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Crimea vs Yalta - What's the difference?

crimea | yalta |

As proper nouns the difference between crimea and yalta

is that crimea is a peninsula which juts southwards out of the Ukrainian mainland (to which it is connected by the Isthmus of Perekop) into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov while Yalta is a city in Crimea.

crimea

English

(wikipedia Crimea)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A peninsula which juts southwards out of the Ukrainian mainland (to which it is connected by the (Isthmus of Perekop)) into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
  • The (Crimean Khanate), which for much of its history controlled most of the Crimean peninsula and various adjacent areas of the mainland.
  • * 1987 , Robert M. Croskey, Muscovite Diplomatic Practice in the Reign of Ivan III , page 96:
  • According to Zimin, this individual was in the service of Prince Fedor Vasili'evich Riazanskii as early as 1498, two years after his service on the embassy to the Crimea .
  • * 1995 , Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630-1635 (ISBN 0521451396), page 73
  • On its return journey in 1633 the Tatar embassy was arrested by the Muscovite government, which was already at war with the Crimea , and only after several months was it released as a result of an appeal by Sweden[.]
  • * 2004 , Andreas Kappeler, Die Geschichte Russlands im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert (ISBN 3447050292), page 371
  • As late as 1665, the Crimea's' demand for continued and increased tribue from Moscow was one of the conditions leading to a peace treaty between a khan and tsar („kaznu v Krym prodolzhat' prisylat' s pribyl'iu“). Notwithstanding Moscow's rhetorical exercises, the Russian government was acutely aware that as long as Russia's military force remained ineffective against the '''Crimea''', peace with ' Crimea could only be purchased.
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  • Usage notes

    Often with the article: the Crimea .

    Synonyms

    * (peninsula) Chersonesus Taurica, Taurica, Tauris, Taurida, Tauric Chersonese, Tavria (historical), Qirim/, Krym

    Derived terms

    * Crimean * Crimean peninsula * Crimean War

    Anagrams

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    yalta

    English

    (wikipedia Yalta)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A city in Crimea
  • Anagrams

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