Crimean invasion of Russia (1521)
| Invasion of Muscovy | |||||||
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| Part of Russo-Crimean Wars | |||||||
Tatar invasion of Russia in 1521 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Crimean Khanate Ottoman Empire Zaporozhian Cossacks Grand Duchy of Lithuania Nogai Horde Khanate of Kazan Circassians | Principality of Moscow | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mehmed I Giray Suleiman I Ostap Dashkevych Sahib I Giray |
Vasily III Ivan Andreevich Sheremetyev † Vladimir Mikhailovich Karamyshev-Kurbsky † Yuri Mikhailovich Zamyatnin † Yakov Mikhailovich Zamyatnin † Fyodor Vasilyevich Lopata-Obolensky (POW) Ivan Khabar-Simsky | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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100,000
| 35,000–40,000 or 50,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Heavy ~30,000 enslaved | ||||||
The Invasion of Muscovy occurred in the year 1521. The invasion of Muscovy was led by Mehmed I Giray of the Crimean Khanate, a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.