Sokolinoye / Sokolyne

Ukraine / Krym / Kuybysheve /
A village in Bakhchysarai district of Crimea.
Former Kök Köz.
In Crimean Tatar Kök Köz means literally "blue eye". Among many other ethnic groups this place was inhabited by the descendants of the Goths, who seized the Crimea in the III century AD.
In the village there is an ethnographic museum, some old Tartar houses and the mosque have survived till our days, as well as the Hunting Lodge of prince Yusupov.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokolyne
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Coordinates:   44°33'12"N   33°57'26"E
This article was last modified 7 years ago