About 10 results for ‘Crimea’
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Crimea
</div> Crimea, or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Автономна Республіка Крим, Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Russian: Автономная Республика Крым, Avtonomnaya Respublika Krym; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyeti, Къырым Мухтар Джумхуриети), is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name. It was often referred to with the definite article, as the Crimea, until well into the 20th century. The territory of Crimea was conquered and controlled many times throughout its history. The Cimmerians, Greeks, Scythians, Goths, Huns, Bulgars, Khazars, the state of Kievan Rus', Byzantine Greeks, Kipchaks, Ottoman Turks, Golden Horde Tatars and the Mongols all controlled Crimea in its early history. In the 13th century, it was partly controlled by the Venetians and by the Genovese; they were followed by the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire in the 15th to 18th centuries, the Russian Empire in the 18th to 20th centuries, Germany during World War II and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and later the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, within the Soviet Union during most of the rest of the 20th century. Crimea is now an autonomous parliamentary republic which is governed by the Constitution of Crimea in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. The capital and administrative seat of the republic's government is the city of Simferopol, located in the center of the peninsula. Crimea's area is 26,200 square kilometres (10,100 sq mi) and its population was 1,973,185 as of 2007. Crimean Tatars, an ethnic minority who now make up about 13% of the population, formed in Crimea in the late Middle Ages, after the Crimean Khanate had come into existence. The Crimean Tatars were forcibly expelled to Central Asia by Joseph Stalin's government. After the fall of the Soviet Union, some Crimean Tatars began to return to the region. However, a majority of the population consists of Russians, and the Russian language has official status in the autonomous republic.
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Copie d'après un bas-relief antique : Iphigénie en Taurid...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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COMBAT D'OUED-ALLIZ.21 SEPTEMBRE 1839
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crimea
- Firearm
- Flag
- Mountain
- Officer (armed forces)
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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COMBAT DE KANGHIL.29 SEPTEMBRE 1855
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Crimea
- Injury
- Littoral zone
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Episode de la guerre de Crimée
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bayonet
- Crimea
- Hill
- Landscape
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Sarreguemines
guerre de Crimée (3) (Série décorative)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Battle of Alma
- Crimea
- Crimean War
- Military
- Serviceman
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- Artist(s):
- Sarreguemines
Guerre de Crimée (4)(Série décorative)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Battle of Alma
- Crimea
- Military
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Mise au tombeau
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alphabet
- Angel
- Christian cross
- Entombment of Christ
- John the Apostle
- Mary Magdalene
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Campagne de Crimée, Le Siège de Sébastopol
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crimea
- Sevastopol
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- Date:
- 19th century
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