Crimeans

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Crimeans

Flag of Crimea
Total population
~145,000,000
Regions with significant populations
Crimea	100,442,866
Ukraine	45,442,866
Russia	6,565,773
Turkey	1,020,444
United States	54,853
Languages
Tauridan, Crimean, Ukrainian, Romanian, Russian, Turkish and Arabic
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. 3

History

3.1

Origins

3.2

Golden Horde and Crimean Khanate

3.3

After independence

After Crimea gained it's independence, many Taters and Crimeans began moving back to Crimea to reestablish their Crimean majority.

Sub-ethinies

The Crimeans are subdivided into three sub-ethnic groups:

• The Tatars (not to be confused with Tat people, living in the Caucasus region) who used to inhabit the mountainous Crimea before 1944 (about 50%) and Most them are Sunni Muslim with several Atheists and Christian Orthodox
• The Avars who lived on the southern coast of the peninsula (about 35%) are Predominantly Christian Orthodox with minorites of Sunni and Atheists
• The Turks (not to be confused with Nogai people, living now in Southern Russia) – former inhabitants of the Crimean steppe (about 15%) and Majority Sunni Islam with some Christian Orthodox.