1552
- punkar7
- May 18, 2015
- 1 min read
Siege of Kazan (1552): Muscovite armed forces arrived at Kazan.
Siege of Kazan (1552): The Muscovite army breached the walls of Kazan.
Siege of Kazan (1552): The civilian population of Kazan was massacred, the city occupied.
Ivan the Terrible’s modernized army toppled the khanate. After the takeover of Kazan, the tsar looked to the powerful and affluent Stroganov merchant family to spearhead the eastward expansion.
1552-1556 Kazan Rebellion. The civilian population of Kazan was massacred, the city occupied.
1552-1556 Wars with Mari people, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvash people and Volga Tatars
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