“They defeated each other with an excess of cordiality and readiness to facilitate the most convenient movement of troops…”: Crimean Tatars and Karaites in the Crimean (Eastern) War of 1853–1856 and their assistance to the Russian army
Journal: Crimean Historical Review
Year: 2025

September 2024 marked 170 years since the landing of the Allied expeditionary force in Eupatoria, which marked the beginning of the 1854 campaign in the Crimean (Eastern) War of 1853–1856. The article analyzes the actions of the Crimean Tatars and Karaites who provided assistance to the Russian army. Based on identified archival documents (some of which are being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time), as well as previously published sources, measures taken by the population