occupied by Crimean Tatars from the southern coast.

Russian history books point out that the village was reallocated to a more secure place based on the advice of the geologist Nikolai A. Golovkinsky after the disaster in 1894 (rockfalls occurred regularly since 1615 to 1989[13]).

[15] From Luchyste, it takes 30 minutes walking along paved road to the valley, passing a horse riding club called Zolotaya Podkova ("Golden Horseshoe", Золотая подкова).

In one scene, company Solano spent the night in the old ruins of the Funa Fortress at Southern Demirci when they were running away from the police.

[18] The Soviet film Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (Russian: Кавказская пленница) used areas in the Caucasus and in Crimea.

Additionally, in Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, there are scenes shot in Simferopol (a mental hospital), on the top of Ai-Petri and the Caucasus, and in the Adler Microdistrict of Sochi on the Mzymta River.

The blacksmith who delegated as the nomad by conquerors set up a huge forge on the mountain which became a workplace to create weapons and start using it to enslave the locals.

The mountain itself could not tolerate this anymore, so it swallowed blacksmith together with his men (the nomads) and carried people from the valley to their original homes by wind.

On the highest point of the mountain, there was a rock, looked like the girl Maria - the latest victim of a brutal blacksmith.

[22] Many years ago, an unknown man who knew the devil and named blacksmith settled on the top of Demirci yayla.

Terrified inhabitants of the valley gathered in the ancient temple and begged God to save them from the evil alien but nothings happened for long days.

But strangely, they found stone figures of animals, form of people and unseen monsters on the mountainside facing the Babugan yayla.