Complex sentence: While immigration from the Crimea strengthened the municipalities after 1475, they were decimated by Ottoman deportations, the Moldavian Magnate Wars during the 16th and 17th centuries; in 1790, about 4,000 Armenians emigrated to the Russian Empire.
Split into simpler sentences: While immigration from the Crimea strengthened the municipalities after 1475, they were decimated by Ottoman deportations, the Moldavian Magnate Wars during the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1790, about 4,000 Armenians emigrated to the Russian Empire.