2. A penninsula in southern Russia, bounded by the The shallow Sea of Azov is clearly distinguished from the deeper Black Sea. The Sea of Azov (Azovskoye More) is a northern section of the Black Sea, linked to the larger body through the Kerch Strait. It is bounded on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and...
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Black Seas and the Strait of Kerch (in Russian Керчь; in Ukrainian Керч) is a city ( 2001 pop 157,000) on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea, an important industrial, transportation and tourist centre of Ukraine. The name is derived from the Old Slavic ’) on the shore of...
Kerch, of which the chief city historically has been Tmutarakan is an ancient city that controlled the passage from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. It was situated on the Taman peninsula, in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia. Tmutarakan is located near the ancient Greek colony of Phanagoria. In the seventh century, the region fell...
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The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Russian transliteration : Avtonomnaya Respublika Krym, Russian : ÐвÑÐ¾Ð½Ð¾Ð¼Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð ÐµÑпÑблика ÐÑÑм, Ukrainian : ÐвÑономна РеÑпÑблÑка ÐÑим,, pronounced cry-MEE-ah in English) is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea.
At the eastern tip is the KerchPeninsula, which is directly opposite the TamanPeninsula on the Russian mainland.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Crimea became part of the newly independent Ukraine, a situation resented by a large part of its mainly Russian population and a cause of tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
The Crimea is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea, in modern SE Ukraine.
At the eastern tip is the Kerchpeninsula, which is directly opposite the Tamanpeninsula on the mainland.
Meanwhile the Tatars had obtained a firm footing in the northern and central parts of the peninsula as early as the 13th century, and after the destruction of the Golden Horde by Timur, they founded an independent khanate in 1427 under Hadji Ghirai, a descendant of Genghis Khan.
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