Crimean Khanate
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Crimean Khanate Sörgendәge Qəryəm hakimiyate | |
|---|---|
| 1441–1856 | |
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| Capital | Bağcə-Sarâj |
| Common languages | Crimean Ottoman Turkish |
| Demonym(s) | Crimean |
| Government | Representative democracy |
| First Secretary | |
• 1945-1967 | İskändär Khismatullin |
• 1991 | Fäyzulla Bekbulatovich |
| History | |
• Established | 1441 |
• Disestablished | 1856 |
| Today part of | Ukraine Crimea |
The Crimean Khanate was a Turkic state existing from 1441 to 1856, the longest-lived of the Turkic khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde. Established by Hacı I Giray in 1441, it was regarded as the direct heir to the Golden Horde and to Desht-i-Kipchak.