Shahin Giray was the last Khan of Crimea, installed in 1777 with Russian backing after Catherine II engineered the removal of his predecessor. This denga belongs to his first year of rule — a reign marked from the outset by dependence on St. Petersburg and violent internal resistance from Crimean nobles and clergy who viewed him as a Russian puppet. The Bakhchysarai mint had operated under the Giray dynasty for generations, but its days were effectively numbered the moment Shahin took the throne.
Russia formally annexed Crimea in 1783, ending the Khanate entirely. Shahin was exiled and eventually executed by the Ottomans in 1787.
Shahin Giray was the last Khan of Crimea, installed in 1777 with Russian backing after Catherine II engineered the removal of his predecessor. This denga belongs to his first year of rule — a reign marked from the outset by dependence on St. Petersburg and violent internal resistance from Crimean nobles and clergy who viewed him as a Russian puppet. The Bakhchysarai mint had operated under the Giray dynasty for generations, but its days were effectively numbered the moment Shahin took the throne.
Russia formally annexed Crimea in 1783, ending the Khanate entirely. Shahin was exiled and eventually executed by the Ottomans in 1787.