Covered with legends Cape Ai Todor in the Southern Crimea is created by 3 spurs of the south western part of the Mogabi mountain ridge. The name derived from the church of the St Fedor located there (Ai means Saint, Todor – Feodor Grerk). It was noted this way in the ancient manuscript map in the XIII century in Genoa Visconti portulan in 1318.
The cult of the saint Feodor Recruit received a wide spread along the Greek East in the IV-VI centuries. Till nowadays by the Orthodox calendar in the beginning of March, on Friday and Sunday of the first week of the great Lent, the days of the Saint Feodor Tiron are observed. By the legends the warrior of the Marmarit legion Feodor Tiron (Tiron – recruit, lat.) was burned in the fire because he fought against persecution of Christians, devastation of their sacred places, and refusal to pray to the pagan Gods 
In the middle of XIX century during the archeological digs  it Ai Todor a number of bronze adorning, coin, clay jars, ceramic pump, armory of the Roman period were found. Even now among the walls of the ancient citadel one can see the ruins of bath house, gymnastic hall, pump pool, the remnants of different city houses. Many epochs and events have passed since those old times, from the victorious march of the Kyiv Prince Vladimir to Khersoness, and adoption the Christianity in 988 BC to the Mongol Tatar and then the Turkish yoke.   

After Crimea was joined to Russia, Ai Todor is pointing the way to our native ships, which furrow the waters of the Black Sea. In 1935 the flash lights were on, which work till nowadays.

In the middle of XIX century the new period starts at Ai Todor. The opening of the sea port in Yalta in 1837 and the regular railway connection of Crimea and the continent in 1875 increased the number of visitors.  

The popularity of the new Russian resort is promoted by the frequent visits to Crimea by the royal family Romanov.  

The first purchase in Crimea became the land in Oreanda, bought by Alexander I in 1825, which was later inherited by Nikolai I. During the ruling of tsar Alexander II was bought the mansion “Levadia”, to improve the health of Maria Alexandrovna. At the end of 1860 the third biggest by its size land in Gaspra in given to Great Duke Michil Romanov. At the end of 1890 the mansion is passes to the sons of the Great Duke – Alexander and Georgiy. Alexandr Mikhailovich becomes the owner of Ai-Todor. The smaller part of the mansion only 6 desyatyn, is given to Georgiy Mikhailovych, who bought out the land ffrom the people and tartar community and spread him land up to 20 and created the mansion “Kharaks”, named after the Rome fortress “Kharaks” (I-III century AC) at Cape Ai Todor.

The building of the palace of the mansion “Kharaks” is a sample of the European high mountain castle in Scottish style. The outlines of the red tiled roofs, elegant proportions of the building match with Ai Petri picks and create romantic spirit of unity with the surrounding Crimean nature. The “Kharaks” Palace was created by a famous architect N. Krasnov at the beginning of the XX century.

This prominent Yalta architect created the tsar palace in Livadia, Palace of the Great Duke Petr Mykolayovych, Palace “Dulber” in Miskhor, many Yalta buildings, Catholic Church, painted iconstand of Alexender Nevsky Cathedral. Later, in 1912, at the very steep bank of the mountain Ai Todor, “Avrora Cliff” by the project of architect A. Shervood, one more important monument was created – “Swallow Nest”, which became the emblem of the Crimean Southern Coast.

The history of the sanatorium as the Ukrainian medical center starts on August, 8, 1922, when by the order of the Ukrainian Health Committee at the former Duke mansion the sanatorium “Kharaks” for 110 places was created. Starting from May, 15 1923 the medical center started its yearly work, providing the treatment of tuberculoses during winter, autumn and spring months and for the wide range of services during summer time.

A lot of energy and health gave to the sanatorium its first chief doctors of 20-30 years – Karamyshev, Ubeibatko, Danylevsky, Tytkevych, Kryvokon, Ravinsky, Semenov-Tanin, Popkov, Sheitsevych, Baruzdyn, Shuilov. During war time the material and technical base was preserved by A. Zuev, M. Mazurenko, and after the war time – B. Synelnykov, S. Shmuilov, A. Movchan, S. Koval.

In 1955 “Kharaks” was renamed into the sanatorium “Dnipro”. This is the period of the sufficient supply of the diagnostic and medical base. A considerable contribution to further development of the sanatorium was made by its chief doctors M. Mitlash, A. Tymofeev, V. Petruk, V. Boyarynov, A. Liviysky, G. Nesgovorov, I. Klymenko.

Miskhor resort not only gave the health but also gave the impetus for creative works of arts. During different years Ai Todor was visited by P. Vyazemsky, I. Muravyov-Apostol, A. Gryboyedov, M. Gorky, F. Shalyupin, L. Tolstoy, V. Bryusov, V. Mayakovsky, M. Zabolotsky.

A number of statesmen received medical treatment in “Kharaks”. Among them G. Petrovsky, S. Kosior, D. Ulyanov, F. Dzerzhynsky, N. Semashko, L. Fotieva, P. Postyshev, V. Blyukher, M. Tukhachevsky, S. Kovpak.

After war times, N. Khruschev, D. Korotchenko, V. Scherbytsky, in our days ex presidents L. Kuchma and L. Kravchuk spent their vacation here. In the history of the medical center such names as B. Paton, I. Bilodid, B. Petrovsky, A. Vozianov, and many other representatives of the Ukrainian science. Such writers and poets as M. Rylsky, P. Tychyna, M. Bazhan, Y. Yanovsky, O. Vushnya, and many others have visited sanatorium. 

Rich historical heritage of this sacred place gave the reason for opening the historical and archeological museum in the medical center in 1987.