Question
After the last ruler of this state was dragged out of a French embassy and executed on Rhodes, its lands were the subject of a reconnaissance mission by the travel writer Elizabeth Craven. After setting a rival state’s capital ablaze, this state was defeated by artillery fire from “walking forts” at the Battle of Molodi. This state led “harvesting” expeditions to the dyke pole (“DICK-eh POLE-eh”), or “wild field,” with its vassals, the Nogai mirzas. Kabardia was made a nominal vassal of this state, while this state itself was removed from the (*) Ottoman sphere of influence, by the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (“koo-CHOOK kye-nar-JAH”). After annexing this state ruled by the Giray dynasty, Catherine the Great embarked on the “Taurida Voyage” to view its lands, apocryphally leading Grigory Potemkin to populate it with fake villages. For 10 points, name this longest-lived successor to the Golden Horde, a khanate based on a peninsula bordering the Sea of Azov. ■END■
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Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 100% | 7% | 13% | 110.07 |