Despite all the ethnic diversity of the Peninsula there has always been one people, the Crimean Tartars. In 1944 about 200,000 of them were expelled by Stalin and relocated in Central Asia republics, mostly Uzbekistan. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union Crimean Tartars have been returning home in large numbers. Three waves of […]
Crimean Tartar Dancers in a traditional dance. According to the latest census in 2001 the population of Crimea was 2,024,056 and the population of Sevastopol 377,153 which brings the total population of the Crimean Peninsula to 2,401,209. The estimated 2013 population for the peninsula is 1,967,119 inhabitants. The Crimean population has been consistently decreasing […]
Crimea in my heart!. Putin’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Throughout centuries Crimea has been the “trophy” for many states and empires. Its history is a succession of bloody wars for the purpose of possessing this piece of land. The Crimean annexation of of 2014 reminds us of the Catherine was determined to […]
