Silence Reigned in Crimean Coffeehouses

«A multitude of idle Tatars… spend entire hours simply silently smoking a pipe…» – this is how travelers described Crimean coffeehouses in the mid-19th century. Indeed, it was always quiet in the coffeehouses; visitors drank coffee sedately and leisurely.
Based on materials from the websites https://islam.in.ua/ and https://karai.crimea.ru/ (article by A. Polkanova)