Crimea was a subsidiary of the Ottoman Empire.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim is supported: multiple sources describe the Crimean Khanate as an Ottoman vassal or protectorate from 1475 until 1774, which matches 'subsidiary' in the post's sense. The Ottomans also annexed the Crimean coast, and some sources note the khanate kept substantial independence, so the vassal relationship was not full administrative control.
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… of the Polish forces, um, who have an advance guard of 4,000 men, usually mercenaries, um, and they tended to be, you know, they lost bad, but the Polls did, and you had pro-Polish Cossacks, you had pro-Moscow Cossacks, you even had a handful who supported Crimea, which was a subsidiary of Turkey, the Ottomans, um, and, um, but one of the things that happened in their defeat of these three forces was that many Jews were killed, at least the worst of them. So, of course, Jews today, with a few exceptions, act like there was no reason to hate them. …
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Supports. The Crimean Khanate became an Ottoman vassal in 1475, with the Ottoman sultan holding veto power over the selection of khans, and the khanate was treated as a vassal state until 1774.[2][3][4][5]
Supports. Turkish Journal of History describes the Crimean Khanate as functioning as an autonomous khanate under Ottoman suzerainty from 1475 until 1774.[4]
Supports. Academic work on Crimean-Ottoman relations notes that until World War II the khanate was generally treated as an Ottoman vassal state, though scholars debate the exact terms of the subordination.[6]
Supports. An encyclopedic overview states that Crimea became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 1400s, and that the Ottomans annexed the Crimean coast.[2][7]
Context. The khanate retained some sovereignty markers, such as minting coins, a foreign policy independent of the Ottomans in the steppes, and not paying regular tribute, so 'subsidiary' describes a vassal relationship rather than direct rule.[1][2][5]
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7 sources: 1 primary, 6 not rated
- 1The Peculiar Status of the Crimean Khans in Ottoman Protocollucian.uchicago.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Crimean Khanate - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3en-academic.com · dic · enwikiCrimean Khanate - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopediasen-academic.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Special Issue on Crimea - Call for Papersiupress.istanbul.edu.tr · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5THE CRIMEAN KHANATE IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE ...discovery.researcher.life · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6Sovereignty and Subordination in Crimean-Ottomanbrill.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Crimea | History | Research Starters | EBSCOhostebsco.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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