The title of the essay, written by a well-known Crimean historian and local historian in the past, speaks for itself - it refers to the failed "Crimean Peter I," who tried to reform the state system of the Crimean Khanate, but turned out to be a toy in the political struggle of the Black Sea powers, a victim of the intrigues of the local feudal elite and the unpreparedness of the then population of Crimea for rapid Europeanization.