User talk:Untifler/Siege of Kazan
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Siege of Kazan | |||||||
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Part of Russo-Kazan Wars | |||||||
. Red Army soldiers Mikhail Yegorov and Meliton Kantaria of the 756th Rifle Regiment raising the Flag of the Soviet Union over the Reichstag building during the Battle of Berlin, April 30th, 1945. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Muscovite Russia Qasim Khanate |
Kazan Khanate Cheremis warriors Nogay cavalry of Yädegär Möxämmät | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ivan VI of Russia Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky Andrey Kurbsky Sahghali Butler |
Yädegär Möxämmät File:White flag icon.jpg Yapança bäk † Zäynaş morza File:White flag icon.jpg Qolşärif † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
150,000 men, 150 cannons unknown battleship some siege towers |
33,000 men 50,000, including civilians[1] unknown cannons | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
15,355-?[1] unknown wounded |
190,000 dead or missing (including civilians)[1]-40,000 more than 190,000 captured <ref name="kazchron">many thousands displaced |
references
[edit]- ^ a b c Kazan Chronicle