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The Crimean Peninsula ( Russian : Кры́мский полуо́стров , Ukrainian : Кри́мський піво́стрів , Crimean Tatar : Къырым ярымадасы ), also known simply as Crimea ( Russian : Крым , Ukrainian : Крим , Crimean Tatar : Къырым ), is a major land mass on the northern coast of the Black Sea that is almost completely surrounded by water. The peninsula is located south of the Ukrainian region of Kherson and west of the Russian region of Kuban . It is surrounded by two seas: the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to
Crimea—or the Tauric Peninsula , as it was called from antiquity until the early modern period —has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the Pontic–Caspian steppe . Its southern fringe was colonised by the ancient Greeks , the ancient Persians , the ancient Romans , the Byzantine Empire , the Crimean Goths , the Genoese and the Ottoman Empire , while at the same time its interior was occupied by a changing cast of invading steppe nomads , such as the Cimmerians , Scythians , Sar
Coordinates : 45°18′N 34°24′E / 45.3°N 34.4°E / 45.3; 34.4