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Renaming Of Crimean Toponyms
Massive renaming of Crimean toponyms by the Soviet Union, Soviet government took place during the conversion of the Crimea in the Soviet Union#Crimean ASSR (1921–1945), Crimean ASSR into the Crimean Oblast, in four waves (in 1944, 1945, 1948, and 1949). Renaming occurred after Deportation of the Crimean Tatars, the deportation in 1944 of Crimean Tatars and other non-Slavic peoples living in Crimea. The old names were mostly of Crimean Tatar language, Crimean Tatar origin, while the new ones were Russian language, Russian. As a result of the renaming, over 1300 settlements in Crimea received new names (over 90% of the peninsula's settlements). A large part of the villages disappeared in the following decades. After 1990, three settlements returned to their historical names (Koktebel, Partenit, and Sarybash (Crimea), Sarybash). The renaming is one aspect of de-Tatarization of Crimea. In 1944, raions (districts) and raion centers of Crimea were renamed; in 1945, village council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Crimea 1926
A map is a symbolic depiction of interrelationships, commonly spatial, between things within a space. A map may be annotated with text and graphics. Like any graphic, a map may be fixed to paper or other durable media, or may be displayed on a transitory medium such as a computer screen. Some maps change interactively. Although maps are commonly used to depict geography, geographic elements, they may represent any space, real or fictional. The subject being mapped may be two-dimensional such as Earth's surface, three-dimensional such as Earth's interior, or from an abstract space of any dimension. Maps of geographic territory have a very long tradition and have existed from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'of the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to a flat representation of Earth's surface. History Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasna Poliana, Chornomorske Raion, Crimea
Krasna Poliana (; ), historically known as Kyzyl-Chonrav (; ; ) is a village in Chornomorske Raion, Crimea. History After the end of World War II, the Crimean peninsula was subjected to a campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Soviet Union, in which the Indigenous Crimean Tatar people of Crimea were deported Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people by a state from its Sovereignty, sovereign territory. The actual definition changes depending on the place and context, and it also changes over time. A person who has been deported or .... Crimea was incorporated as the Crimean Oblast into the Russian SFSR. The village, previously known by its native Crimean Tatar name Kyzyl-Chonrav, was given its current name by the Russian SFSR on 18 May 1948 as part of a large-scale renaming campaign that removed the native names of Crimean settlements and replaced them with Slavic ones. References {{coord, 45, 28, 54, N, 32, 56, 16, E, type:city_region:UA, display= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyzhniohirskyi
Nyzhniohirskyi (; ) or Nizhnegorsky (), is an urban-type settlement in the Crimea, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and occupied by Russia as the Republic of Crimea (Russia), Republic of Crimea. The town also serves as the administrative center of the Nyzhnohirskyi Raion (raion, district), housing the district's local administration buildings. As of the Ukrainian Census (2001), 2001 Ukrainian Census, its population was 10,534. Current population: History The settlement was known by its Crimean Tatar name Seyitler (; ) until 1944. Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, captured Nyzhniohirskyi on March 3, 2014, during its invasion of Crimea starting from 27 February. Notebable people * Serhiy Dzyndzyruk (born 1976), Ukrainian boxer References External links The murder of the Jews of Nyzhnohirskyi during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. Urban-type settlements in Crimea Nyzhniohirskyi Raion Holocaust l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirovske, Crimea
Kirovske (; ) or Isliam-Terek (; ; ) is an urban-type settlement in the Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and occupied by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population: Kirovske also serves as the administrative center of the Kirovske Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. A military air base, Kirovske, is located south of the town. It was used extensively by Soviet Naval Aviation and Soviet Air Defense Forces during the Cold War. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, its population was 7,431. History The first documentary mention of the village, originally known as İslâm Terek, is found in the ''Chamber Description of Crimea'' of the year 1784, according to which, during the final period of the Crimean Khanate, İslâm Terek was part of the Eski Qırım kadiluk of the Kefe Eyalet. After the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire on April 19, 1783, by the decree of Catherine II to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilohirsk
Bilohirsk (until 1944 – Karasubazar, ; , ) is a city and the administrative centre of Bilohirsk Raion, one of the raions (districts) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is recognised by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine, but is occupied by Russia. Population: Geography The city is located 25 miles east-northeast of Simferopol on the Biiuk Karasu river. The city's both Russian and Ukrainian names literally are translated as "white mountains", and the Crimean Tatar name Qarasuvbazar means "bazaar on the Karasu river". The site is low, but the town is surrounded by hills, which afford protection from the north wind. The town has a characteristic Crimean Tatar atmosphere. Placed on the high road between Simferopol and Kerch, and in the midst of a country rich in cereal land, vineyards and gardens, Qarasubazar ('black water market') used to be a chief seat of commercial activity in Crimea; including a large slave market but it is gradually declining in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azovske
Azovske (, , ) is an urban-type settlement in Dzhankoi Raion, to the southeast of the town of Dzhankoi in northeastern Crimea, along highway E97. Population: History The village was inhabited in the Bronze Age (3rd and 2nd millennium BCE). This is evidenced by the excavation of 15 mounds in the immediate vicinity of Azovske. At the time of the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 1783 there was a small village in the vicinity named Kalay. In 1892, after the construction of the railroad to Feodosia, Kalay railway station was established. In the early 20th century the village grew, with about ten retail businesses, and numerous new homes. In the period from 1935 to 1962 it became a district center and was named Azovske in 1944. A knitting factory, repair shops, a milling plant, a small winery, a meat and dairy plant, a dairy, brick and tile factory and a power plant built in Azovske saw it develop into a fair-sized settlement, reaching a population of 1607 people in 1940. During the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovietskyi
Sovietskyi (; ) or Ichki (; ; ) is an urban-type settlement in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. The town also serves as the administrative center of the Sovietskyi Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Since the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the town has been under ''de facto'' Russian control. In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada passed decommunization legislation that renamed this town to Ichki (), though it hasn't yet been implemented since Ukraine doesn't control the town as of 2024. History The area around today's settlement likely began between 3,000 and 1,000 BC. The first mention of the modern town in 1784 in a historian's report. Following the 1783 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire, the town became under Russian control. Since then, the town has administratively fallen under differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novoselivske
Novoselivske (; ; , Монтанай; , ''Fraydorf'') (until 1944 Fraydorf) is an urban-type settlement in Rozdolne Raion (district) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea of Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.Rozdolne, the other urban-type settlement in Rozdolne Raion of Crimea References Urban-type settlements in Crimea[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oktiabrske
Oktiabrske (, ), known by Ukrainian authorities as Biiuk-Onlar (, ) is an urban-type settlement in the Krasnohvardiiske Raion (district) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory occupied by Russia as the Republic of Crimea since 2014. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.Krasnohvardiiske, the other urban-type settlement in Krasnohvardiiske Raion of Crimea Notes References Urban-t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadikoi
Kadikoi (, ) in the 19th century was a village on the Crimean peninsula, in Ukraine, about one mile north of Balaklava. The Battle of Balaclava (also known as the Battle of Kadikoi to Russian historians) was fought on the hills and valleys to the north of Kadikoi in 1854. The village was later known as ''Kadykovka'' (Кадыковка), and ''Pryhorodne'' (Пригородне). Currently it's merged into Balaklava city, and is known as microdistrict Kadykovka. Its original Crimean Tatar name means literally "village of a judge" (qadı - judge, köy - village). The British Army built a stationary engine on a hillside near the village, to up haul trains carrying men and materiel. Another hill, slightly to the north and east of Kadikoi, was defended by six companies of the 93rd (Highland) Regiment (the Sutherland Highlanders, around 600 soldiers), a Turkish battalion (around 1,000 soldiers), and a six-gun battery of field artillery. The hill was attacked by a large force of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruktove
Fruktove (; detatarized name: ; ) is a village in Crimea. It was first established in the 18th century and is currently the site of the Sevastopol International Airport. , a soldier who was killed in action and posthumously awarded for his service in the Crimean offensive against Axis forces during World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ..., is buried in the village. References Villages in Crimea Nakhimov District {{Crimea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komsomolske, Crimea
Komsomolske (; ), also known as Bakachyk-Kyiat (, ) is an urban-type settlement located in Simferopol Municipality, Crimea. It has a population of History Komsomolske was founded in 1956. It received urban-type settlement status in 1993. In 2016, as part of decommunization in Ukraine, Komsomolske was designated to be renamed to ''Bakachyk-Kyiat'', which is a Ukrainian transliteration of the town's name in the language of the Crimean Tatars who are indigenous to Crimea. However, since Crimea has been occupied by Russia, the law enacting the renaming did not come into effect. It was scheduled to come into effect when Ukrainian control of Crimea was re-established. In 2023, this clause was amended to remove the qualifier, instead making the new name official immediately. Demographics As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Komsomolske had a population of 4,271 people, who mostly self-reported their ethnic background as Russians and Ukrainians. See also *Simferopol Municipality Simfero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
