Political History and State Organizition of the Crimean Khanate (1441–1783)
Journal: Crimean Historical Review
Year: 2022

Geographically situated between the Don-Dnieper rivers, the Crimean Khanate played an important role in between the centuries XV and XVIII in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the northern regions of the Black Sea. After the disintegration of the Golden Horde State, the Khanate, which was established in 1441, became a subject of the Ottoman State in 1475. The Khanate became an ally for the Ottoman Empire. The Crimean Khanate served the Ottoman Empire in wars, by the order of Yavuz Su