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Which countries have laid claim to Azov during its history?

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Founded as the Greek colony of Tanaïs (3d cent. BC), it was a trading center and fortress. It came under Kievan Rus in the 10th cent., was taken by the Cumans in the 11th cent., became a Genoese colony in the 13th cent., and passed to the Turks in 1471. The Don Cossacks held the city (1637-42), but were driven out by the Turks. Peter the Great won the city in 1696 and thus opened southern routes for Russia; ...

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