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Ancient settlements in Crimea and surrounding area Coin from Chersonesus with Artemis, deer, bull, club and quiver (c. 300 BC). The recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, historically known as Tauris, Taurica (Greek: Ταυρική or Ταυρικά), and the Tauric Chersonese (Greek: Χερσόνησος Ταυρική, "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the 5th century BCE when several ...
Crimea is located between the temperate and subtropical climate belts and is characterized by warm and sunny weather. [56] It is characterized by diversity and the presence of microclimates. [56] The northern parts of Crimea have a moderate continental climate with short but cold winters and moderately hot dry summers. [57]
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Crimea being a Crimean Oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became part of the newly independent Ukraine.In 1990 at first Russia and a month later Ukraine declared State Sovereignty from the Soviet Union with the ongoing discussion for the New Union Treaty.
In addition, the Soviet government did nothing to facilitate their resettlement in Crimea and to make reparations for lost lives and confiscated property. [137] Before the mass return in the perestroika era, Crimean Tatars made up only 1.5% of Crimea's population, since government entities at all levels took a variety of measures beyond the ...
A Greek fresco depicting the goddess Demeter, from Panticapaeum in the ancient Bosporan Kingdom (a client state of the Roman Empire), 1st century AD, Crimea. In ancient times Crimea was known as "Chersonesus Taurica", from the name of the Tauri, who were descendants of the Cimmerians. Many Greek colonists settled in Taurica: their most renowned ...
Greek Crimea concerns the ancient Greek settlements on the Crimean Peninsula. Greek city-states first established colonies along the Black Sea coast of Crimea in the 7th or 6th century BC. [ 1 ] Several colonies were established in the vicinity of the Kerch Strait , then known as the Cimmerian Bosporus .
Crimea came under control of the Mongol Golden Horde in the mid-13th century AD. The Crimean Khanate was established in 1441 when Tatar Khan Hacı Giray broke away from the Horde. [ 4 ] The Khanate became an Ottoman protectorate from 1475, [ 5 ] with the southern shore of the Crimean Peninsula incorporated directly into the Ottoman Empire as a ...
It is unclear whether any Crimea Germans remained at all during the Nazi occupation—German policy called for the evacuation of all surviving Soviet Volksdeutsche to settlements in Poland. [4] Hitler had claimed that many Germans in Crimea were descended from ancient Goth settlers (the Crimean Goths ), and had intended to "reclaim" the ...