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Siege of Kazan
Part of Russo-Kazan Wars
Students under Qolşärif defend the Cathedral Mosque in the final of the storm, 2 October 1552.
Date August 22, 1552 – October 2, 1552 Location Kazan, Kazan Khanate Result Decisive Russian victory, end of Kazan Khanate’s power, Kazan was ruined, population was massacred and displaced
Belligerents
Muscovite Russia Qasim Khanate	Kazan Khanate Cheremis and Ar warriors Nogay cavalry
Commanders
Ivan VI of Russia Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky Andrey Kurbsky Shahghali	Yädegär Möxämmät Yapança bäk † Zäynaş morza Qolşärif †
Strength
150,000 men, 150 cannons unknown battleship some siege towers	33,000 men1 50,000, including civilians2 unknown cannons
Casualties and losses
15,3552-? unknown wounded	190,000 dead or missing (including civilians)2-40,000 more than 190,000 captured 2 many thousands displaced
1Tatar Encyclopaedia 2 Kazan Chronicle; it's likely that this source underestimate Russian and overstate Tatar causalities

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