In this article the question of participation of Crimea opens up in the Patriotic war of 1812 in the context of the «East question». On the basis of the archived documents an author examines the problem of forming of soldiery regiments from Crimean Tatar population of the Tavrida province, lights up their participating in soldiery battles and war campaigns 1812 years, and also their participating in the oversea hikes of the Russian army of 1813-1814 years.