Grand Duchy of Crimea

Grand Duchy of Crimea Sörgendәge Qəryəm hakimiyate Великое княжество Крымское (Russian) Velikoye knyazhestvo Krymskoye
1856–1917
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Bağcə-Sarâj
Common languages	Crimean, Ottoman Turkish, Russian
Government	Monarchy
Grand Duke
• 1952-1955 (first)	Nicholas I
• 1894–1917 (last)	Nicholas II
Governor-General
Vice Chairman
History
• Established	1856
• Disestablished	1917
Preceded by Succeeded by File:File:Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg Crimean Khanate Crimea File:File:Flag of the Crimean Republic.svg [[Crimean SSR|Crimean SSR]] File:File:CrimenSSR.png
Today part of	Crimea

The Grand Duchy of Crimea (Crimean: ; Ottoman Turkish: Kırım Büyük Dükalığı; Russian: Великое княжество Крымское, Velikoye knyazhestvo Krymskoye ), 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.

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History

Crimean War

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Government and Politics

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Provinces

The administrative division of the Grand Duchy followed the Russian imperial model with provinces (Russian: губерния governorate, Crimean: , Ottoman Turkish: ) headed by governors. Few changes were made however, and as the language of the administrators was still Ottoman Turkish the old terminology from the Khanate time continued in local use. There were eight provinces in the Grand Duchy until the end and that continued in the independent Crimea:

Flags

The Grand Duchy of Crimea had no official flag, but different types of flags were used in different occasions. An official flag was debated even in the Diet of Crimea in the 1880s, but one was never officially chosen.

Historical population of the Grand Duchy

1850: 1870: 1890: 1910: 1920: