sort of cut the monastery of the holy cross is the only armenian epistatic monastery outside armenia. built in thirteen fifty eight it served as a sanatorium during the soviet era. it was not until two thousand and two that it was reopened as a monastery and handed back to the armenian eb style a church. crimea became the home and the center of life of national minorities but they also experienced great suffering here in the form of persecution expulsion and death. one of them from the as a multi-ethnic region in the soviet union crimea experienced
a step within the framework of a single state and when one state is suddenly replaced by two independent states it s logical that both will stake a claim. time will pass and the relationship between the two countries will find a form around about the war but the most important thing is that the voices of the people who live here are heard just to get to eat. in the eyes of most of its inhabitants much has changed for the good since russia annexed crimea for them a look back evokes little nostalgic. skop and she says that in time and again throughout the history of crimea there have been efforts to establish an independent state and in that respect we can say that if crimea belongs to anyone who belongs to itself i m.
pyar they spoke of it in almost tender tones as the pearl of the empire. principle runs off the governor general of new russia and crimea during the first half of the nineteenth century was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in russia. in eight hundred twenty eight he had a palace built in a mauritian meo graphic style designed by the british architects of buckingham palace. simpson clan after each other to start on the after the czarist empire conquered crimea in seventeen eighty three it became a desirable place for russians to visit or for various reasons these included its climate of which compared to russian conditions and especially central russian or
situated out. side the gates of the port city of sevastopol on crimea s southwestern most point are the ruins of the ancient greek city of trysts arsenals . in one thousand nine hundred two seen vladimir s cathedral was built in the middle of the excavation site on the very spot where prince flood emir of the kevin ross is said to have adopted the christian faith. let me or had conquered no switch at the time belong to the byzantine empire in a military campaign. he planned to crown his victory by marrying the daughter of the byzantine emperor. byzantium consented to the union but only if the prince agreed to be christened. let him use exceptions of the faith laid the foundations for the christianisation of the russian empire. centuries later russia would justify the legitimacy of its claim to crimea with the
a great deal that was positive but also much there was extremely negative. the fate of the crimean tartars in particular is without parallel after the communist revolution the crimean tartars had many opportunities to participate in the formation of the young soviet state. where you only want of course but during the second world war the nazis played them off against the other peoples in crimea. there was a political tactic and one of the tartars fell victim to. give us the illusion of when german occupation came to an end stalin accused the crimean tatars on mosques of collaboration and have been reported to central asia. you will surely. it was not until the late one nine hundred eighty s. that they were allowed to return to their homeland for three hundred years but she soraya was the capital of the state of the crimean tatars the crimean khanate. when