Fire of Moscow (1571) | |||||||||
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Part of the Russo-Crimean Wars | |||||||||
Miniature of the Illustrated Chronicle, 16th century | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Crimean Khanate[1] Ottoman Empire[2] Nogai Horde[3] Circassia[3] | 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 | |||||||||
unknown number of Nogais and Circassians[c] | 36,000–40,000[5][d] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown | ~70,000 total casualties[7][8][9][10] | ||||||||
The Fire of Moscow occurred on 24 May 1571, when the Crimean army[11] (circa 40,000 horsemen[5]) 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[5] of the Russian army.
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