In the past, starting a conversation with an unfamiliar Crimean Tatar woman on the street was considered improper and sometimes even dangerous. Crimean ethnographer Vasily Kondaraki wrote about this in 1875, as reported by the blog The QIRIM. Cover image: Painting by Elmaz Osmanova.
«Such actions terribly offend men and have an unpleasant effect on young women,» warned Kondaraki.
Based on materials from the blog The QIRIM
