Showing posts with label Kirim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kirim. Show all posts

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Bakhchysarai Palace - Crimea


The Khan's Palace or Hansaray is located in the town of Bakhchysarai, Crimea. It was built in the 16th century and became home to a succession of Crimean Khans. The walled enclosure contains a mosque, a harem, a cemetery, living quarters and gardens. The palace interior has been decorated to appear lived in and reflects the traditional 16th-century Crimean Tatar style. It is one of the best known Muslim palaces found in Europe

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Tatar School in a Crimean Village



This photo was snapped from a large and expensive Russian History book, Fort Mason San Francisco
This image is from 1888.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Genocide of Crimean Turks



Institute for the study of the USSR - Munich
Genocide in the USSR - Studies in Group Destruction
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. New York, N.Y. 1958 
Author of this chapter - Edige Kirimal