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Administrative unit within Tavricheskaia Guberniia. Uezd Town: Simferopol

Administrative unit (roughly equivalent to county) within Tavrida Province
Uezd Town: Feodosiia (Caffa, Kefe)

Administrative unit (roughly equivalent to county) within Tavrida Province
Uezd Town: Evpatoriia (formerly Gozleve)

Keppen explains (page 45] that the Crimean Tatars marked grave sites with simple pillars. A chalma(turban) traditionally topped the grave of a man, while a flat shliapka(cap) often topped that of a woman's grave.

A Karaim fortress two miles east of Bakhchisaray, at the source of the Churuk-Su River. Peter Simon Pallas described it as "situated on a lofty calcareous promontory" and it seems unwise to attempt to improve upon that particular phrasing. In 1793…