Siege of Kazan
| Siege of Kazan | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo-Kazan Wars | |||||||||
Illustration in chronicle | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Tsardom of Russia Qasim Khanate | Khanate of Kazan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Tsar Ivan IV A. Gorbatyi-Shuisky Andrey Kurbsky Mikhail Vorotynsky Shahghali |
Yadegar Moxammat (POW) Yapancha Bak † Zaynash Morza (POW) Qolsharif † | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Streltsy Muscovy and Qasim irregular feudal cavalry Russian artillery and sappers |
Kazan garrison Kazan irregular feudal cavalry Kazan civilians Cheremis infantry units Nogay cavalry units Kazan artillery | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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150,000 men, 150 cannons Unknown battleships Several siege towers |
50,000 men, including civiliansa Unknown cannons | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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15,355a Unknown wounded |
Around 65,000 dead or missing (including civilians)a Other estimate: 20,000 dead More than 190,000 captureda Many thousands displaced | ||||||||
| a Kazan Chronicle; it is likely that this source underestimates Russian and overstates Tatar casualties | |||||||||
The siege of Kazan or Fall of Kazan in 1552 was the final battle of the Russo-Kazan Wars and led to the fall of the Khanate of Kazan. Conflict continued after the fall of Kazan, however, as rebel governments formed in Çalım and Mişätamaq, and a new khan was invited from the Nogais. This guerrilla war lingered until 1556.