Crimean Khanate
former state at the Crimean Peninsula until April 1783
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Summary
Crimean Khanate is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of historical country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,109 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Islam[3], Sunni Islam[4]
- Continent: Europe[5]
- Instance of: khanate[6]
- Capital: Bakhchysarai[7], Chufut-Kale[8], Staroselye[9]
- Official language: Turki[10], Ottoman Turkish[11], Crimean Tatar[12]
- Shares border with: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[13], Moscovia[14], Ottoman Empire[15]
- Family: Giray dynasty[16]
- Basic form of government: aristocratic monarchy[17], elective monarchy[18]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Q130241632[19], Q130241647[20], Q130241654[21], Q130241663[22], Q130241667[23], Q130241672[24]
- Commons category: Crimean Khanate[25]
- Inception: 1441[26]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: April 19, 1783[27]
- Coordinate location: 44.755, 33.8525[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Crimean Khanate[29]
- Population: 1,500,000[30]
- Described by source: Great Russian Encyclopedia[31], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34]
- Native label: Qırım Hanlığı[35], Kîrîm Kanlîgî[36]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of the Crimean Khanate[37]
- Area: 400,000[38]
- Language used: Turki[39], Crimean Tatar[40], Ottoman Turkish[41]
- Official religion: Islam[42]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[43]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Crimean Khanate[44]
- P14541: 4gNdEI[45]
Why It Matters
Crimean Khanate has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]