Siege of Menzelinsk (1682)

Siege of Menzelinsk (1682)
Part of Bashkir rebellion of 1681–1684
DateJuly 1682
Location
Menzelinsk
Result Bashkir–Kalmyk victory
Belligerents
Kalmyk Khanate
Bashkir rebels		 Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Ayuka Unknown
Strength

40,000 kalmyk

10,000 Bashkir		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Siege of Menzelinsk was a 1682 battle between the Tsardom of Russia against the Kalmyk Khanate and Bashkir rebels.

Course of hostilities

The rebels established a connection with the Kalmyk khan Ayuka. In July 1682, 40000 Kalmyk detachments arrived in Bashkortostan.[1] The uprising resumed and the Bashkirs and Kalmyks besieged Menzelinsk.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Сеитовский бунт(Башкирское восстание 1681-1684) on YouTube". They came to Ufa county on the Sun River Kalmyk taisha Ayuka, da Zamsa,and with them there are 40,000 Kalmyks, Nogais, and mountain Cherkases.They want to go near Ufa and along the Zakamsky line.
  2. ^ "Башкрское восстание 1681–1684|Взгляд из XXI века". On July 27, they approached Menzelinsk and besieged it.