Wars
Astrakhan campaigns
Victory · control of the lower Volga
Show on the timeline- Period on the timeline
- 1554–1556
In 1554 Russian forces occupied Astrakhan and installed a dependent khan. After a further conflict in 1556, the khanate was abolished and its territory incorporated into the Russian state.
- Period
- 1554–1556
- Belligerents
- The Russian state — the Khanate of Astrakhan
- Outcome
- Abolition of the khanate and control of the mouth of the Volga
- Settlement
- Military subjugation in 1554; final annexation in 1556