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    Chufut-Kale (Crimean Tatar: Çufut Qale Tatar pronunciation: [tʃuˈfut qaˈle]; Russian and Ukrainian: Чуфут-Кале - Chufut-Kale; Karaim: Кала - קלעה - Kala)...
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    Mangup (redirect from Mangup-Kale)
    1453, many Greek-speaking Qaraites decided to migrate to the Mangup and Chufut-Kale as these places had a familiar Christian Greek culture. The Turkish historian...
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  • Romanies), the Romani people from Wales Kale means 'fortified place' in Turkish. Kale, Konjic Chufut-Kale, cave-fortress Kale Fortress in Skopje Ada Kaleh (lit...
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  • Lithuania and the Shirin mirzas. He took Solkhat/Stary Krym and Kyrk-Er/Chufut-Kale. Once Ulugh Muhammad launched his invasion of the area, many nobles changed...
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    Yeni-Kale (Ukrainian: Єні-Кале; Russian: Еникале; Turkish: Yenikale; Crimean Tatar: Yeñi Qale, also spelled as Yenikale and Eni-Kale and Yeni-Kaleh or...
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    well-preserved cave towns of Crimea are Mangup-Kale, Eski-Kermen, Inkerman and Chufut-Kale. The settlement of Mangup-Kale dates back to the 3rd century AD and was...
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    Famous attractions within or near Bakhchysarai are: Eski Yurt Eski Dürbe Chufut-Kale Khan's Palace Orta Juma Jami Tahtali-Jami Mosque Uspensky Cave Monastery...
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    migrate to Crimea and in particular to the Principality of Theodoro and Chufut-Kale, as Crimea had a familiar Christian Greek culture. During 1474, the people...
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    Firkovich succeeded in demonstrating that some of the Jewish tombstones from Chufut-Kale date back to the seventh century, and that seemingly modern forms of...
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    Chernihiv Val in Chernihiv Chortkiv Castle in Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast Chufut Kale fortress near Bakhchysarai, Crimea Chynediiovo Castle in Chynadiiovo...
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    by the Great Horde. In 1467 Mengli occupied the capital of Kyrk-Er (Chufut-Kale) but was soon driven out by Nur Devlet and fled to the Genoese at Kaffa...
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    Pielgrzym ("The Pilgrim") Droga nad przepaścią w Czufut-Kale ("The Pass Across the Abyss in Chufut-Kale") Góra Kikineis ("The Kikineis Mountain") Ruiny zamku...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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  • Sevastopol Balaklava Kaffa Kerch BAKHCHISARAI Simferopol Qara suvbazar Chufut-Kale Huseyin Pasha lost power in August 1623. Murad IV became sultan. A eunuch...
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    Bakhchysarai (1532–1783). Southeast of Bakhchysarai is the cliff-fort of Chufut-Kale/Qirq Or which was used in more warlike times. Simferopol/Ak-Mechet, the...
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  • name is in dispute. Some medieval authorities called him "Jacob"; two Chufut-Kale manuscripts have "Moses b. David"; a third contains his epigraph, which...
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  • series of military campaigns, including a failed attempt to capture Chufut-Kale from the Great Horde (a division of the earlier Golden Horde). The khan...
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    commotion in Bakhchisarai, Khan Janibek-Gerai fled to the fortress of Chufut-Kale. At the same time, the Khan sent the available troops to the Crimean...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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  • less technical category of Cyclopean masonry. Lezhe Chaonia And others Chufut-Kale Mangup Vorontsov Palace Ahu Vinapu Ingapirca Bomarsund Fortress Suomenlinna...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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    Panevėžys, Lithuania, 1939 Eupatorian Kenassas in Yevpatoria, Crimea Chufut-Kale or Juft Qale in Karaim (Джуфт Къале), near Bakhchysarai, Crimea Simferopol...
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    to modern scholars was a codex of the Prophets discovered in 1839 at Chufut-Kale. The Babylonian vocalization, along with the Palestinian vocalization...
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  • (cultural) This nomination comprises the Khan's palace and the fortress of Chufut-Kale (ruins pictured), as well as their surroundings. The palace was constructed...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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    Brody Castle Buchach Castle Chernelytsia Castle Chervonohorod Castle Chufut-Kale Eski Kermen Khust Castle Kerch Fortress Klevan Castle Kremenets Castle...
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    or Phoullai (Φοῦλλαι, although other sources identify this place with Chufut-Kale) along with Sugdaia (Sudak); it is likely that the site of this fortress...
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