Features

Crimean Khanate

1441–1783 CE

Long-lived Tatar khanate; Ottoman vassal; annexed by Russia.

At a glance

TypePolity
DynastyGiray (Jochid)
RegionCrimea/Pontic steppe
CapitalBakhchisarai
Founded1441
Ended1783
State religionIslam (Sunni)

Annexed by the Russian Empire under Catherine II.