The Crimean Khanate originated in the early…
1396 CE to 1539 CE
At that time, the Golden Horde of the Mongol empire had governed the Crimean peninsula as an ulus since 1239, with its capital at Qirim (Staryi Krym).
The local separatists had invited a Genghisid contender for the Golden Horde throne, Hacı Giray, to become their khan.
Hacı Giray accepts their invitation and travels from exile in Lithuania.
He wars for independence against the Horde from 1420 to 1441, in the end achieving success, but Hacı Giray now has to fight off internal rivals before he can ascend the throne of the khanate in 1449, after which he moves its capital to Qırq Yer (today part of Bahçeseray).
The khanate includes the Crimean Peninsula (except the south and southwest coast and ports, controlled by the Republic of Genoa) as well as the adjacent steppe.
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Lithuanians (Eastern Balts)
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Slavs, East
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Rus' people
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Poles (West Slavs)
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Ukrainians (East Slavs)
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Russians (East Slavs)
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Crimean Tatars
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Poland of the Jagiellonians, Kingdom of
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Lithuania, Grand Duchy of
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Podolian Voivodeship
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Crimean Khanate
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