Bratske, Crimea

Bratske (Ukrainian: Братське; Russian: Братскoе; Crimean Tatar: Yalan Tuş), is an urban-type settlement in the Krasnoperekopsk Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine.

The settlement was mentioned for the first time in the year of 1784 and was mostly inhabited by Crimean Tatars and ethnic Germans, which arrived in the mid-1840s.

[3] After both groups were ethnically cleansed from the region in the early 1940s,[4] Ukrainian and Russian settlers from mainland Ukraine and Russia started to populate the village.

After conducted a highly disputed referendum, which was vastly considered to be a sham vote, the entirety of Autonomous Republic of Crimea was incorporated into the Russian Federation, although the annexation remains internationally unrecognized.

Most inhabitants speak Ukrainian as their primary language, while Russian and Crimean Tatar are spoken by large minorities.