Wars of Ivan IV
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A Russian military campaign agains the Khanate of Kazan, which was was finally conquered by Russia.
Chronology
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January 1548: Russian military campaign in Kazan and the Volga River region in 1547-48.
January 1546: In 1545, Ivan IV of Moscow mounted an expedition to the Volga River.
February 1546: Moscovite forces leave the Volga River region after a raid.
February 1548: End of the Russian military campaign in Kazan and the Volga River region of 1547-48.
January 1550: Russian invasion of the Volga River region and siege of Kazan.
February 1550: The Russian forces leave the Volga River region.
October 1552: The Siege of Kazan in 1552 was the final battle of the Russo-Kazan Wars and led to the fall of the Khanate of Kazan.
August 1552: The final siege of the Tatar capital Kazan in 1552 was led by Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, also known as Ivan the Terrible. The military occupation of Kazan marked the end of the independent Khanate of Kazan and the incorporation of the territory into the Tsardom of Russia.
October 1552: In August 1552, forces of Ivan the Terrible, operating from the Russian castle of Sviyazhsk, laid siege to Kazan. The Russians defeated the Tatar inland troops, burnt Archa and some castles. On October 3, after two months of siege and destruction of the citadel walls, the Russians entered the city.
