Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar)

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Or Qapı is the Crimean Tatar name for Perekop, a historically strategic town and isthmus that serves as the narrow land gateway between the Crimean Peninsula and mainland Ukraine.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Crimean Tatar history ⓘ
Perekop fortifications ⓘ
linked to: Perekop

Russian history ⓘ
Ukrainian history ⓘ
connectedBy highway routes between Crimea and mainland Ukraine ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Crimean Tatars ⓘ
etymology Crimean Tatar for “Or Gate” or “Trench Gate” ⓘ
hasFunction land gateway to Crimea ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Crimean War military operations ⓘ
Russian Civil War fighting ⓘ
World War II battles ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar) ⓘ
Perekop (Ukrainian and Russian) ⓘ
linked to: Perekop
hasStrategicImportance control of access to Crimea by land ⓘ
historicalControl Crimean Khanate ⓘ
Nazi Germany (during World War II occupation) ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany

Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
historicalRegion Taurida ⓘ
linked to: Taurida Oblast
languageOfToponym Crimean Tatar ⓘ
locatedBetween Black Sea ⓘ
Syvash ⓘ
locatedIn Armed Forces of Ukraine-controlled territory ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
Kherson Oblast ⓘ
locatedOn Perekop Isthmus ⓘ
linked to: Isthmus of Perekop
nearbyBodyOfWater Karkinit Bay ⓘ
Syvash Lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Syvash
partOf land border approaches to Crimea ⓘ
land connection between Crimean Peninsula and mainland Ukraine ⓘ
region Northern Crimea ⓘ
separates Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Crimea

mainland Ukraine ⓘ
strategicFor control of trade routes to Crimea ⓘ
military defense of the peninsula ⓘ
strategicRole chokepoint for military campaigns into Crimea ⓘ
terrainFeature narrow isthmus ⓘ
usedAs fortified frontier in various historical periods ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perekop → hasNameInLanguage → Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar) ⓘ
Or Qapı → hasNameInLanguage → Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar) ⓘ
subject linked to: Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar)