 In 2011, the Swallow's Nest was closed for three months due to major restoration work estimated to cost 1,200,000 hryvnias ($150,000 USD).Owing to its important status as the symbol of the Crimea's southern coast, the Swallow's Nest was featured in several Soviet films.It was used as the setting of "Desyat Negrityat", the 1987 Soviet screen version of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None".