Portal:Crimea

Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology     edit Welcome to the Crimea, Ukraine Portal Shortcuts: P:CRIMEA P:KRYM Crimea [kraɪˈmiə] or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Крим, Автономна Республіка Крим - Avtonomna Respublika Krym, Russian: Крым, Автономная Республика Крым - Avtonomnaya Respublika Krym, Crimean Tatar: Qırım, Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyeti) is an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea occupying a peninsula of the same name. The total area of the republic is 26,200 km². It has a population of 1,994,300 inhabitants (2005). The capital of Crimea is the city of Simferopol. It is the home of Crimean Tatars, an ethnic minority who now make up 13% of the population. The name Crimea takes its origin in the name of a city of Qırım (today's Stary Krym) which served as a capital of the Crimean province of the Golden Horde. Qırım is Crimean Tatar for "my hill" (qır – hill, –ım – my). The ancient Greeks called Crimea Taurida (later Taurica). More about Crimea, Ukraine ...     edit Selected article Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore (γιαλος - yalos in Greek) on which to land. It is situated on a shallow bay facing south towards the Black Sea, surrounded by wooded mountains. It enjoys a warm Mediterranean climate with many vineyards and orchards in the vicinity. The term "Great Yalta" is used to designate a part of the Crimean southern coast spanning from Foros in the west to Gurzuf in the east and including the city of Yalta and multiple adjacent urban settlements (the area of Great Yalta is marked dark blue on the map). Read more • Archive ...     edit Selected picture Livadia Palace was a summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family in Livadiya, Crimea in southern Ukraine. The Yalta Conference was held there in 1945, when the palace housed the apartments of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other members of the American delegation. Read more • Archive ...     edit Did you know... Featured at Did you know section at the Wikipedia's Main Page ...that the proposals for a new Crimean flag after the collapse of the Soviet Union included a white flag with seven rainbow colors at the top and a blue-white-red tricolor design (pictured), which was officially adopted in 1999? ...that the Vorontsovsky Palace in Ukraine was designed by the English architect Edward Blore? ...that the Grand Crimean Central Railway was built very rapidly in 1855 enabling heavy ammunition to be transported to the Allied troops to end the siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War? ...that the Swallow's Nest (picture), constructed in 1911-1912 and located on top of a 40 meter cliff in Crimea, Ukraine, is a medieval-type castle which has survived an earthquake measuring 6-7 on the Richter scale? ...that Livadia Palace, a summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, was the setting of the 1945 Yalta Conference between the Big three?     edit Wikipedia in Crimean Tatar Crimean Tatar edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia     edit In the news April 11, 2008 — Vandals have desecrated a Muslim cemetery on Ukraine's Black Sea Crimea peninsula, highlighting persistent ethnic tensions in the region.(IHT) January 18, 2008 — The H5N1 strain of avian flu, which can be fatal to humans, has been detected in fowl at a farm on Ukraine's Black Sea Crimea peninsula.(Kyiv Post) January 2, 2008 — Home Affairs Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has appointed major general Mykola Illichev a head of Crimean department.(Pravda) December 19, 2007 — New Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko promises Crimean Tatars' Mejlis Head (pictured) to shortly analyze work of leadership of Crimean militia.(NRCU) November 12, 2007 — Rescuers are searching for 20 sailors missing after a powerful storm hit the Azov (pictured) and Black Seas on Sunday.(BBC News) Wikinews • Archive ...     edit Categories [−] Crimea [+] Administrative divisions of Crimea [+] Crimean culture [×] Crimean Khanate-related lists [+] Crimean society [×] Economy of Crimea [+] Education in Crimea [+] Geography of Crimea [+] History of Crimea [+] People from Crimea [+] Politics of Crimea [×] Symbols of Crimea [×] Visitor attractions in Crimea     edit Things you can do If you just came here for the first time recently, please read this and, be bold... but timid. Articles needing major work, Be Bold!: Crimea, Crimean Tatars, Crimean Khanate, Crimean Tatar diaspora, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Crimean Mountains To start: Massandra Palace, Genoese Fortress, New articles: Crimean Trolleybus, Vorontsovsky Palace, Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, Sarych, Tuzla Island, Crimean Oblast, Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, Kul-Oba, Brotherhood cemetery (Sevastopol), Angarskyi Pass, Perevalne, 1927 Crimean earthquakes Stubs needing expansion: {{Ukraine-stub}} : Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta {{Ukraine-hist-stub}} : Battle of Crimea (1941), Crimean ASSR, Kadikoi, Scythian Neapolis, Treaty of Bakhchisarai, Uspensky Cave Monastery, Çufut Qale {{Ukraine-bio-stub}} : Amet-Han Sultan, Toğay bey, Hayder of Crimea, İslâm III Giray {{Ukraine-geo-stub}} : Isthmus of Perekop, Yayla Mountains, Novyi Svet Articles with Featured Article Candidate's status within reach: Crimean Karaites, Crimean War Good Articles: Crimean Karaites Images wanted: Interiour views of the Vorontsovsky Palace in Alupka;     edit Related portals Europe Ukraine Russia Turkey Ottoman Military     edit Map of Crimea •  Alupka • Alushta Simferopol • Sevastopol • Bakhchisaray  • • Balaklava • Dzhankoy • Armyansk • Staryi Krym • Inkerman • Feodosiya Kerch • • Eupatoria • Krasnoperekopsk Bilohirsk • • Saky • Sudak Shcholkine • • Yalta Black Sea Sea of Azov ↑Ukraine     edit Main topics History Bosporan Kingdom • Scythia • Kipchaks • Goths • Khazars • Crimean campaigns • Crimean Khanate • Crimean War • Anti-NATO protests •  ... Religion History of Christianity • Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church • Roman Catholicism in Ukraine • Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate • Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church • Islam in Ukraine • Judaism in Ukraine ... Subdivisions List of raions • List of cities • List of urban-type settlements •  ... Geography Arabat Spit • Bay of Arabat • Crimean Mountains • Perekop Isthmus • Azov Sea • Kerch Strait • Syvash • Vyalova cave system •  ... Economy Crimea Air • Crimean Trolleybus •  ... Demographics Crimean Tatar language • Krymchak language • Crimean Tatars • Krymchaks • Crimean Karaites •  ... 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