Crimea

The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Russian transliteration: Avtonomnaya Respublika Krym, Russian: ?????????? ?????????? ????, Ukrainian: ????????? ?????????? ????, , pronounced cry-MEE-ah in English) is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea.

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The name is derived from the original Crimean Tatar name Q?r?m, via the Russian: ???? (Krym).

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It was called Tauric or Scythian Chersonese (Chersonesus Taurica or Scythica) by the ancient Greeks.

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It is home to the Crimean Tatars, who make up 13% of the population.

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Crimea related Images and Photos (experimental)

Crimea Hecla Bomarsund	Photographed in the Crimea Vol I-II Incidents of Camp Life Photographed in the Crimea	Summer in the Crimea	Return of the Troops to Paris from the Crimea Boulevard Des Italiens Hanover Pavilion 1855
Catherine II (1729-96) the Great Riding into a Ports in the Crimea Captured from the Turks