The Formation and Legal Status of the Crimean Democratic Republic (late 1917 – early 1918)
Journal: Uzhhorod National University Herald Series Law
Year: 2024

The article analyzes the events preceding the establishment of the Crimean Democratic Republic in 1917 and characterizes its legal status. The author establishes that the territory of Crimea was the core of the Crimean Khanate, which was annexed by the russian Empire in 1783 in violation of the Kyuchuk-Kainarji Peace Treaty. The century of the russian Empire’s domination of Crimea remains in history as the “black century”, which led to the depressed state of the Crimean Tatar people, which objec