siege, notable, early modern

Siege of Kazan

Name: Siege of Kazan
Location: Kazan, Russia

Siege of Kazan was a siege conducted in 1552 at Kazan, in what is now Russia. It was part of the Russo-Kazan Wars, which ran from 1438 to 1552. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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Fought1552

WhereKazan, Russia55.791N, 49.114E

OutcomeRussian victory

BelligerentsTsardom of Russia; Qasim KhanateagainstKhanate of Kazan

Part ofRusso-Kazan Wars1438 to 1552

Where it sits in the Russo-Kazan Wars

3 placed engagements of the Russo-Kazan Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1552 (year precision) to 13 October 1552
Place	Kazan, Russia 55.791N, 49.114E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Destruction of the Khanate of Kazan
Commanders	Ivan the Terrible Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky Andrey Kurbsky Vorotynsky Shahghali	Yadegar Moxammat

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kazan 1774, 3.4 km E
Siege of Bilär 1236, 121 km SE
Battle of the Kondurcha River 1391, 274 km S
Battle for Nizhniy Novgorod 1439, 323 km W
Siege of Nizhny Novgorod 1505, 323 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Suzdal 7 July 1445
All 3 engagements of Russo-Kazan Wars

Elsewhere in 1552

Siege of Kazan is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2670327, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kazan, revision 1381943275, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.