2026. no 3. 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 (7)*
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk
Abstract. Documents 9, 10, 11, 12 in Dariusz Kolodziejczyk’s scientific work “The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania” refer to diplomatic acts of the 16th–17th centuries, recording negotiations and peace agreements between the Crimean Khanate and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. They are examples of diplomatic correspondence and treaty acts between the Crimean Khanate and the Polish-Lithuanian state of that period. They illustrate: peace negotiation procedures, including the selection of ambassadors, their status and powers, rituals and symbols accompanying diplomatic missions, issues of equality and hierarchy in relations between the parties, the role of the Ottoman Empire as the supreme suzerain of Crimea in shaping the terms of treaties, and the influence of treaties on the stabilization of border regions and the regulation of military conflicts. These materials allow us to reconstruct not only the legal aspects of the agreements, but also the cultural and symbolic context of diplomacy, in which titles, ceremonial rituals, and the exchange of gifts played an important role.
Keywords: Crimean Khanate; Poland-Lithuania / Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; peace treaties; diplomatic correspondence; embassy missions; rituals and symbols; equality and hierarchy; Ottoman Empire; international diplomacy; European periphery
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 (7). Trans. from English by Seytkhalilova L., Aliyeva A. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2026, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 162–188. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2026.3.162-188 (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 (Accessed 14.04.2025)
INFORMATION 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. E-mail: darkol@uw.edu.pl
INFORMATION 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); ORCID: 0009-0004-4627-0986. E-mail: 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); ORCID: 0009-0008-6391-1377. E-mail: arzy.aliyeva.1985@mail.ru
Received 16.06.2026
Accepted 01.07.2026
* 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 (1–6). Trans. from English by Seitkhalilova L., Alieva A. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie = Crimean Historical Review. 2024, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 168–213. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2024.2.168-213 (In Russian); 2025, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 185–207. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2025.1.185-207 (In Russian); 2025, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 184–214. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2025.2.184-214 (In Russian); 2025, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 167–196. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2025.3.167-196 (In Russian); 2025, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 179–200. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2025.4.179-200 (In Russian); 2026, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 171–195. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2026.2.171-195 (In Russian).
