The history of emigration of the Crimean Tatars in the Perekop district in the second half of the 19th century
The article examines the history of emigration of the Perekop district Crimean Tatars in the second half of the 19th century. It was based on written historical sources. The author analyzes the reasons of emigration, course, ways of emigration, as well as its impact on the economic development of the region. The author comes to the conclusion that the main reasons for the mass Tatar emigration were the increasing land deprivation, rent growth, successful Turkish campaigning that standed for the promise of all kinds of benefits in new places. After the Crimean war, the main territory of Crimean Tatars residence was Dobrudja, and then the territory of Anatolia and Turkish Rumelia. One of the first consequences of the mass emigration of the Crimean Tatar population was the agricultural crisis and shortage of manpower throughout the Crimea.