Panchronia

Crimean Khanate

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1441 – 1783 · up to 223 thousand km² · Eastern Europe & Russia

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Capital: Bakhchysarai (1490–1783), Chufut-Kale (1449–1490), Staroselye

The Crimean Khanate, self-defined as the Throne of Crimea and Desht-i Kipchak, and in old European historiography and geography known as Little Tartary, was a Crimean Tatar state established by Hacı I Giray existing from 1441 to 1783.