To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
In 1571 Crimean khan Girey raided Moscow, burned it, filled Moscow river with bodies of citizens. He seized 100 000 Russian people in neighborhood to sell them to Osmans. Slave trade was main source of profit for Crimean khans.
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12/05/2014 3:18:53 AM PST by
Cossak
To: Cossak
In 1571 Crimean khan Girey raided Moscow, burned it, filled Moscow river with bodies of citizens. He seized 100 000 Russian people in neighborhood to sell them to Osmans. Slave trade was main source of profit for Crimean khans. Today it is the same, only it is the Moskals who are the slavers and the murderers. It is an ancient Russian tradition I suppose, inherited from their Mongol ancestors:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/grigory-tumanov/russia-land-of-slaves
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