 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure meRusso-Turkish Hondo ya17681774, iyo Crimean Khanate, vassal yeOttoman Empire, yakaumbwa muna 1441, yakaitwa zita rakazvimiririra neChibvumirano cheKüçük Kaynarca muna 1774. YakasungwaneUmambo hweRussia muna 1783 seTaurida Governorate. Nhamba yevagari veCrimea yakachinja zvinoshamisa mumazana emakore akatevera kubatwa. Crimea isati yabatanidzwa neRussia, yaigarwa zvikurukuru neCrimean Tatars, rudzi rwechiTurkic rwaiva nevaMuslim vakawanda. Uyezve, peninsula yacho yaigarwawo navaPontic Greek Urums navaArmenia, avo zvikurukuru vakanga vari vaKristu. Munguva yaitangira kubatanidzwa kwacho uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Russia yakakurudzira, uye gare gare yakarayira, kubviswa kwavaKristu vose muCrimea, uye kuvagarisazve pamhenderekedzo yokuchamhembe kweGungwa reAzov, pakati peMariupol neNakhichevan-on-Don. Mambokadzi Catherine Mukuru akapa vazhinji venyika dzakanga dzapambwa kuvapi vezano neshamwari dzake. Vagari vemo vomunyika idzi vaiwanzomanikidzwa kubva, zvichiita kuti vaTatar vakawanda vaende kuAnatolia yaidzorwa neOttoman. Vanhu vokuRussia vakaunzwa kuti vagare munyika dzaimbogarwa nevaTatar vaitiza. Pakazosvika 1903, 39,7 yevagari veCrimea, tisingabatanidzi maguta Sevastopol neYeni-Kale, vaiva nhengo dzechitendero cheRussian Orthodox. 44.6 vakanga vari vaMuslim. Mumamiriro ezvinhu eongororo iyi, zita rekuti Muslim rinoreva zvakafanana nerudzi rweCrimean Tatars. Vanhu vokuRussia ndivo vaiumba ruzhinji rwevagari vomumaguta maviri aya akanga asingabatanidzwi uye aitongwa zvakasiyana. Munguva iyi uye isati yasvika, Crimea yakava mwoyo wechiRussian Romanticism. Yakanga yakakurumbira pakati pavaRussia pazororo nemhaka yemamiriro okunze ayo anodziya uye pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Ushamwari uhwu hwakaramba huripo munguva yeSoviet Union. 