Crimeans

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Crimeans
Flag of the Crimean Republic.svg
Flag of Crimea
Total population
~145,000,000
Regions with significant populations
File:CrimeanFlag.jpeg Crimea100,442,866
 Ukraine45,442,866
 Russia6,565,773
 Turkey1,020,444
 United States54,853
Languages
Crimean and Russian
Religion
Sunni Islam, Russian Orthodoxy, other religious minorities

Crimeans, often refer to as Crimean Tatars are a Turkic nation and ethnic group, who are an indigenous people of Crimea. The formation of Crimeans occurred during the 13th–17th centuries, primarily from Cumans that appeared in Crimea in the 10th century, with strong contributions from all the peoples who ever inhabited Crimea.