Crimean Khanate

Crimean Khanate Qırım Hanlığı (Crimean Tatar) قرم خانلغى‎ (Crimean Tatar)
1441–1856
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Bağcə-Sarâj
Common languages	Turki, Old Crimean, Ottoman Turkish
Demonym(s)	Crimean
First Secretary
• 1945-1967	İskändär Khismatullin
• 1991	Fäyzulla Bekbulatovich
History
• Established	1441
• Disestablished	1856
Preceded by Succeeded by [[Golden Horde|Golden Horde]] [[Principality of Theodoro|Principality of Theodoro]] Grand Duchy of Crimea
Today part of	Crimea Ukraine Russia

The Crimean Khanate (Old Crimean: Qırım Hanlığı, قرم خانلغى‎ or Qırım Yurtu, قرم يورتى‎), own name — Great Horde and Desht-i Kipchak (Uluğ Orda ve Deşt-i Qıpçaq, اولوغ اوردا و دشت قپچاق), in old European historiography and geography — Little Tartary (Latin: Tartaria Minor) 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.

After the Napoleonic Wars in 1845, Crimea became a vassal state of the Russian Empire, During the Crimean War Russia annexed Crimea as par of it's empire becoming an autonomous region 2

History

2.1

Pre-history

2.2

Establishment

2.3

Ottoman protectorate

2.4

Polish-Lithuanian vassal state 

2.5 Slave trade 2.6

Alliances

2.7

Napoleonic Wars

2.8

Decline

Flag, 1800-1856

Government

3.1

Internal affairs

3.2

Crimean law

3.3

Non-Muslim minorities

4

Economy

5 Crimean art and architecture 5.1 Selim II Giray fountain 5.2 Bakhchisaray Fountain 6