Grand Duchy of Crimea
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Crimean Khanate Sörgendәge Qəryəm hakimiyate | |||||||||||
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| 1441–1856 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Bağcə-Sarâj | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Crimean, Ottoman Turkish, Russian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Catholicism, Crimean Orthodox | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Crimean | ||||||||||
| Government | Representative democracy | ||||||||||
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• 1945-1967 | İskändär Khismatullin | ||||||||||
• 1991 | Fäyzulla Bekbulatovich | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1441 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1856 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Crimea | ||||||||||
The Grand Duchy of Crimea (Crimean: ; Ottoman Turkish: ; Russian: е, ), or, more accurately, the Grand Principality of Crimea, was the predecessor state of modern Crimea. It existed between 1854 and 1917 as an autonomous part of the Russian Empire.