Yevpatoria

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A city where a mosque, a kenesa and a church stand on one street.

Kerkinitis was founded by Greeks in the 5th century BC; later the city became Gezlev — a Crimean Tatar port with the Juma-Jami mosque by the architect Mimar Sinan (1552). The "Little Jerusalem" street astonishes with a mosque, Karaite kenesas, an Armenian church and a synagogue side by side — evidence of a multicultural Crimea that the occupation is erasing.

Under occupation since 20 February 2014.

Chronicle

• March 2014 — Military units in the city were blockaded; some officers left for the mainland with their families.
• From 2014 — The Karaite kenesas, the Juma-Jami mosque and the resort quarter are under the occupation administration.