Crimean Khanate - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Crimean Khanate: Encyclopedia - Crimean Khanate
The Crimean Khanate (Khanate of Crimea; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Hanlığı; Russian: Крымское ханство [Krymskoe khanstvo]; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Khanate: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Khanate - Early Rulers
The Crimean Khanate was founded when certain clans of the Golden Horde Empire, ceased their nomadic life in the Desht-i Kipchak(today's U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatars: Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatars
The Crimean Tatars (Qırımtatar (aka Qırım, Qırımlı and Qırım türkü), Pl. Qırımtatarlar (aka Qırımlar, Qırımlılar, Qır�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatar Diaspora: Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatar Diaspora
The Crimean Tatar diaspora dates back to the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 1783, after which Crimean Tatars were forced to emigrate i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1571: Encyclopedia - 1571
1571 - Events. January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. January 23 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. Crimean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Adil Khan
Khan - Military ranks. The title khan was also used as a military officer rank in certain armies, especially following the decimal orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Adil Khan
Khan - Military ranks. The title khan was also used as a military officer rank in certain armies, especially following the decimal orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Adil Khan
Khan - Military ranks. The title khan was also used as a military officer rank in certain armies, especially following the decimal orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - The 20th Century
When World War I and the Bolshevik revolution in Russia shattered the Austrian and Russian empires, Ukrainians were caught in the middle....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatars: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Tatars - History
Crimean Tatars are descendants of Turkic (Bulgars, Khazars, Petchenegs and Kypchaks) and non-Turkic (Scythians, Sarmatians, Cimmerians, A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatar Diaspora: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Tatar Diaspora - Experiences In Exile Within The Ottoman Empire
There have been continuously members of Tatar nobility in the Ottoman Empire, due to close relations between the two states. There was a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zaporozhian Host: Encyclopedia - Zaporozhian Host
The Zaporozhian Host or Zaporozhian Voisko (Ukrainian: Запорозьке Войсько, Zaporoz’ke Vois’ko, sometimes translated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1441: Encyclopedia - 1441
1441 - Events. June 24 - Eton College founded. Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Empire. Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesias...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 15th Century: Encyclopedia - 15th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. 15th century - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherkassk: Encyclopedia - Cherkassk
Cherkassk (Russian: Черкасск, currently village Starocherkasskaya Russian: станица Старочеркасская ) is an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Modern Family Name Or Pseudonym
Often used a family name, Khan can have one of several connotations, all related to some extent to the same root as described above. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Karaites: Encyclopedia - Crimean Karaites
The Crimean Karaites (sometimes known as Karaim) are a Karaite Jewish community of Eastern Europe. Originally centered in the Crimean Pen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimea: Encyclopedia - Crimea
   total    density    urban 2,000,192 77/km 62.8% The Crimea /kraɪˈmia/ is a peninsula and an autonomou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasili Iii Of Russia: Encyclopedia - Vasili Iii Of Russia
Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович, also Basil) (March 25, 1479 – December 3, 1533) was the Grand Princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diaspora: Encyclopedia - Diaspora
The term diaspora (Ancient Greek διασπορά, "a scattering or sowing of seeds") is used (without capitalization) to refer to any pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1502: Encyclopedia - 1502
1502 - Events. January 1 - Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Derived Titles
Khanzada (the Persian suffix -zada means son or more generally male descendant; for analogous titles see Prince of the Blood and links th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatar Diaspora: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Tatar Diaspora - Recent Challenges
The main challenges to the Crimean Tatar diaspora in the 1990s were the erosion of ethnic identity as a result of swift modernization of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatar Diaspora: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Tatar Diaspora - Diaspora Within The Eastern Bloc And Elsewhere
The Crimean Tatar diaspora community in Romania, today numbering nearly 40,000, had been a very vibrant one until the beginning of the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Early Prehistory
The first identifiable groups to populate what is now Ukraine were the Neolithic people of the Trypillian culture, followed by the Cimmer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Kievan Rus’
In the 9th century, Kiev was conquered from the Khazars by the Varangian (Swedish Viking) Oleg. The Khazars were a Turkic semi-nomadic pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Loss Of Independence
During the 14th century, Poland and Lithuania fought wars against the Mongol invaders, and eventually most of Ukraine passed to the rule ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Halych-volynia
A successor state to Kievan Rus' on part of the territory of today's Ukraine was the principality of Halych-Volynia. Previously, Volodymy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Transition To Russian And Austrian Rule
See also: Partitions of Poland Tsarist rule over central Ukraine gradually replaced 'protection' over the subsequent decades. After the P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - The Cossack Era
See also: History of Cossacks The 1648 Ukrainian Cossack (Kozak) rebellion and war of independence (Khmelnytsky Uprising), which started ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Modern Family Name
Often used a family name, Khan can have one of several connotations, all related to some extent to the same root as described above. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Derived Titles
Khanzada (the Persian suffix -zada means son or more generally male descendant; for analogous titles see Prince of the Blood and links th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Tatar Diaspora: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Tatar Diaspora - The End Of The Ottoman Empire And The Creation Of Modern Turkey
With the shrinking of the Ottoman Empire in the last quarter of the 19th century, once again the majority of the Crimean Tatars in Dobrud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Modern Family Name
Often used a family name, Khan can have one of several connotations, all related to some extent to the same root as described above. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan - Derived Title
Khanzada (the Persian suffix -zada means son or more generally male descendant; for analogous titles see Prince of the Blood and links th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Ukraine After Independence
The history of Ukraine after the independence between 1992 and 2004 was marked by the presidencies of Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Post-war And Independence
Over the next decades the Ukrainian republic not only overcame the pre-war levels of industry and productions but was the spearhead of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Extinct States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Extinct States - Modern States
List of extinct states - States and territories grouped by geographical location. In and around what is now Bulgaria Third Bulgarian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - History
The creation of the Commonwealth by the Union of Lublin in 1569 was one of the signal achievements of Sigismund II Augustus, last king of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tatars: Encyclopedia Ii - Tatars - European Tatars
The discrimination of the separate stems included under the name is still far from complete. The following subdivisions, however, may be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodosia: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodosia - History
The city was founded under the name of Theodosia by Greek colonists from Miletos in the 6th century BC. (See also List of traditional Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - After The Russian Invasion
After 1552 the khanate was governed by Kazan Palace's Office formed in Moscow. In 1555 a bishop was appointed in Kazan with a mandate to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qasim Khanate: Encyclopedia Ii - Qasim Khanate - Pre-history
The original population were Finnic tribes Meshchyora and Muroma, Mordvins. The land was under Kievan Rus' and Volga Bulgaria's influence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taurida: Encyclopedia Ii - Taurida - History
Named for the ancient Tauris, land of the Tauri, Taurida was a part of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century and its successor state, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - History
During the reign of Olug Moxammat and his son Maxmud, Kazan forces occupied Muscovy and its subject lands several times. The Grand Duke o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Rise Of Muscovy
When the Mongols invaded the lands of Kievan Rus', Moscow was an insignificant trading outpost in the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal'. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessarabian Bulgarians: Encyclopedia Ii - Bessarabian Bulgarians - Location And Number
In Ukraine, the number of Bessarabian Bulgarians is estimated at over 140,000, being a majority in Bolhrad District and also inhabiting o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimea: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimea - History
Crimea - Early History. The earliest inhabitants of whom we have any authentic traces were the Cimmerians, who were expelled by the Scy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azov: Encyclopedia Ii - Azov - Early Settlements In The Vicinity
The mouth of the Don River has always been an important commercial centre. At the start of the 3rd century BC the Greeks from the Kingdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russo-turkish War 1735-1739: Encyclopedia Ii - Russo-turkish War 1735-1739 - The Course Of The War In 1735-1738
The casus belli was the raids of the Crimean Tatars on Ukraine in the end of 1735 and the Crimean khan's military campaign in the Caucasu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrakhan Khanate: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrakhan Khanate - Demography And Society
Most of the population of the Astrakhan khanate were sedentary Astrakhan Tatars and nomadic Nogays. The Nogays mostly engaged in cattle-b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Europe-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Europe-related Topics - States
List of Europe-related topics - Other. Crimea England European microstates Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Kalinin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diaspora: Encyclopedia Ii - Diaspora - List Of Notable Diasporas
The above list is not comprehensive or definitive. Only a few have been given much historical attention. There is much talk currently (af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Russo-turkish Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Russo-turkish Wars - The 19th Century
Fringe territories were lost to Russia in the north. but more importantly the Empire began to fall behind technologically compared to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ivan Iii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ivan Iii Of Russia - Gathering Of Russian Lands
His first enterprise was a war with the republic of Novgorod, which, alarmed at the growing dominancy of Muscovy, had placed herself bene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Karaites: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Karaites - During The Holocaust
Their status under Russian imperial rule bore beneficial fruits for the Karaim decades later. In 1934, the heads of the Karaite community...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimea: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimea - History
Crimea - Early History. The earliest inhabitants of whom we have any authentic traces were the Cimmerians, who were expelled by the Scy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Rise Of Muscovy
When the Mongols invaded the lands of Kievan Rus', Moscow was an insignificant trading outpost in the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal'. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherkassk: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherkassk - History
A cossack fortress Cherkassk on the island (later called Monastyrsky) of Don river was probably started before 1570 but it was first ment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Ivan Iv
The development of the tsar's autocratic powers reached a peak during the reign of Ivan IV, and he became known as the Terrible (his Russ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Romanovs
The immediate task of the new dynasty was to restore order. Fortunately for Russia, its major enemies, Poland and Sweden, were engaged in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Expansion
Russia continued its territorial growth through the 17th century. In the south-west, it acquired eastern Ukraine, which had been under Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Evolution Of The Russian Aristocracy
Boyars were hereditary nobles of three categories: 1) Rurikid princes of Upper Oka towns, Suzdal, Rostov, Yaroslavl, etc. that lived in M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Time Of Troubles
Ivan IV was succeeded by his son Fedor, who was mentally deficient. Actual power went to Fedor's brother-in-law, the boyar Boris Godunov....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Karaites: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Karaites - In The Russian Empire
Nineteenth-century leaders of the Karaim, such as Simcha Babovitch and Avraham Firkovitch, were driving forces behind a concerted effort ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azov: Encyclopedia Ii - Azov - Fortress Of Azov
In what is known as one of the more legendary pages of Cossack history, the Don Cossacks captured the fortress with its Turkish garrisson...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Karaites: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Karaites - Post-war
Assimilation and emigration greatly reduced the ranks of the Karaim community. A few thousand Karaim remain in Lithuania, Belarus, the Uk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Western European Knowledge Of Muscovy
Muscovy remained a fairly unknown society in western Europe until Baron Sigismund von Herberstein published his Rerum Moscoviticarum Comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy
The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture based on exploitation of agricultural workforce (serfs). Typically a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Evolution Of The Russian Autocracy
Internal consolidation accompanied outward expansion of the state. By the 15th century, the rulers of Muscovy considered the entire Russi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - Turkic Peoples
The main article is Onoghur The period from roughly 500 to 700 CE saw an influx of Turkic-speaking nomads. These immigrants' culture was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Karaites: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Karaites - Origins
Turkic speaking Karaites (in the Crimean Tatar language, Qaraylar) have lived in the Crimea for centuries. Their origin, is disputed. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Military Forces
The military of the khanate consisted of armament and men from the darughas and subject lands, khan guards, and the troops of the nobilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qasim Khanate: Encyclopedia Ii - Qasim Khanate - Populatuion
The land was settled by Mishar Tatars (the descendants of the earliest Turkic population), Russians and Mordvins. Meshchyora and Muroma w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tatars: Encyclopedia Ii - Tatars - Chinese Tatars
The Tatars (塔塔尔族) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Chinese Tatar's ances...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimea: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimea - Geography
The Crimea borders the Kherson region from the North; the rest of the border is the Black Sea in the South and West and the Sea of Azov i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - The Soviet Rule
The main article is Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. On 27 May 1920 the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the RSFS...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - Revolution And Civilian War
The main article is Idel-Ural State During the chaos of the Russian Revolutions of 1917, Tatarstan became functionally independent with a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Evolution Of The Russian Autocracy
Internal consolidation accompanied outward expansion of the state. By the 15th century, the rulers of Muscovy considered the entire Russi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - Pre-history
Human habitation in Tatarstan dates back to the Palaeolithic period. Remains of several cultures of the Stone and Bronze Ages have been d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - Volga Bulgaria
The main article is Volga Bulgaria The 9th and 10th centuries saw the rise of the first organized state in the region, the Khanate of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - Khanate Of Kazan
The main article is Khanate of Kazan In the first half of the 15th century, as the result of Golden Horde's collapse, the Khanate of Kaza...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean Karaites: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean Karaites - In Lithuania
In 1392 Grand Duke Vytautas of Grand Duchy of Lithuania relocated one branch the Crimean Karaites to Lithuania where they continued to sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Early Imperial Russia
Main article: Imperial Russia. The following article in the series describes how in the 18th century, Russia was transformed from a stati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimea: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimea - Geography
The Crimea borders the Kherson region from the North; the rest of the border is the Black Sea in the South and West and the Sea of Azov i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Europe-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Europe-related Topics - Culture
Main article: Culture of Europe European Capital of Culture Europop Eurovision Song Contest List of early European musique concrète exp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Europe-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Europe-related Topics - Media And Communications
List of Europe-related topics - Television and radio. European Broadcasting Union List of television stations in Europe Lists of radio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Extinct States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Extinct States - Ancient And Medieval States
States and realms that disappeared in ancient history. List of extinct states - Ancient Europe North Africa and the Near East. Adiaben...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Russo-turkish Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Russo-turkish Wars - The 20th Century
During the early months of the WWI The Kars was a key military objective for Turkey. Ismail Enver who pushed the Ottoman Empire into WWI,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy
The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture. Typically a nobleman's landholding comprised a folwark, a large farm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - State Organization And Politics
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Commonwealth military. Commonwealth armies were commanded by four hetmans. The armies comprised: Wojs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Europe-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Europe-related Topics - Politics
Main article: Politics of Europe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Visegrád group Central European Initiative Common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Europe-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Europe-related Topics - Economics
Main article: Economy of Europe Central European Free Trade Agreement Commonwealth of Independent States European Economic Area European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Military Forces
The military of the khanate consisted of armament and men from the darughas and subject lands, khan guards, and the troops of the nobilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Culture
In general, the culture of the Kazan Khanate descended from that of Volga Bulgaria. Cultural elements of the Golden Horde were also prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ivan Iii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ivan Iii Of Russia - Foreign Policies
It was in the reign of Ivan III that Muscovy rejected the Tatar yoke. In 1480 Ivan refused to pay the customary tribute to the grand Khan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Europe-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Europe-related Topics - Geography And The Environment
List of Europe-related topics - Geography. Main article: Geography of Europe List of lakes of Europe List of rivers of Europe Latin n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Europe-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Europe-related Topics - History
Main article: History of Europe European archaeology Date of independence of European countries Sick man of Europe List of Europe-rela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Society
The state was governed by the khan. His action was based on the cabinet council Diwan's decisions and advisements. The nobility included ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Culture
The Commonwealth was one of the important European sites for the development of modern social and political ideas. It was famous for its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tatars: Encyclopedia Ii - Tatars - Siberian Tatars
The main article is Siberian Tatars The Siberian Tatars were estimated (1895) at 80,000 of Turkic stock, and about 40,000 had Uralic or U...   » Read the article