Crimean Khanate

+The Crimean Khanate was a powerful [Turkic](/wiki/turkic) state that emerged in 1441 as a successor to the [Golden Horde](/wiki/golden_horde). Ruling from [Crimea](/wiki/crimea), it held sway in Eastern Europe for centuries until its annexation by the Russian Empire in 1783.

+## See also

+- [Ottoman Empire](/wiki/ottoman_empire)

+- [Russian Empire](/wiki/russian_empire)

+- [Tatar](/wiki/tatar)