Editing Crimea (section)

==Culture==
{{see also|Crimean legends|Crimean Tatar cuisine}}
[[File:1837. Пушкин в Бахчисарайском дворце.jpg|thumb|[[Alexander Pushkin]] in Bakhchisaray Palace. Painting by [[Grigory Chernetsov]]]]

What is thought to be the first work of literature in the [[Crimean Tatar language]], a version of ''[[Yusuf and Zulaykha]]'', was composed around the early thirteenth century, apparently by [[Mahmud Qırımlı]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Emiramzaieva |first=A. S. |date=2020 |title=ТВОРЧІСТЬ ТА ЖИТТЯ МАХМУДА КИРИМЛИ У ЛІТЕРАТУРОЗНАВЧОМУ ВИСВІТЛЕННІ: ІСТОРІЯ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ |trans-title=MAKHMUD KIRIMLI’S LIFE AND WORKS IN LITERARY ASPECT: HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVES OF STUDY |url=http://philol.vernadskyjournals.in.ua/journals/2020/1_2020/part_4/22.pdf |journal=Scientific Notes of Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University, Series Philology. Social Communications |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=110–114 |doi=10.32838/2663-6069/2020.1-4/20}}</ref> [[Alexander Pushkin]] visited [[Bakhchysarai]] in 1820 and later wrote the poem [[The Fountain of Bakhchisaray]]. Crimea was the background for [[Adam Mickiewicz]]'s seminal work, [[The Crimean Sonnets]] inspired by his 1825 travel. A series of 18 [[sonnets]] constitute an artistic telling of a journey to and through the Crimea, they feature romantic descriptions of the oriental nature and culture of the East which show the despair of an exile longing for the homeland, driven from his home by a violent enemy.

[[Ivan Aivazovsky]], the 19th-century marine painter of Armenian origin, who is considered one of the major artists of his era was born in [[Feodosia]] and lived there for the most part of his life. Many of his paintings depict the Black Sea. He also created battle paintings during the Crimean War.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rogachevsky|first=Alexander|title=Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900)|url=http://www.tufts.edu/programs/mma/fah189/2003/alex/aboutframeset.htm|publisher=[[Tufts University]]|access-date=10 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319030420/http://www.tufts.edu/programs/mma/fah189/2003/alex/aboutframeset.htm|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:ESC2016_winner%27s_press_conference_01.jpg|thumb|Crimean tatar singer [[Jamala]] dedicated her 2016 [[Eurovision]] winning song "[[1944 (song)|1944]]" to the deported Crimean Tatars]]
Crimean Tatar singer [[Jamala]] won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2016]] representing Ukraine with her song "[[1944 (song)|1944]]", about the historic deportation of Crimean Tatars in that year by Soviet authorities.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stephens|first=Heidi|title=Eurovision 2016: Ukraine's Jamala wins with politically charged 1944|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/may/14/ukraine-wins-eurovision-jamala-1944|work=The Guardian|date=15 May 2016|access-date=18 May 2016}}</ref>

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File:Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky - The Russian Squadron on the Sebastopol Roads.jpg|Painting of the Russian squadron in Sevastopol by [[Ivan Aivazovsky]] (1846)
File:Могила поета і художника М. О. Волошина.JPG|The grave of Russian poet and artist [[Maximilian Voloshin]]
People at KaZantip.jpg|People at the [[Kazantip]] music festival in 2007
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===Sport===
Following [[2014 Crimean status referendum|Crimea's vote to join Russia]] and subsequent [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation]] in March 2014, the top football clubs withdrew from the [[Ukrainian football league system|Ukrainian leagues]]. Some clubs registered to join the Russian leagues but the [[Football Federation of Ukraine]] objected. [[UEFA]] ruled that Crimean clubs could not join the Russian leagues but should instead be part of a Crimean league system. The [[Crimean Premier League]] is now the top professional football league in Crimea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/uefa-backed-league-starts-play-crimea-094547026--sow.html|title=UEFA-backed league starts play in Crimea|date=23 August 2015|work=Yahoo Sports|access-date=13 February 2016|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926072249/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/uefa-backed-league-starts-play-crimea-094547026--sow.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A number of Crimean-born athletes have been given permission to compete for Russia instead of Ukraine at future competitions, including [[Vera Rebrik]], the European javelin champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1032350/ukrainian-sport-minister-urges-federations-not-to-let-athletes-switch-to-russia-without-serving-qualifying-period|title=Ukrainian Sport Minister urges Federations not to let athletes switch to Russia without serving qualifying period|date=8 December 2015|access-date=2 May 2016}}</ref> Due to [[Doping in Russia|Russia currently being suspended from all international athletic competitions]], Rebrik participates in tournaments as a "neutral" athlete.<ref>[http://tass.com/sport/954771 14 Russians bid to take part in IAAF World Championships], [[TASS news agency]] (5 July 2017)</ref>