2025. no 2. Dariusz Kołodziejczyk
The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania. International Diplomacy on the European Periphery
(15th–18th Century). A Study of Peace Treaties Followed by Annotated Documents.
Ottoman Empire and its Heritage (3)*
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk
Abstract. This article examines diplomatic and political relations of the Crimean Khanate with its northern neighbors, such as Poland–Lithuania and Muscovy in the 16ht–17th centuries. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of equality and inequality in these relations and their impact on the peacebuilding process. Chapter 5, “The Procedure of Peacemaking,” from the second part “A Study in the Crimean and Polish-Lithuanian diplomatics and diplomacy” of the scientific work “The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania. International Diplomacy on the European Periphery (15th–18th Century). A Study of Peace Treaties Followed by Annotated Documents. The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage” (pp. 444–470) examines the recruitment and status of ambassadors sent by the Crimean Khanate, including their selection criteria, social and political status, and role in diplomatic missions. The subtopic from Chapter 5 analyzes the size, logistics and routes of the Crimean embassies, detailing the organizational aspects of diplomatic missions, including transportation, supplies, and routes. The study also touches on the economic aspects of diplomacy, including the costs of maintaining ambassadors and providing gifts. Conclusion of the article is about the importance of these relations for maintaining peace and stability in the region.
Keywords: Crimean Khanate, Poland-Lithuania, peacekeeping, embassies, couriers, ahdname, economic aspects of diplomacy, size of embassies, logistics of embassies, routes of embassies of the 16th–17th centuries.
For citation: Kolodziejczyk D. The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania. International Diplomacy on the European Periphery (15th–18th century). A Study of Peace Treaties Followed by Annotated Documents. The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage (3). Trans. from English by Seytkhalilova L., Aliyeva A. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2025, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 184–214. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.2.184-214 (In Russian)
REFERENCES
1. Dariusz Kołodziejczyk. The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania. International Diplomacy on the European Periphery (15th–18th Century). A Study of Peace Treaties Followed by Annotated Documents. The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage. BRILL, LEIDEN/BOSTON, 2011.
URL: https://shron1.chtyvo.org.ua/Kolodzeichyk_Dariiush/The_Crimean_Khanate_and_Poland-Lithuania_international_diplomacy_on_the_European_periphery_15th__en.pdf (date of access: 14.04.2025)
About the author: Dariusz Kołodziejczyk – Professor, director of the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw; Professor, Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland); darkol@uw.edu.pl
About the translators: Leilya S. Seythalilova – Laboratory assistant, researcher at the Crimean Scientific Center, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); lilya_crimea@mail.ru
Arzy Yu. Alieva – Freelance employee of the Crimean Scientific Center, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); arzy.aliyeva.1985@mail.ru
* Continuation. See the beginning in: Kołodziejczyk D. The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania. International Diplomacy on the European Periphery (15th–18th Century). A Study of Peace Treaties Followed by Annotated Documents. The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage (1–2). Trans. from English by Seitkhalilova L., Alieva A. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie = Crimean Historical Review. 2024, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 168–213. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2024.2.168-213 (In Russian); 2025, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 185–207. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.1.185-207 (In Russian).
