Abstract
An analysis of military operations conducted by Tatar hordes in the 16th and 17th centuries revealed that they were basically shaped by asymmetric warfare. Their main features were the secrecy of actions until the moment of the attack, the use of instruments of information warfare and espionage, the total character of operations directed against the civilians, their material resources and economic infrastructure involving terrorist tactics and psychological methods of influence aimed at intimidating the communities attacked. The actions of Tatar hordes basically focused on the non-military sphere, with the use of not only classic military tools, but also combinations of political and economic means and instruments, in the form of various economic and demographic pressures. Conducting asymmetric actions was, for the House of Giray, one of the most important tools for the successful realization of their political goals in the international arena and for supporting the economy of the Crimean Khanate through a stable supply of slaves.
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