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History of Crimea

Recorded history of the Crimean peninsulaAncient settlements in Crimea and surrounding areaCoin from Chersonesus with Artemis, deer, bull, club and quiver (c. 300 BC)The recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, historically known as Tauris, Taurica (Greek: Ταυρική or Ταυρικά), and the Tauric Chersonese (Greek: Χερσόνησος Ταυρική, "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the 5th century BCE when several Greek colonies were established along its coast, the most important of which was Chersonesos near modern-day Sevastopol, with Scythians and Tauri in the hinterland to the north.

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