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Crimean Khanate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | The Crimean Khanate or the Khanate of Crimea (Crimean Tatar: Qırım HanlıÄı; Russian: ÐÑÑмÑкое Ñ
анÑÑво - Krymskoye khanstvo; Ukrainian: ÐÑимÑÑке Ñ
анÑÑво - Kryms'ke khanstvo; Turkish: Kırım HanlıÄı) was a Crimean Tatar state from 1441 to 1783. |
 | | The Crimean Khanate was founded when certain clans of x74;he Golden Horde Empire ceased their nomadic life in the Desht-i Kipchak (Kypchak Steppes of today's Ukraine and South Russia), decided to make Crimea their yurt (homeland) and invited a Chingizid contender for x74;he Golden Horde throne, Hacı Giray, to be their khan. |
 | | In the 16th century the Crimean khanate pretended to be the successor authority of the former Golden Horde territory, Ulugh Yurt and hence over the Mongol khanates of Caspian-Volga region, particularly the Kazan Khanate and Astrakhan Khanate. |
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