Armenians have maintained a presence in the Crimea since the Middle Ages. The first wave of Armenian immigration into this area began during the mid-eleventh century and over time as political economic and social conditions in Armenia proper failed to improve newer waves followed them. Today between 10 to 20 thousand Armenians live in the peninsula.
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