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Editorial Reviews - Islam in Ukraine From the Publisher Chapters: Crimean Khanate, Crimean Tatars, Crimean Tatars in Bulgaria, History of the Russo-Turkish Wars, Aziz Nesin, Adnan Menderes, Crimean Tatar Language, Ismail Gaspıralı, Cüneyt Arkın, Taras Fedorovych, Crimean Tatar Diaspora, Taurida Governorate, Ilhan Mansız, Roxelana, Yevpatoria, Crimean Tatars in Romania, Eski Yurt, Ahmet DavutoÄ?lu, Necip HablemitoÄ?lu, Muravsky Trail, Mehmet Niyazi, Azov, Mustafa Abdülcemil QırımoÄ?lu, Battle of Podhajce, Crimean Tatars National Football Team, Bakhchisaray, List of Crimean Khans, Ilber Ortaylı, Noman Çelebicihan, Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, Ochakiv, Halil Inalcık, Crimean Campaigns, Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Bilohirsk, Yakup Satar, Enver Izmaylov, Esin Engin, Mustafa Edige Kirimal, Bekir Çoban-Zade, Deportation of Crimean Tatars, Giray Dynasty, Russo-Crimean War, Rustam Khudzhamov, Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Battle of Kletsk, Irfan Ametov, Bunchuk, Devlet I Giray, Yeni-Kale, Tugay Bey, List of Crimean Tatars, Khan Temir, Treaty of Bakhchisarai, Kemal Karpat, Rizvan Ablitarov, Treaty of Jassy, Saide Arifova, Yaliboyu Tatars, the Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of Ukraine, Izyumsky Trail, Milliy Firqa, Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of Crimea. Excerpt: Crimea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The name Crimea takes its origin in the name of a city of Qrm (today's Stary Krym) which served as a capital of the Crimean province of the Golden Horde. Qrm is Crimean Tatar for "my hill" (qr hill, -m my). However, there are other versions of the etymology of Qrm. Russian Krym is a Russified form of Qrm. The ancient Greeks called Crimea Tauris (later Taurica), after its inhabitants, the Tauri. The Greek historian Herodotus mentions that Heracles plowed that land using a huge ox