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Founding of the Kazan Khanate

Type Event Region Kazan Time 1448

Around 1448 Ulu Muhammad consolidated the Kazan Khanate on the middle Volga with Kazan as capital, breaking free of the Golden Horde and threatening …

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  1. 1438Kazan · VolgaUlu Muhammad, driven from the Golden Horde throne, moved north to the Volga, captured Kazan, separated the former Bulgar lands from the Golden Horde, and proclaimed himself khan.
  2. 1448Kazan · VolgaBy around 1448 the Kazan Khanate's political structure had stabilized, controlling middle-Volga trade routes and repeatedly raiding Moscow's northeastern frontier, becoming a long-term rival in Russia's unification process.

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