Islam in the Crimea: national and religious self-identification of the Crimean Tatars

Located at the junction of trade routes between Prichernomorje and the Mediterranean, Crimea has always been in the sphere of ethnomigratory processes. Therefore, it is natural that the elements of the Scythian, Greek, Gothic, Hun, Khazar, Kypchak and Turkomyslian cultures influenced the formation...

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Main Author: E. E. Boytsova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion (UARR) 1998-02-01
Series:Українське Pелігієзнавство
Online Access:https://uars.info/index.php/uars/article/view/137
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Summary:Located at the junction of trade routes between Prichernomorje and the Mediterranean, Crimea has always been in the sphere of ethnomigratory processes. Therefore, it is natural that the elements of the Scythian, Greek, Gothic, Hun, Khazar, Kypchak and Turkomyslian cultures influenced the formation of the spiritual and material culture of the Crimean Tatar people. The variety of ethnoses that have changed continuously over the centuries has been reflected in the dialectal structure of the Crimean Tatar language that exists up to the present time.
ISSN:2306-3548
2617-9792