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 | | In 988 Vladimir I of Kiev also captured the Byzantine town of Chersones and later converted to Christianity there. |
| | In the 13th century the Genoese seized the settlements which their rivals the Venetians had made on the Crimean coasts and established themselves at Cembalo, Soldaia, and Caffa. |
| | Meanwhile the Turkic peoples, now known as Crimean Tatars, had been living around the peninsula since the Huns. |
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