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Crimea

Also known as Crimean peninsula

Crimea is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It was ruled by a succession of steppe powers and later by the Crimean Khanate, a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from the fifteenth century. The Russian Empire annexed Crimea in 1783 and fought the Crimean War there in the 1850s.

Crimea
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Mentioned in 17 state histories

ScythiaHeraclea PonticaChersonesus TauricaOnogursKingdom of AlaniaRepublic of GenoaChobanids of KastamonuGolden HordeGenoese GazariaPrincipality of TheodoroCrimean KhanateSecond French Empireand 5 more

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Crimea. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/crimea
MLA
“Crimea.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/crimea. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Crimea.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/crimea.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Crimea’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/crimea (Accessed: ).

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