Battle of Kazan (1774)

Battle of Kazan (1774)
Part of Pugachev's Rebellion

Pugachev's storming of Kazan, by Fyodor Moller
Date12–15 July 1774
Location
Result Major Strategic Imperial Russian Victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Russian Imperial Army
Russian Nobility
Cossack and peasant rebels
Tatar Nobility
Bashkirs
Kazakhs
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Ivanovich Michelson
Pavel S. Potyomkin
Jakob von Brandt
Yemelyan Pugachev
Ivan Beloborodov (POW)
Andrei Ovchinnikov
Mineyev (POW)
Bakhmutov
Strength
2,000–6,000 in Kazan
9 cannons + citadel cannons
, Michelson's troops N/A
25,000 men first battle
20 cannons
15,000 men second battle
Casualties and losses
at least 215 killed 2,000 killed
10,000 captured
all cannons
Pugachev's path in what is today Tatarstan

The Battle of Kazan (1774) was a major battle during Pugachev's Rebellion. It took place on 12–15 July 1774 in Kazan, Russia, and the surrounding area. The first stage began in the morning of 12 July, when rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev defeated government troops and besieged them in the Kazan Kremlin. During the battle some government forces defected to the rebels' side. However, in the evening, tsarist forces under Johann Michelson reached Kazan and defeated the rebels in two battles which took place on 13 and 15 July, forcing Pugachev to retreat to Tsaryovokokshaysk and then to cross the Volga. Out of 25,000 and 15,000 rebels who participated in the first and last stages of the battle respectively, only 500 escaped.[1]

  1. ^ (in Russian) К. Амиров. Казань: где эта улица, где этот дом, Казань, 1995., стр 214–220