Abstract
An Importent Source of 16th Century Turko-Tatar History: Kazanskaya İstoriya
“Kazanskaya İstoriya” is a historical source that was written in Russian in 16th century. Its author is anonymous. But the anonymous author lived for 20 years in place of Kazan Khan. Original manuscript of the source is missing. However, there are many different copies survived to the present day. Although researches have been progressed since the 18th century, its contradictions are on going. “Kazanskaya İstoriya” is an important source of 16th century Turko-Tatar history. This source is considered the basic works of old Russian literature and yet, no studies have been made about our country. The purpose of this article is to introduce the world of science and make emphasis on the importance to “Kazanskaya İstoriya”.<
Keywords
Key Words: Kazanskaya İstoriya, Khanate of Kazan, Turko-Tatar, Prince of Moscow, Ivan IV.