Battle of Irtysh River (1585)
| Battle of the Irtysh | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russian conquest of Siberia | |||||||||
Operational Navigation Chart of the Irtysh River | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Khanate of Sibir | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Kuchum Khan | Yermak Timofeyevich † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown, more | 633 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown, less | 630 killed | ||||||||
The Battle of the Irtysh, also called the Battle of Omsk, was a decisive military engagement fought between the Khanate of Sibir and the Tsardom of Russia, and saw the death of Russian General Yermak Timofeyevich and the reconquest of Sibir by Kuchum Khan.