This grim tableau was the result of a centuries-long pattern. Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea from the Crimean Tatar Khanate in 1783, successive Russian regimes systematically eradicated ...

Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea from the Crimean Tatar Khanate in 1783, successive Russian regimes systematically eradicated indigenous populations they deemed “unreliable.” ...

She knows about her country’s history, the Tatar khanate and about the Volga River, a great river and the principal waterway through Western Russia.

She knows about her country's history, the Tatar khanate and about the Volga River, a great river and the principal waterway through Western Russia.

A resolute Crimean Tatar activist works to raise awareness of her people’s history, rights, and future, amplifying their ongoing struggle for justice and international recognition.

In the three centuries between the 1440s and 1780s, the Tatar khanate of Crimea was a major European power that fielded armies of 80,000 cavalry and at times captured Moscow, defeated Poles ...

Among them was Dzhemilev, who settled in Bakhchisaray, the former capital of the Crimean Khanate which ruled the peninsula before Imperial Russia annexed it in 1783. He continued fighting for Crimean ...

Palaces and ports The quasi-independent Crimean Khanate was one of the most powerful and wealthy states in Eastern Europe, with splendid palaces and thriving port cities.

Under Greek and Roman influence for centuries, in 1443 Crimea became the centre of a Tatar Khanate, which later fell under Ottoman control.