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3 unusual facts about Crimean Tatar


Free election, 1576

Internal conflict between pro-, and anti - Habsburg factions deepened, while southeastern provinces of Red Ruthenia and Podolia were raided by Crimean Tatars, who captured thousands of people.

Noman Çelebicihan

Noman Çelebicihan (Numan Çelebi Cihan) (1885–1918) was a Crimean Tatar politician, lawyer, Mufti of Crimean Moslems, and writer.

Skalat

The castle was destroyed during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, and on July 26, 1657, during the Battle of Skalat, Crimean Tatars, allied with Poland, annihilated Transilvanian army of George II Rakoczi, which had invaded Poland a few months before.



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