2025. no 4. Dariusz Kolodziejczyk
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 (5)*
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk
Abstract. The sixth chapter “The political issues typically present in the instruments of peace exchanged between Poland-Lithuania and the Crimea” (pp. 496–513) from the second part of Dariusz Kolodziejczyk’s scientific work examines political issues typically present in peace documents exchanged between Poland-Lithuania and Crimea. Apart from standard declarations to maintain peace and amity, contained in the instruments exchanged between the khans and the kings, one encounters a number of clauses typically entered in this instruments, such as: “donation” of lands to Lithuania, engagement not to commit harm to other rulers domains and subjects, mutual release of captives and prisoners and restoration of captured goods, security of trade, regular sending of gifts (or tribute), engagement not to mistreat or detain the envoys of the other side. The author analyzes diplomatic documents and treaties, concluded between those states and identifies key political issues that influenced their relations. The conclusion (pp. 514–515) summarizes the results of the study.
Keywords: Crimean Khanate, Poland-Lithuania, diplomatic relations, treaty, political issues, peace documents, Eastern Europe
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 (5). Trans. from English by Seytkhalilova L., Aliyeva A. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2025, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 179–200. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.4.179-200 (In Russian)
REFERENCES
1. Dariusz Kołodziejczyk. The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania. Interna-tional 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. 1135 р. URL: https://prussia.online/books/the-crimean-khanate-and-poland-lithuania (date of access: 01.09.2025)
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); ORCID: 0000-0002-8841-1749; darkol@uw.edu.pl
About the translators: Leilya S. Seytkhalilova – 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
Received 12.09.2025
Accepted 28.10.2025
* 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 (1–4). 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); 2025, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 184–214. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.2.184–214 (In Russian); 2025, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 167–196 (In Russian).
