Chufut-Kale (Ukraine)
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Name (Hebrew)
צ'ופוט קלעה (אוקראינה)
Name (Latin)
Chufut-Kale (Ukraine)
Other forms of name
Cuft-Kale (Ukraine)
Djuft-Kale (Ukraine)
Kyrk-Or (Ukraine)
Dzhuft-Kale (Ukraine)
Kyrk-Er (Ukraine)
Chuft-Kale (Ukraine)
Chufut-Kaleh (Ukraine)
Sela Yuhudim (Ukraine)
Sela ha-Karaim (Ukraine)
צ'ופוט-קלה (אוקראינה)
קורקייר (אוקראינה)
קריקיירי (אוקראינה)
קרקייר (אוקראינה)
קירקיר (אוקראינה)
קלעא (אוקראינה)
מבצר היהודים (אוקראינה)
סלע יהודים (אוקראינה)
סלע הקראים (אוקראינה)
Associated country
Ukraine
Sources of Information
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine, 1984:v. 1, p. 465 (Chufut-Kaleh; one of the largest cave settlements in the Crimea; built in 5th-6th cent.; captured by Tatars in 1299 and given name Kyrk-Er; re-settled by Karaites and turned into trade center in 14th cent.; in mid-19th cent. Karaites moved to Bakhchesarai and Chufut-Kale was abandoned; its ruins are now part of the Bakhchesarai Historical and Archeological Museum)
- Vozdushnyĭ gorod Dzhuft-Kale, 2005:t.p. (Kyrk-Ĭer, Kale, Chuft-Kale, Chufut-Kale, Kosh-Kale) p. preceding t.p. (Dzhuft-Kale, Djuft-Kale, Dzhuft-Kale, Dzuft-Kale, Džuft-Kale, Cuft-Kale)
- Krepostʹ dragot︠s︡ennosteĭ, 1993:t.p. (Kyrk-Or, Chufut-Kale)
- Ukrainskiĭ sov. ėnt︠s︡. slovarʹ, 1989:v. 3, p. 644 (Chufut-Kale; Dzhuft-Kale)
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine, 1984:v. 1, p. 465 (Chufut-Kaleh; one of the largest cave settlements in the Crimea; built in 5th-6th cent.; captured by Tatars in 1299 and given name Kyrk-Er; re-settled by Karaites and turned into trade center in 14th cent.; in mid-19th cent.Karaites moved to Bakhchesarai and Chufut-Kale was abandoned; its ruins are now part of the Bakhchesarai Historical and Archeological Museum)
- Ukrains'kiĭ rad. ėnt︠s︡. slov., 1988:v. 12 (Chufut-Kale; Chuft-Kale)