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Crimea
Crimea , Rus. and Ukr. Krym, peninsula and autonomous republic (1991 est. pop. 2,363,000), c.10,000 sq mi (25,900 sq km), extreme SE Ukraine, linked with the mainland by the Perekop Isthmus. The peninsula is bounded on the S and W by the Black Sea. The eastern tip of the Crimea is the Kerch peninsula, separated from the Taman peninsula (a projection of the mainland) by the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov. Simferopol is the capital of the Crimean autonmous republic. Other major cities include Sevastopol (an municipality with the status of an oblast), Kerch , Feodosiya , Yalta , and Yevpatoriya .
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"Crimea." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Crimea." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Crimea.html "Crimea." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Crimea.html |
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Crimea
Crimea A peninsula in the Black Sea off the Ukrainian coast. An autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, it was occupied by the Germans in 1941–4. Thereafter, most of its original population, the Tartars, were deported for their collaboration to Central Asia; they were officially rehabilitated only in 1967, and not allowed to return until 1989. It became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1954. Throughout the Soviet period it enjoyed formidable Russian investment as the prime holiday resort of the Russian and Soviet apparatchiks. By 1989 its population was over 60 per cent Russian, and resisted independence from Russia as part of the Ukraine. It was granted extensive autonomy in 1991, with a separate parliament and President. Subsequently, its domestic affairs were characterized by extensive corruption, with the area's Ukrainian and Tartar minorities bitterly complaining against discrimination throughout the 1990s. This was but one complicating factor in the ongoing conflict with the Ukraine about the Russian majority's attempts to gain even greater sovereignty, leading the Ukraine periodically to suspend the rights of the Crimean Parliament. The Ukraine became more conciliatory after the election of a more moderate President and Prime Minister in 1994.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Crimea." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Crimea." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Crimea.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Crimea." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Crimea.html |
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Crimea
Crimea (Krym), Ukraine Chersonesus Taurica/Taurida, Gotland An autonomous republic with a 15th‐century name derived from the Tatar kerim ‘fort’. When the Mongol‐Tatars of the Golden Horde entered the peninsula they made their first encampment beneath the remains of a stone tower which they called kerim; they called the place Eski Kerim ‘Old Fort’. The Crimea was one of the three most important Tatar khanates carved out of the lands of the Golden Horde in 1430. It was subdued and annexed by Russia in 1783. Unofficially, it was called Gotland during the Nazi occupation in 1942–4. It was formerly part of Russia until it was transferred to Ukraine in 1954 to commemorate the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav which incorporated much of Ukraine into Russia. There may be a link between kerim, Krym, and kreml ‘Kremlin’. When first settled by the Greeks in the 6th century bc, it was known as the Tauric Peninsula from chersonesus ‘peninsula’ and the Cimmerian people called the Tauri.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Crimea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Crimea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Crimea.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Crimea." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Crimea.html |
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Crimea
Crimea (Krym) Peninsula in s Ukraine that extends into the Black Sea, w of the Azov Sea and joined to the mainland by the Perekop Isthmus. Simferopol is the capital. The Crimea was inhabited from the 10th to 8th centuries bc by the Cimmerians. During the 5th century, it was colonized by the Greeks and then by Romans, Ostrogoths, Huns, Mongols, Byzantines and Turks, before being annexed to Russia in 1783. In 1921 it became an autonomous republic of Russia, and in 1954 was transferred to the Ukraine as the Krymskaya oblast. In 1991 it was made an autonomous republic of an independent Ukraine. The region has many mineral resources, notably iron and gypsum, and intensive agriculture. Area: c.27,000sq km (10,425sq mi). Pop. (2002 est.) 2,073,100.
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"Crimea." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Crimea." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Crimea.html "Crimea." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Crimea.html |
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"Crimea." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Crimea." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Crimea.html "Crimea." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Crimea.html |
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