The Crimeans themselves know their history pretty well. Here's what they say:
"... The ancient Greeks did not immediately settle in Tarchankut ... What prevented them from doing so? The local population? Then who lived here? ...".
"... And where are the traces of the indigenous population that lived in the Crimea until the arrival of the Greeks and Scythians? After all, it was much more numerous than the number of newcomers! ...".
"... It was a granary, which supplied bread not only to Chersonesites, but also to Greece ...".
"... Even the most inflated estimates say that... Greek population ... was too small to handle all the vast economy of Chersonesites! ...".
"... Who did such a job? ...".
"... They could not be any Scythians, who were incensed with the Greeks, nor the Tauri, who lived in the mountains of Crimea - even greater enemies of the Greeks ...".
"... So a problem of Satarchi rose ...".
"... Now it was necessary to find their invisible settlements ...".
"... The excavation of the first household not dispelled, but only increased the confusion ...".
"... And yet the archaeologist could affirm that those who built the house and lived in it were not Greeks. And neither Scythians! ...".
http://sunnycrimea.com/articles/satarhi.shtml
Splendid story. The only thing that the Crimeans don't know is that 'Satarche' is not a geographical name from which a name of a nation could be derived, but a sanctuary of a god.
The conclusions are:
1) the Crimeans themselves say that the indigenous people of Crimea are neither Greeks, nor Scythians, nor Tauri, let alone Crimean Tartars, but those who they call with the name of 'Satarchi';
2) the word "Satarche' is Kartvelian.
So, who are the indigenous population of Crimea?
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