Grand Duchy of Crimea

Crimean Khanate Sörgendәge Qəryəm hakimiyate
1441–1856
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Bağcə-Sarâj
Common languages	Crimean, Ottoman Turkish, Russian
Religion	Islam, Catholicism, Crimean Orthodox
Demonym(s)	Crimean
Government	Representative democracy
First Secretary
• 1945-1967	İskändär Khismatullin
• 1991	Fäyzulla Bekbulatovich
History
• Established	1441
• Disestablished	1856
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.