The Crimea Peninsula is situated in the Black Sea the South of the Ukraine and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus of 8 km. The capital is Simferopol. The total population of Crimea is approximately 2,5 million, of which 6% are Crimean Tatars, 68% are Russian, 23% Ukrainian and 3% Belorussian, Armenian, Greek, German and Karaim. 90% of this population settled in Crimes after the entire Crimean Tatar population had been deported by Stalin in 1944.
There are three state languages - Russian, Ukrainian and Tatar (which belongs to the Turkish group of languages). Russian is the official language used by the Government. The main economic resources are coal, iron, manganese, oil, gypsum and alabaster and the economy is based mainly on farming, fishing, metallurgical industries and coastal tourism.
Daughter Colony Mother Colony Date Formed Religion German Origins _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Abakly-Tama Berdjansk, Taurien 1884 S Abuslar Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Ak-Scheich-Deutsch Berdjansk, Taurien 1897 S Ak-Tasch Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Annenfeld Berdjansk, Taurien 1880 S Atkschora Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Awell Belowesch, Taurien 1887 E Baj-Kogenly Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Beschewli-Ely Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Borangar (Tashly-Konrat) Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Burtschi Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Byten Belowesch, Chernigov 1861 E Dshambuldy-Konrat Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Dshuma-Ablam Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Felsenbrunn Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Friedental (Kantakuzowa) 1819 E Vaihingen, Backnang, Cannstattt, Waiblingen, Goeppingen, Reiseweg, Wurtemburg, Germany Friedental-Neu Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Friedrichsfeld (Tschokrak) Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Furstenfeld (Mamut) Berdjansk, Taurien 1884 S Grunfeld (Adshi-Achmat) Berdjansk, Taurien S Hebron Berdjansk, Taurien 1880 S Heilbrunn (Temesch-Ely) 1805 E All from the state of Wurtemberg, Germany Neu-Hoffnung Berdjansk, Taurien 1852 S, E Hoffnungsfeld (Tarchanlar) Berdjansk, Taurien 1883/84/79? S Hohenberg (Totmann) Belowesch, Taurien 1879 E Johannesruh (Tokultschak) Molotschna, Taurien 1878 M Kambar Belowesch, Taurien 1880 E Karassan Halbstaedt, Taurien 1862 M Karatscha-Kangil Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Kart-Myschik (Kartmitschik) Belowesch, Taurien 1879 E Kijabak Belowesch, Taurien 1879 E Kildiar Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Kir-Bajlar Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Kogendschelga-Chutor Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Kontschi-Schawa Belowesch, Taurien 1860 E Kopanj (Berberowka) Berdjansk, Taurien 1888/80 S Kronental (Bulgansk) 1810 C, E 5 from Wurtemberg, 56 from Baden Also Elsass, and Switzerland Kutschuk-Ak-Tatschi Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Lesy-Alt (Staryje-Lesy) Belowesch, Taurien 1889 E Lesy-Neu (Nowyje-Lesy) Belowesch, Taurien 1891 E Mergen-Meier (Juchary-Dshamin) Belowesch, Taurien 1882 E Molly-Ely (Adshaul) Belowesch, Taurien 1882 E Munij (Moni) Berdjansk, Taurien S Neusatz 1804/05 E From Wurtemberg: Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Backnang Otschka-Bajilar (Atschka-Bailar) Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Rosental (Schaban-Oba) 1804 C From Baden Samau (Samaw) Belowesch, Taurien 1870 E Schibanj Belowesch, Taurien 1888 E Schoenbrunn (Adargin-Deutsch) Berdjansk, Taurien 1858 S Schoenfeld (Koltamak) Berdjansk, Taurien 1878 S Schonuk (Schununk) Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Spat Molotschna, Taurien 1881 M Sudak 1804/05 E, C All from Wurtemberg Tali-Iljak Belowesch, Taurien 1872 E Tauk Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Temesch Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Teshi (Teschi) Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Towmaj Belowesch, Taurien 1861 E Wasserreich (Kerleut/Nowi-Kiptschak) Berdjansk, Taurien 1883 S Westheim (Kullar-Kiptschak) Berdjansk, Taurien 1880 S Zurichtal (Dshajlaw) 1804/05 E 1804-49 Families from Switzerland 1810-25 Families from Molotschna (most Catholic)