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Bakhchysarai

Бахчисарай
Bakhchysarai Бахчисарай
City
	The Khan's Palace
	Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Republic	Crimea
District	Bakhchysarai Raion
Founded	1532
Founded by	Sahib I Giray
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
• Total	33,800
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	98400 — 98408
Area code	+380-6554

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Bakhchysarai (Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-crh; Template:Lang-ru; Template:Lang-tr) is a city in central Crimea, located in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Bakhchysarai Raion (district), as well as the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Its main landmark is Hansaray, the only extant palace of the Crimean Khans, currently opened to tourists as a museum.

History

Located in a narrow valley of the Çürük Suv river which is known as an old local center of civilization (the first artifacts of human presence in the valley date up to the Mesolithic). The settlements which existed in the valley before Bakhchisaray was founded - Qırq Yer fortress (modern Çufut Qale), Salaçıq, and Eski Yurt—are nowadays incorporated into the urban area of the modern Bakhchisaray.

Bakhchysarai, first mentioned 1502, was established as the new khan's residence by the Crimean Khan Sahib I Giray in 1532. Since then, it was the capital of the Crimean Khanate and the center of political and cultural life of the Crimean Tatar people. After several wars with Russia from 1737 when Burkhard Christoph von Münnich burnt down the capital of Khanate and occupation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire in 1783, it was turned into an ordinary town, having lost administrative significance. However, it remained the cultural center of the Crimean Tatars until the Sürgün (deportation on 18 May 1944).

Name and associations

There are various ways to spell the town's name: original Crimean Tatar: Bağçasaray, Turkish: Bahçesaray, Russian: Бахчисарай - Bakhchisaray, and Ukrainian: Бахчисарай - Bakhchysaray. The name comes from Turkish باغچه‌ سرای (UniPers bâqce sarây) and means the Garden Palace.

The town is best known among Russian speakers for its Romantic associations with Alexander Pushkin's poem The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (1822). Adam Mickiewicz dedicated some of the finest poems in his Crimean Sonnets (1825) to the landmarks of Bakhchisaray.

An asteroid 3242 Bakhchisaraj discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after the town.^[2]

Attractions

Famous attractions within or near Bakhchysarai are:

There is a network of well marked hiking trails around the town. All the main attractions are connected with red-marked trail.

Since 2011 thanks to the support of the Czech Government and USAID the Tourist information centre has been working.

Demographics

Historical Populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1930	10,450	—
1939	10,891	+4.2%
1989	25,363	+132.9%
2006	26,400	+4.1%
2011	26,215	−0.7%
Source:

In 1930 the population of the city was 10,450. The ethnic groups represented were 7,420 Crimean Tatars, 1,850 Russians, 315 Jews, 205 Greeks, 185 Ukrainians, 50 Germans, 30 Armenians, 30 Bulgarians, and 365 others.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Bakhchysarai is twinned with:

Bursa, Turkey^[3]

Gallery

“Bakhchysarai” (2013)

“Bakhchysarai” (2013)
“Bakhchysarai. The Khan’s Palace” (1995)

“Bakhchysarai. The Khan’s Palace” (1995)
“In Bakhchysarai” (2013)

“In Bakhchysarai” (2013)
“Bakhchysarai Roofs” (2013)

“Bakhchysarai Roofs” (2013)
“Bakhchysarai. Ismi Han Cami Mosque” (2013)

“Bakhchysarai. Ismi Han Cami Mosque” (2013)
“Bakhchysarai. Mullah Mustafa Cami Mosque” (2013)

“Bakhchysarai. Mullah Mustafa Cami Mosque” (2013)
“A golden sunset above Bakhchysarai” (2013)

“A golden sunset above Bakhchysarai” (2013)
“Bakhchysarai .The stone giants of Suvlu Qaya Mountain” (2013)

“Bakhchysarai .The stone giants of Suvlu Qaya Mountain” (2013)

References

^ Khan Palace in Bakhchisaray
^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.269
^ "Kardeş Şehirler". Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Basın Koordinasyon Merkez. Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Retrieved 2013-07-27.

External links

Official site of the Palace Template:En icon/Template:Uk icon/Template:Ru icon
History and monuments of Bakhchisaray Template:Ru icon
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bakhchi-sarai" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[1] Khan Palace in Bakhchisaray

[2] Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.269

[Bursa_twinnings-3] "Kardeş Şehirler". Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Basın Koordinasyon Merkez. Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Retrieved 2013-07-27.

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 Bakhchysarai is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
 *{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Bursa]], Turkey<ref name="Bursa twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.bursa.bel.tr/kardes-sehirler/sayfa/261/|title=Kardeş Şehirler|accessdate = 2013-07-27|work=Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Basın Koordinasyon Merkez|publisher=Tüm Hakları Saklıdır}}</ref>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery perrow=4 widths="200px" heights="160px">
+File:Бахчисарай._Дворец-сад_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “Bakhchysarai” (2013)
+File:Bakhchysarai_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “Bakhchysarai. The Khan’s Palace” (1995)
+File:По_Бахчисараю_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “In Bakhchysarai” (2013)
+File:Бахчисарайские_крыши_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “Bakhchysarai  Roofs” (2013)
+File:BAKHCHYSARAI._ISMI_HAN_CAMI_MOSQUE_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “Bakhchysarai. Ismi Han Cami Mosque” (2013)
+File:Старый_Бахчисарай._Мечеть_Мулла_Мустафа_Джами_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “Bakhchysarai. Mullah Mustafa Cami Mosque” (2013)
+File:Golden_sunset_above_Bakhchysarai_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “A golden sunset above Bakhchysarai” (2013)
+File:Каменные_исполины_Сувлу-Кайа_(by_Eugene_Badusev).jpg| “Bakhchysarai .The stone giants of Suvlu Qaya Mountain” (2013)
+ </gallery>
 ==See also==

v t e Bakhchysarai Raion
Administrative center: Bakhchysarai
Cities	Bakhchysarai	Coat of arms of Bakhchysarai Raion
Villages	Aivove Aromat Аromatne Bahata Ushchelyna Bashtanivka Berehove Bilokam Yane Bohatyr Bryanske Dachne Dolynne Dorozhnie Dibrivka Furmanovka Hirka Hlybokyi Yar Holubynka Kazanky Kashtany Khodzha Sala Kholmivka Kocherhine Krasna Zoria Büyük Qaralez/Krasnyi Mak Kudryne Male Sadove Malynivka Malovydne Mashyne Mnohorichia Mostove Nahirne Nekrasovka Nyzhnia Holubynka Novenke Novovasylivka Novopavlivka Novopillia Novoulyanovka Peredushchelne Plodove Plotynne Poliana Pryiatne Svidannia Prokhladne Pishchane Putylivka Riepine Richne Rozove Rozsadne Rostuche Samokhvalove Sevastianivka Shevchenkove Shchaslyve Synapne Skalyste Sokolyne Soniachnosillia Suvorove Tabachne Tankove Tinyste Topoli Trudoliubivka Turhenievka Uhlove Velyke Sadove Verkhorichchya Vysoke Vidradne Viktorivka Viline Zavitne Zaliznychne Zalisne Zelene Zubakine	Coat of arms of Bakhchysarai Raion