NATURAL HAZARDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRIMEAN KHANATE IN 17th CENTURY
Journal: Zaporizhzhia Historical Review
Year: 2022

The article from the perspective of “disasters studies” summarizes and analyzes the currently known cases of natural hazards in the history of the Crimean Khanate of the 17th century. Written evidence, systematized by the subject of the description, allowed to distinguish the following groups: 1) extreme meteorological phenomena; 2) extraordinary hydrological phenomena; 3) invasion of locusts; 4) epizootics; 5) epidemics; 6) earthquakes. It is claimed that agriculture, which was the main source