The Crimea Question in “Western” Projects, Political Treatises, and Correspondence from the mid-sixteenth century to 1783
Journal: Golden Horde Review
Year: 2021

Research objective: This paper aims at the revealing and analysing various documents, created in different countries of Europe prior to 1783, which suggested the change of the Crimea’s status and its accession to Russia, and the determination of interactions of these sources and general trends and principles behind discussions of the “Crimea question” in Russian and foreign public opinion. Research materials: This research addresses a large body of sources, created in Russia and the West from th