'A seditious and sinister tribe' : the Crimean Tatars and their khanate / Donald Rayfield

Author: Rayfield, Donald, 1942-
Published: London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2024.
Copyright Date: ©2024
Physical Description: 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

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The Crimean Tatars were the Turkic-speaking native peoples of Crimea who established a powerful khanate in the 1440s, which remained in power until 1783. In this, the first history in English of this khanate for over one hundred years, eminent scholar Donald Rayfield shows that this misunderstood and much-feared nation was, in fact, a flourishing state with a vibrant literary culture, religious tolerance, a sophisticated constitution, and a prosperous economy. Rayfield’s book describes the establishment of the khanate, its reign, and its eventual fall, concluding with a vivid portrayal of the ruthless suppression of the Tatars—first by Russia and then the Soviet Union—and the final, effectively genocidal, invasion under Vladimir Putin.

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9781789149098 hardcover
1789149096 hardcover
9781789149593 electronic book

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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