Fedchuk O. Foreign policy of the Crimean Khanate at the second half of the XV – at the beginning of the XVII centuries

Russian and Soviet has led to the systematic demonization of Crimean Tatars. That is why a wide audience is still captive in stereotypes and myths about the Crimean Khanate as a «robber-parasitic state». However, this view is completely false. The Crimean Khanate was an important geo-political player of the international relations system in Europe and beyond at the turn of the Middle Ages and early modern times. Crimean Tatars actively interacted with other peoples in a military or peaceful manner. As a result, an objective study of World, European and Ukrainian history is impossible without studying the foreign policy of the Crimean Khanate. The dissertation is devoted to the study of the foreign policy of the Crimean Khanate in the period between the creation of the Crimean Khanate in 1441 and geo-political reference points on key vectors of its policy changing at the turn of 30-40 years of the XVII century. The subject of the work is the foreign policy of the Crimean Khanate in this period. This problem has valuable scientific, didactic and methodological value. It allows us to find out the reasons that led to the creation of the paradigm relations between the Crimean Khanate and other states (including those where the ancestors of Ukrainians were widely represented). As well, as reasons of the creation, rise, decline and annexation of the Crimean Khanate. The purpose of the dissertation is to determine the main aspects of the Crimean Khanate foreign policy in the second half of the XV - at the beginning of the XVII centuries. The current state of the dissertation problem has a certain specificity. There are practically no works reflect the evolution of Crimean Khanate foreign policy dynamic in all vectors of its interaction with foreign states. Most of all, the researchers focus on only one or several areas of Crimean foreign policy. The basic historiography of the issue can be divided into Ukrainian, Polish, Russian-Soviet, Turkish, Anglo-American, Austro-German and Romanian schools by the countries of researchers’ origin.