| Siege of Kazan (1487) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Kazan Wars and the Kazan succession crises | |||||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Facial_Chronicle_-_b.17,_p._066.gif) The capture of Kazan on 9 July 1487. Depiction from the Illustrated Chronicle (1567). | |||||||||
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0.gif){kind=small} Khanate of Kazan | ||||||||
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Daniil Kholmsky Ivan III of Russia Möxämmädämin of Kazan |
Ilham Ghali  | ||||||||
The siege of Kazan[a] took place between 18 May and 9 July 1487, during a succession dispute for the Khanate of Kazan's throne. Troops from the Principality of Moscow intended to capture its capital Kazan in order to restore the reign of Möxämmädämin, an ally of Moscow. After a quick march and several victorious skirmishes, they successfully besieged the city and forced its garrison to surrender. The campaign is considered a turning point in the history of the Russo-Kazan Wars, because it led the khanate to dependence on Russia, actual control lasted until 1496, after which the wars resumed and the city was finally conquered in 1552.
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