Genoese forts razed by Tatars, rebuilt by Turks
Editorial contextZuev credits the Crimean fortresses to three builders: the Genoese fortified the towns, the Tatars razed the walls when they took them, and the Turks later restored the fortifications at Kefa, Kerch and Kozlov and built Arabat and Perekop. At Perekop a broad, deep, stone-lined ditch cut the isthmus from sea to sea behind an earth rampart, while the fortress itself had become heaps of brick, bombs and cannonballs.
All these places were well fortified as long as the Genoese ruled them, but the Tatars razed the fortifications when they took them. When they later became subject to the Turks, these restored the fortifications at Kefa, Kerch and Kozlov and built the fortress of Arabat … as well as Perekop
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Alle diese Oerter waren, so lange die Genueser sie beherrschten, wohl befestigt, die Tatarn schleiften aber, bey der Einnahme derselben, die Festungswerke. Wie sie nachher den Türken unterwürfig wurden, stellten selbige in Kefa, Kertsch und Koslow die Festungswerke wieder her, und legten die Festung Arabat … wie auch Perekop an
About Crimean Tatars; Ottoman Turks; Genoese
Continue in this sourcePallas's 'New Northern Contributions', a journal of reports from Russia's frontiers1730 to 1799 · 8 passages