Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries

The article is an analysis of specific status of the Crimea as a part of the Golden Horde and as it was reflected in the contemporary sources: notes of travelers, diplomats, merchants, missionaries, etc., correspondence of rulers, historical chronicles and hagiographic works based the information of...

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Main Author: Roman Pochekaev
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Language:English
Published: Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of History , Russian Federation 2023-12-01
Series:Крымское историческое обозрение
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Online Access:https://crimeanreview.ru/en/kio2023-n2-pochekaev-2/
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spelling doaj-art-4e53dccc1d9643bc92df44acee574ad52025-01-02T22:53:11ZengTatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of History , Russian FederationКрымское историческое обозрение2313-612X2712-813X2023-12-0110210712310.22378/kio.2023.2.107-123Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporariesRoman Pochekaev0National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg; “The Great Altai” Scientific Educational Center of altaistics and turkology of the Altai State UniversityThe article is an analysis of specific status of the Crimea as a part of the Golden Horde and as it was reflected in the contemporary sources: notes of travelers, diplomats, merchants, missionaries, etc., correspondence of rulers, historical chronicles and hagiographic works based the information of eye-witnesses. Despite of the fact that the Crimean Peninsula was an integral part of the Golden Horde, its specific position, including the structure of population, international trade relations and the interest of the foreign states, caused the series of specific features in the legal regulations of different groups of inhabitants. The system of authorities in Crimea, taking into account the position of some cities (such as Sudak or Caffa), is observed as well as religious policy of khans towards different confessions, specific taxes and duties. The author finds out that although the Crimean Peninsula was completely in the field of the Golden Horde political and legal regulations, khans needed to take into consideration its strategic position, national and confessional structure of the population and these peculiarities were reflected in the Crimean legal realities.https://crimeanreview.ru/en/kio2023-n2-pochekaev-2/golden hordecrimeasystem of power and administrationreligious policytraditional lawinternational customary lawtaxes and duties
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Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries
Крымское историческое обозрение
golden horde
crimea
system of power and administration
religious policy
traditional law
international customary law
taxes and duties
title Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries
title_full Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries
title_fullStr Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries
title_full_unstemmed Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries
title_short Legal realities of the Golden Horde Crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries
title_sort legal realities of the golden horde crimea through the eyes of foreign contemporaries
topic golden horde
crimea
system of power and administration
religious policy
traditional law
international customary law
taxes and duties
url https://crimeanreview.ru/en/kio2023-n2-pochekaev-2/
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