The last Tatar khan in the Crimean Peninsula, Şahin Giray, lived during the period that saw the annexation of this Ottoman suzerainty by the Russian Empire. He is the first recorded Muslim ruler in history who tried to introduce a program of modernization based on contemporary European models, and his reforms concerned all spheres of Tatar society. In spite of his collaboration with the Russian Empire, Russian historiography is generally critical toward this khan and skeptical regarding his reforms. The Ottoman historians saw Şahin as a traitor, therefore his achievements were ignored in their writings. A completely different approach regarding Şahin Giray and his innovations can be found in a little-known Jewish-Karaite chronicle, presenting an additional cultural-historical dimension from the perspective of minorities. The purpose of the present article is to analyze political and socio-cultural factors of these distinctions between the imperial standpoint and minority perspective.

克里米亚半岛的最后一位鞑靼可汗沙欣·吉雷 (Şahin Giray) 生活在奥斯曼宗主国被俄罗斯帝国吞并的时期。他是历史上第一位试图引入基于当代欧洲模式的现代化计划的穆斯林统治者，他的改革涉及鞑靼社会的各个领域。尽管他与俄罗斯帝国合作，但俄罗斯史学普遍对这位可汗持批评态度，并对他的改革持怀疑态度。奥斯曼历史学家将沙欣视为叛徒，因此他们的著作中忽略了他的成就。在一部鲜为人知的犹太卡拉派编年史中可以找到关于萨欣·吉雷及其创新的一种完全不同的方法，从少数群体的角度呈现了额外的文化历史维度。