Crimean Tatars traded there in the 14th century.

As in other diasporas, Crimean Tatars also suffered from problems stemming from the differentiation of their identities over time due to their acculturation into various host-societies.

There are also ethnic minorities that practice other religions, i.e. Crimean Tatars (Islam), and Jews and Karaim (Judaism).

Between Russians, Ottomans and Turks: Crimea and Crimean Tatars (Istanbul: Isis Press, 1998).

With Çelebicihan in the Red's custody, another leader of Crimean Tatars Jafer Seidamet managed to escape to Caucasus across the continental Ukraine.

Kazakhs, Hazara, Karakalpaks, Crimean tatars have more European mtdna than European y-dna, Kyrgyz have mostly European y-dna with substantial European mtdna.

Among the earliest arrivals were large numbers of pastoral peoples such as the Yürüks, Turcomans (Oghuz Turks), Tatars from Anatolia and Crimean Tatars (Qaraei or Kara Tatar) led by their chieftain Aktav.

The Crimean Tatars (Qirim Tatarlari, Tatarlar), against the background of the impressive popularity of the term as an ethnicon in Eurasia, were the first to adopt it as an ethnonym after Genghis Khan wiped out the original Tatars.