[gothic-l] Crimean Goths ? Where did they up at last ?

[Tore Gannholm]

Hi!
AA Vasiliev, The Goths in the Crimea. Mediaeval academy of America,
Publication N:o 25, Cambridge Mass. 1936


Tore



>Hello, here I go again with some other
>questions(unfortunately I can't really give you all a
>brief summary of the vandal article right now since
>I've got access to the net only at work for the moment
>and I haven't got much time )
>I'm extremely interested in knowing more about the
>Crimean Goths.
>I've seen some pages on the internet about them (can't
>remember where)but I would like to know, also in case
>the information has been erroneous.
>
>Where the Crimean Goths descendants of the Ostrogoths
>who stayed there in spite of the hunnic attacks ?
>
>I've read that in 13th century and 16th century some
>flemish diplomats met people on crimea who spoke
>"ydioma teutonicum" and it's know that 18th century is
>the last time anybody hears anything about them,
>or...?
>I've read that it was in one of the many  deportation
>campaigns done in the name Catherine the Great that
>the Goths finally vanished from history, or...?
>Is it really then the very last time anyone hears from
>them(witness accounts, encounters, etc.. )
>And where to did they get deported ?
>Are there still any villages or just places in general
>left in Crimea or even Ucraine/Moldova/Bielorussia who
>still bears any name related to them ?
><-- I ask this question because I would like to know
>if there's any equivalent to the swedish case, i e, in
>Ucraine there is still a very very very tiny community
>who speaks swedish(rather 18th century than the modern
>one ) .
>
>
>Is there any book on the Crimean Goths or/and Crimean
>Gothic ?
>Is Crimean gothic(I've read that it's really a dialect
>only ) very different from "the original" language ?
>Any influences from other cultures(slavs, turks,
>greeks...) ?
>
>And finally, is it despite everything.. still spoken ?
>
>
>Thank you very much in advance and I apologize for
>everything, sorry.
>
>
>Yours Sincerely and greetings from Stockholm,
>Leonardo.
>
>
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