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The Crimean slave trade was the main source of income of the Khanate, and one of the biggest sources of slaves to the Ottoman Empire. The Crimean slave trade in Eastern Europe, and the Barbary slave trade in West and South Europe, were the two main sources of European slaves to the Ottoman Empire.
1628 Crimean Tatars and Nogais begin to ravage the surrounding towns and villages of Poland, killing and capturing the local population. 1633 last Crimean–Nogai raid to reach the Oka [8] 1634 major defeat of Nogais by Kalmyks; 1637, 1641–1643: Raids by Nogais and Crimean nobles without permission of the Khan [6]: 90
Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe were the slave raids, for over three centuries, conducted by the military of the Crimean Khanate and the Nogai Horde primarily in lands controlled by Russia [b] and Poland-Lithuania [c] as well as other territories, often under the sponsorship of the Ottoman Empire, which provided slaves for the Crimean and Ottoman slave trades.
French-language map of Crimea from 1774, showing mostly Turkic placenames. The Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) resulted in the defeat of the Ottomans by the Russians, and according to the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774) signed after the war, Crimea became independent and the Ottomans renounced their political right to protect the Crimean ...
In 1521, the combined forces of Crimean Khan Mehmed Giray and his Kazan allies attacked the city and captured thousands of slaves. [331] In 1571, the Crimean Tatars attacked and sacked Moscow, burning everything but the Kremlin and taking thousands of captives as slaves. [332] In Crimea, about 75% of the population consisted of slaves. [333]
In English, the omission of the definite article ("Crimea" rather than "the Crimea") became common during the later 20th century. [citation needed]The spelling "Crimea" is from the Italian form, la Crimea, since at least the 17th century [3] and the "Crimean peninsula" becomes current during the 18th century, gradually replacing the classical name of Tauric Peninsula in the course of the 19th ...
Overviews of Crimean-Nogai slave raids on Eastern Europe Name Date Location Perpetrators Casualties Notes Siege of Kiev (1416) June 1416 Kiev and other cities of the Kiev region Golden Horde: Attackers led by Edigu plundered Kiev, but did not take Kiev Castle. [1] First Tatar raid on Ukraine 1447 Ukraine Crimean Khanate
A map of the Thirteen Colonies in 1770, showing the number of slaves in each colony [1]. The institution of slavery in the European colonies in North America, which eventually became part of the United States of America, developed due to a combination of factors.