From the History of the Crimean Muslims Taxation in the 19th Century: The “Tatar Levy,” Details of Preparation, Collection, and Distribution: Materials from the Russian State Historical Archive
Journal: Herald of an Archivist
Year: 2023

The article draws on documents from the Russian State Historical Archive (fond 1152 “Department of State Economy of the State Council", series 1-5), to examine the process of preparing, collecting, and distributing the tax for Crimean Tatars (the so-called “Tatar Levy,” tatarsky sbor). The problem of the Crimean Tatars taxation arouse immediately after the annexation of the Crimea. Fiscal system of the Crimean Khanate differed from that of the Russian Empire. Poll tax used in the Russian Empire