Fire of Moscow (1571)
| Fire of Moscow (1571) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Crimean Wars and Russo-Turkish wars | |||||||||
Miniature of the Illustrated Chronicle, 16th century | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Crimean Khanate Ottoman Empire | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Devlet I Giray Divey-Murza |
Ivan Belsky † Ivan Mstislavsky Ivan Sheremetev Mikhail Vorotynsky Pyotr Tatev Vasily Temkin-Rostovsky | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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c. 40,000 Tatar horsemen
| 36,000–40,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
Crimean ambassador in Warsaw claim:
Modern Estimates: 200,000+
Giles Fletcher claim:
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The Fire of Moscow occurred on 24 May 1571, when the Crimean and Ottoman army (c. 40,000 Tatar horsemen, 13,000 irregular Turks and 7,000 janissaries) led by the khan of Crimea Devlet I Giray, bypassed the Serpukhov defensive fortifications on the Oka River, crossed the Ugra River into the Moscow suburbs, and rounded the flank of the 36,000–40,000 men of the Russian army.