Crimea: Timeline

1502   Meñli I Giray of Crimea destroys Saray Sarai (city)

Sarai Batu was a capital city of the Golden Horde [i] and one of the largest cities of the medieval worl ... 

, capital of Big Horde.

1735   Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739 Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739

Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739, a war between Russia [i] and the Ottoman Empire [i], caused by intensifi... 

: Russian forces fail to occupy the Crimea due to rasputitsa.

1771   Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774

The Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 was a decisive conflict that brought Southern Ukraine, Northern Cauca... 

: Russian forced under Prince Vasily Dolgorukov occupy the Crimea.

1783   City of Sevastopol founded on the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine Ukraine

Ukraine is a country [i] in Eastern Europe [i]. ... 

.

1784   the Turks Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasia [i]n country that stretches across the Anatolia [i] ... 

 agree to Russia's Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

 annexation of the Crimea in the Treaty of Constantinople

1792   Treaty of Jassy ends Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

n war with Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , is also sometimes known in the West [i] as the Turkish Empire. ... 

 over Crimea.

1854   Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale, OM [i], who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was a p ... 

 leaves for Crimea with 38 other nurses.

1944   Soviet troops finalize the liberation of Crimea.

1991   Collapse of the Soviet Union: Soviet Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ... 

 President Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov was leader of the Soviet Union [i] from 1985 until 1991. ... 

 is put under house arrest House arrest

In justice [i] and law [i], house arrest is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities t ... 

 while vacationing in the Crimea. The putsch is led by 8 high-ranking hard-liners led by Vice President Gennady Yanayev, and will collapse in less than 72 hours.

1992   Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

n leaders in Crimea declare their separation from Ukraine Ukraine

Ukraine is a country [i] in Eastern Europe [i]. ... 

 as a new republi They withdraw the secession on May 10.