Mangup

Mangup (Ukrainian: Мангуп, Russian: Мангуп, Crimean Tatar: Mangup) also known as Mangup Kale (kale means fortress) is a historic fortress in Crimea, located on a plateau about 9 miles due east of Sevastopol (ancient Chersones).

In early medieval times it was known as Doros (Δόρος) or Dory (Δόρυ) by the Byzantines, later it was given the Kipchak name Mangup.

History

According to the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea, the region of Dory or Doros was settled by those Ostrogoths who refused to follow Theodoric the Great in his invasion of Italy in the 490s, marking the beginning of the Crimean Goths and their homeland, Gothia. Archaeological excavations have demonstrated the establishment of Christian basilicas, fortifications and cave settlements (alongside Mangup also at Eski Kermen etc.) during the 6th century. By the late 7th or early 8th century, a new bishopric, the Metropolis of Doros, was established in the region. Crimean Gothia was conquered by the Khazars in the early 8th century, and later in the 8th century was the center of an unsuccessful Gothic revolt against Khazaria led by Bishop John of Gothia.

Mangup (song)

"Mangup" (English translation: "Rascal") was the Yugoslav entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, composed by Rajko Dujmić and Stevo Cvikić and sung by Srebrna Krila in Croatian.

On the night of the contest the song was performed 21st (last), following Portugal's Dora with "Voltarei". At the close of the voting it had received 87 points, placing 6th.

It was succeeded as Yugoslav representative at the 1989 contest by Riva with "Rock Me".