Wars
Kazan campaigns
Victory · capture of Kazan
Show on the timeline- Period on the timeline
- 1545–1552
A series of campaigns by Ivan IV ended with the storming of Kazan in 1552 and the abolition of the khan's rule. Armed resistance in the annexed territory continued after the capital fell, notably in 1553–1556.
- Period
- 1545–1552
- Belligerents
- The Russian state and its allies — the Khanate of Kazan
- Outcome
- Conquest of Kazan; incorporation of the khanate into the Russian state
- Settlement
- Capture of Kazan in 1552; no single peace treaty between equal parties was concluded