Bakchiserai (Turkish, 'Garden Palace'), a town in the Russian government of Taurida, the residence of the ancient princes or khans of the Crimea, stands in a deep limestone valley, 15 miles by rail SW. of the present capital, Simferopol. Population, 12,000, mainly remnants of the old Tartar inhabitants. The palace (1519) of the khans has been completely restored by the Russian government in the oriental style.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 667
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