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| Capital (and largest city) |
Keriç | ||||||
| Other cities | Aqyar, Kherson, Azaq, Soğucak | ||||||
| Language official |
Tatar | ||||||
| others | Lithuanian, Low Russian, Greek | ||||||
| Religion main |
Islam | ||||||
| others | Buddhism | ||||||
| Ethnic Group | Crimeans | ||||||
| Demonym | Crimean | ||||||
| Government | Presidential republic | ||||||
| Legislature | Kurultay | ||||||
| Khan | Tughrul Baştürk | ||||||
| Population | 28,854,065 | ||||||
| Established | c. 1441 | ||||||
| Independence | from Lithuania | ||||||
| declared | 1922 | ||||||
The Khanate of the Crimea (Crimean Tatar: Κερεμ Χανλεγε/Qırım Hanlığı) is a sovereign state in eastern Europe bordering Lithuania, Tatarstan and the Euxine Sea. A successor state of the Golden Horde of the Mongol Empire, for centuries it became a key partner in the Lithuanian-Polish-Russian Commonwealth, before regaining its independence in 1922 in the aftermath of the Second World War.