The Crimean Khanate was a powerful Turkic state that emerged in 1441 as a successor to the Golden Horde. Ruling from Crimea, it held sway in Eastern Europe for centuries until its annexation by the Russian Empire in 1783.
The Crimean Khanate was a powerful Turkic state that emerged in 1441 as a successor to the Golden Horde. Ruling from Crimea, it held sway in Eastern Europe for centuries until its annexation by the Russian Empire in 1783.