Bakhchysarai
town in Crimea, Ukraine
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Bakhchysarai is a city in Ukraine[1]. Bakhchysarai ranks in the top 5% of city in ukraine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,353 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bakhchysarai Raion[3], Бахчисарай (городское поселение)[4]
- Country: Russian Empire[5], Soviet Union[6], Ukraine[7], Russia[8]
- Instance of: city or town[9]
- Official language: Crimean Tatar[10], Ukrainian[11], Russian[12]
- Founder: Sahib I Giray[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Bursa[14], Mariupol[15]
- Postal code: 98400–98408[16]
- Commons category: Bakhchysarai[17]
- Coordinate location: 44.752777777778, 33.860833333333[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bakhchysarai[19]
- Commons gallery: Бахчисарай[20]
- Population: 10,450[21], 10,884[22], 10,852[23], 15,912[24], 22,321[25], 25,363[26], 27,200[27], 28,500[28], 27,549[29], 27,076[30], 26,695[31], 26,628[32], 26,395[33], 26,208[34]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[35], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[36], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], Otto's encyclopedia[40], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[41]
- Capital of: Бахчисарай (городское поселение)[42], Crimean Khanate[43], Bakhchysarai Raion[44]
- Official name: Бахчисарай[45], Bağçasaray[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bakhchysarai[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bakhchysarai[48]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Bakhchysarai include The Fountain of Bakhchisaray[49], a narrative poetry[50], founded in 1821[51], written by Alexander Pushkin[52] and 3242 Bakhchisaraj[53], an asteroid[54].
Why It Matters
Bakhchysarai has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Bakhchysarai is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Bakhchysarai include The Fountain of Bakhchisaray[49], a narrative poetry[50], founded in 1821[51], written by Alexander Pushkin[52] and 3242 Bakhchisaraj[53], an asteroid[54].