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Bakhchysarai

Bağçasaray
Бахчисарай
Bakhchysarai Bağçasaray ; Бахчисарай
City
	Minaret of a mosque in Bakhchisaray palace
	Coat of arms
Country	Disputed: Russia (de facto); Ukraine;
Republic	Crimea
District	Bakhchysarai Raion
Founded	1532
Founded by	Sahib I Giray
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
• Total	26,482
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	98400 — 98408
Area code	+380-6554

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Bakhchysarai (Ukrainian: Бахчисарáй; Crimean Tatar: Bağçasaray; Russian: Бахчисарáй; Turkish: Bahçesaray) is a city in central Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. 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. Population: 26,482 (2013 est.)^[2].

Gallery

The Bakhchysaray Palace in Crimea
Car parking Bakhchysaray, Crimea, Russia.
The Bakhchisaray Palace
Alexander Pushkin statue,Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Russia.
Bakhchysaray.Republic of Crimea.Russia.
Bakchisaray. Khan Palace.

History

Located in a narrow valley of the Çürük Suv river, it was known as an old local center^{[clarification needed]} of civilization (the first artifacts of human presence in the valley date up to the Mesolithic).

Since the High Middle Ages settlements 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 the 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

Spellings of the town's name in different languages include: original Crimean Tatar: Bağçasaray, Turkish: Bahçesaray, Russian: Бахчисарай - Bakhchisaray, and Ukrainian: Бахчисарай - Bakhchysaray. The name comes from Persian باغچه سرای bāghche-sarāy which means the Garden Palace. In Crimean Tatar, bağça means "garden" and saray means "palace".

Russian speakers associate the town with the Romantic connotations of 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, takes its name after the town.^[3]

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^[4]

References

^ Khan Palace in Bakhchisaray
^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.269
^ "Kardeş Şehirler". Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Basın Koordinasyon Merkez. Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Retrieved 2013-07-27.

External links

[1] Khan Palace in Bakhchisaray

[ua2013estimate-2] Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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

[Bursa_twinnings-4] "Kardeş Şehirler". Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Basın Koordinasyon Merkez. Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Retrieved 2013-07-27.

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 ==History==
 [[File:Карло Боссоли. Ханский дворец.jpg|thumb|left|The city in 1856.]]
-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.
+Located in a narrow valley of the Çürük Suv river, it was known as an old local center{{clarification}} of civilization (the first artifacts of human presence in the valley date up to the [[Mesolithic]]).
+Since the [[High Middle Ages]] settlements existed in the valley before Bakhchisaray was founded — Qırq Yer fortress (modern [[Chufut-Kale|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 Tatars|Crimean Tatar]] people. After several wars with Russia from 1737 when [[Burkhard Christoph von Münnich]] burnt down the capital of Khanate and [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787–1792|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).
+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 Tatars|Crimean Tatar]] people. After several wars with Russia from 1737 when [[Burkhard Christoph von Münnich]] burnt down the capital of Khanate and the [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787–1792|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==

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Administrative center: Bakhchysarai
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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