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Siege of Kazan
Part of Russo-Kazan Wars

Students under Qolşärif defend the Cathedral Mosque in the final of the storm, 2 October 1552.
DateAugust 22, 1552October 2, 1552
Location
Result Decisive Russian victory, end of Kazan Khanate’s power, Kazan was ruined, population was massacred and displaced
Belligerents
Muscovite Russia
Qasim Khanate
Kazan Khanate
Cheremis and Ar warriors
Nogay cavalry
Commanders and leaders
Ivan VI of Russia
Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky
Andrey Kurbsky
Shahghali
Yädegär Möxämmät File:White flag icon.jpg
Yapança bäk
Zäynaş morza File:White flag icon.jpg
Qolşärif
Strength
150,000 men,
150 cannons
unknown battleship
some siege towers
33,000 men1
50,000, including civilians2
unknown cannons
Casualties and losses
15,3552-?
unknown wounded
190,000 dead or missing (including civilians)2-40,000
more than 190,000 captured 2
many thousands displaced
1Tatar Encyclopaedia
2 Kazan Chronicle; it's likely that this source underestimate Russian and overstate Tatar causalities


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