The island history goes back to VII thousand BC Since stay here the first settlers mysterious signs on boulders were saved. In the II thousand beginning BC on island there were Greeks-ahejtsy. Rich cities (for example, by Knoss) on the sample of the Greek Mycenae have been grounded. The Greek deities and the Greek culture have started up on island deep radicals. Hallows and to riches of cities-states promoted natural riches of Cyprus: copper, iron, emeralds, cypress and cedar woods, olive groves and sugar cane plantations.

Prior to the beginning of a new era Egyptians, assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians became lords of island. Alexander the Great has expelled all strangers, but after disintegration of its empire Cyprus became a part of Ptoleme-Evsky Egypt, and since 58 BC has passed to Romans. In 330 AD, after sharing of Roman empire on East and Western, Cyprus was a part of Byzantium and shared lot of the Greek orthodox world. In crusades the Lion-Heart on path to the Sacred earth has won island and has transferred to its award òàìïëèåðîâ from which it has passed to the French Luizinjanam which have grounded on island kingdom on the western sample (1192—1489). Its last queen has transferred the rights to possession of Cyprus to the Venetian republic. More than three centuries, since 1571, the island was a part of Ottoman empire. In 1878 Turkey has transferred Cyprus to Great Britain in exchange for the help promised to it in case of war with Russia; the island became an English colony and there was that till 1959 After emancipating struggle of Greeks-Cypriotes, on August, 16th, 1960, independence of Cyprus has been proclaimed. Archbishop Makarios became its first president. In July, 1974 Greek «black colonels» have lifted armed rebellion against government Makariosa. Turkey has taken advantage of it and under the pretext of protection of Turks-Cypriotes has entered on island the armies, having occupied 37 % of territory. There was illegal «a Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus» between which and other part of island «the green line» along which draw the duty of an army of the United Nations was stretched on 180 km.