English
Crimea
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /kɹaɪˈmiːə/, /kɹaɪˈmɪə/
Proper noun
  1. A peninsula which juts southwards out of the Ukrainian mainland (to which it is connected by the Isthmus of Perekop) into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
  2. The Crimean Khanate, which for much of its history controlled most of the Crimean peninsula and various adjacent areas of the mainland.
    • 1995, Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630-1635 ISBN 0521451396, page 73
      On its return journey in 1633 the Tatar embassy was arrested by the Muscovite government, which was already at war with the Crimea, and only after several months was it released as a result of an appeal by Sweden[.]
    • 2004, Andreas Kappeler, Die Geschichte Russlands im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert ISBN 3447050292, page 371
      As late as 1665, the Crimea's demand for continued and increased tribue from Moscow was one of the conditions leading to a peace treaty between a khan and tsar („kaznu v Krym prodolzhat' prisylat' s pribyl'iu“). Notwithstanding Moscow's rhetorical exercises, the Russian government was acutely aware that as long as Russia's military force remained ineffective against the Crimea, peace with Crimea could only be purchased.
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