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Crimean Khanate Slave Raids

1468 CE – 1769 CE · 301 years

Three centuries of devastating slave raids by the Crimean Tatars into Eastern Europe, capturing an estimated 2–3 million people for Ottoman slave markets.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Crimean Khanate, Ottoman Empire
  • Poland-Lithuania, Muscovy/Russia, Cossack Hetmanate

Key moments

Defining events in the Crimean Khanate Slave Raids.

  1. 1571 Sack of Moscow
  2. 1572 Battle of Molodi
  3. Zaporozhian Cossack counter-raids

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Events the timeline places between 1468 CE and 1769 CE.

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