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Kazan Khanate Raids (1500s)

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1501–1510

Between 1501 and 1510 the Kazan Khanate raided Moscow's eastern and southeastern frontiers, besieging Nizhny Novgorod in 1505 before Vasily III count…

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  1. 1504Nizhny Novgorod region · RussiaKazan Khanate forces penetrated deep into the Moscow borderlands, plundering towns and villages around Nizhny Novgorod, causing casualties and property losses and provoking a strong Muscovite response.
  2. 1505Nizhny Novgorod · RussiaKazan forces besieged Nizhny Novgorod; the garrison resisted behind its walls with reinforcements, and the Kazan army ultimately failed to take the city and withdrew.
  3. 1506–1510Kazan · TatarstanVasily III dispatched forces to strike back against Kazan; though he did not fully conquer the khanate, he forced it to curb its raids around 1510, and the two sides entered an intermittent standoff.

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