Fire of Moscow (1571)

Fire of Moscow (1571)
Part of the Russo-Crimean Wars
Miniature of the Illustrated Chronicle, 16th century
Date 24 May 1571 Location Moscow, Tsardom of Russia 55°47′N 37°40′E / 55.783°N 37.667°E / 55.783; 37.667 Result Crimean–Nogai–Circassian victory Territorial changes Most of Moscow destroyed by fire
Belligerents
Crimean Khanate[1] Nogai Horde[2] Circassia[2]	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Selim II Devlet I Giray Divey-Murza[a] Temroqwa Idar	Ivan Belsky Ivan Mstislavsky Ivan Sheremetev Mikhail Vorotynsky Pyotr Tatev Vasily Temkin-Rostovsky
Units involved
c. 40,000 Tatar horsemen[b] unknown number of Nogais and Circassians[c]	36,000–40,000[4][d]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Medival Sources: Giles Fletcher claim: c. 800,000 killed (Probably exaggerated) Crimean ambassador in Warsaw claim: c. 60,000 killed several tens of thousands enslaved Modern Estimates: 200,000+ [6] 60,000-150,000 enslaved 10,000-120,000 killed
Moscow class=notpageimage| Location within European Russia

The Fire of Moscow occurred on 24 May 1571, when the Crimean army^[7] (circa 40,000 horsemen^[4]) led by the khan of Crimea Devlet I Giray, bypassed the Serpukhov defensive fortifications on the Oka River, crossed the Ugra River into the Moscow suburbs, and rounded the flank of the 36,000–40,000 men^[4] of the Russian army.

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