One of the architectural monuments of pre-revolutionary Yalta is the dacha 'Omyur', a beautiful two-story house made of local gray limestone, built in the pseudo-Gothic style. The building was erected in 1888 by amateur architect Konstantin Romanovich Ovsianoy. The name of the dacha translates from Crimean Tatar as 'life', but it gained fame thanks to its inhabitants.

The dacha belonged to the family of Kapitolina Ilovayskaya, who rented out rooms on the first floor to her friends and acquaintances during the summer. Her husband, an actual state councilor, managed the largest Russian horse breeding farm in the village of Khrenovo in the Bobrovsky district of the Voronezh province, known as the 'homeland of the Orlov trotter'.

It was the hostess's husband who introduced the great Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov to Yalta and invited him to stay at the dacha. Chekhov was enchanted by the city and the house, which had all the amenities, including a garden and a swimming pool. From October 23, 1898, to April 10, 1899, he lived and worked here, occupying two corner rooms on the first floor to the left of the main entrance. In addition to his literary activities, Chekhov treated the sick and became incredibly popular among the locals. The outstanding Russian poet Maximilian Voloshin also visited him.

At the end of 1901, Lev Tolstoy spent a week at the dacha 'Omyur', from where he called Chekhov on the phone in Autka, where the writer had built his house.

After the revolution, the building was confiscated and turned into an apartment building, resulting in the destruction of the garden and swimming pool, and the building itself suffered greatly. It was only in the year marking the 50th anniversary of Chekhov's death that the house was remembered: in July 1954, a memorial plaque was installed, and the building received the status of a historical and cultural monument.

In our time, at the initiative of the Chekhov House Museum team, the Yalta city authorities transferred several rooms on the first floor to the museum to create an exhibition. A temporary exhibition 'Crimean Meetings of A. P. Chekhov' was organized here, and in early February 2010, a permanent exhibition 'Chekhov and Ukraine' was established.