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1. Crimea

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   Crimean Khanate and Russian Annexation
   From the 15th to the 18th centuries, the majority of the peninsula was controlled by the Crimean Khanate, a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. Following the Russo-Turkish War, the Russian Empire, under Catherine the Great, formally annexed the territory in 1783, incorporating it into the Russian Governorate of Taurida. This annexation initiated a period of demographic shift and intensive development of naval infrastr…