Citations:Crimea

the Crimean khanate

 * 1987, Robert M. Croskey, Muscovite Diplomatic Practice in the Reign of Ivan III, page 124:
 * distaste for this particular act. In the first detailed account of the reception of an embassy from the Crimea in Vasilii III's reign, in 1519, we find both the Crimean ambassador, and the representatives of the Grand Prince kneeling
 * 2001, Paul Bushkovitch, Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671–1725 ISBN 1139430750, page 173:
 * 1690. The Russians also hedged their bets, for they also sent messages via Mazepa to the Zaporozhian cossacks not to make peace with Crimea:
 * 2002, Michael Khodarkovsky, Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire ISBN 0253108772, page 89:
 * Upon learning that Alexander had sued for peace with the Crimea, Ivan quickly and forcefully intervened and convinced Mengli to continue raiding Lithuanian territory. Once again Mengli Giray preferred his alliance with Moscow.
 * 2011, Dariusz Kolodziejczyk, The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania 9ISBN 9004191909, page 435:
 * Solemn instruments, confirming the peace with the Crimea on behalf of the Polish-Lithuanian rulers, are thus very few.