Siege of Kazan

Siege of Kazan
Part of Russo-Kazan Wars
Illustration in chronicle
Date September 2 – October 13, 1552 (1 month, 1 week and 4 days) Location Kazan, Khanate of Kazan (Current day Russia) Result Russian victory Destruction of the Khanate of Kazan
Belligerents
Tsardom of Russia	Khanate of Kazan Cheremis and Ar Warriors Nogai Cavalry Bashkir volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Tsar Ivan IV A. Gorbatyi-Shuisky Andrey Kurbsky Shahghali	Yadegar Moxammat (POW) Yapancha Bak † Zaynash Morza (POW) Qolsharif †
Strength
150,000 men, 150 cannons Unknown battleships Several siege towers	50,000 men, including civiliansa Unknown cannons
Casualties and losses
15,355a Unknown wounded	Around 65,000 dead or missing (including civilians)a Other estimate: 20,000 dead[1] 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 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.