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Russo–Kazan Wars

1445 CE – 1556 CE · 111 years

Ivan the Terrible's conquest of the Tatar khanates of Kazan (1552) and Astrakhan (1556) was a transformative moment in Russian history, opening the Volga trade route and beginning Russia's expansion into a multi-ethnic empire.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Tsardom of Russia (Ivan IV)
  • Khanate of Kazan, Khanate of Astrakhan

Key moments

Defining events in the Russo–Kazan Wars.

  1. 1552 Siege of Kazan
  2. 1556 Fall of Astrakhan
  3. 1552–1557 Cheremis Wars

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Landmark

Kalyan Mosque

1514 CE – still standing

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

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Pachacuti

1418 CE – 1471 CE

Conflict

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1500 CE – 1510 CE

Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Tsardom of Muscovy

1530 CE – 1721 CE

Figure · Spain / Atlantic / Caribbean

Christopher Columbus

1451 CE – 1506 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1445 CE and 1556 CE.

1514 CE Kalyan Mosque 1450 CE Machu Picchu 1453 CE Fall of Constantinople 1455 CE Wars of the Roses 1459 CE Sixty Dome Mosque

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Rangitoto Island Landmark · Oceania 1450 CE – still standing Vice-Royalty of New Spain Polity · Americas 1530 CE – 1815 CE
Image credits5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Po-i-KalyanОфициальный веб-сайт Агентства культурного наследия Республики Узбекистан · CC BY 4.0
  • PachacutiOnline Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.29.10_PS6.jpg · Public domain
  • Charyn CanyonBgag · CC0
  • Flag of Oryol ship (variant)Osipov Georgiy Nokka · Public domain
  • Christopher ColumbusSebastiano del Piombo · Public domain